moving to new york from australia

[manda7891]

Im 22 and wanting to move to New York to live.

i have worked in retail here in australia for almost 6 years (same job)

Whats the best way to make this happen.

MY boyfriend (22) wants to move to new york to, he works in hospitality here in australia for 3 years (same job)

we both can hold down a job.


thanx
Amanda and Nathan

[Fatbrit]

Originally Posted by manda7891

Whats the best way to make this happen.

Not going to happen. Sorry.

[Philip21]

Originally Posted by Fatbrit

Not going to happen. Sorry.

Out of curiosity why do you say this would not happen?

I am asking because I have a pretty similar dream, only I am a single, 24 male, full time job programming, wanting to move to New York in the next 2-3 years.

I do plan to have saved a fair amount of money (40-60k) to pay for rent, etc while i make the move, and if it all goes wrong, money to move back to Australia.

[Fatbrit]

Originally Posted by Philip21

Out of curiosity why do you say this would not happen?

I am asking because I have a pretty similar dream, only I am a single, 24 male, full time job programming, wanting to move to New York in the next 2-3 years.

I do plan to have saved a fair amount of money (40-60k) to pay for rent, etc while i make the move, and if it all goes wrong, money to move back to Australia.

Because they will be unable to secure suitable status.

They mention no family and marriage to a USC would be out. Retail work does not require a degree but most employment sponsorship would require one. At the age of 22 and with jobs in retail, I don't see anything to suggest they would have the $$$ for investment.

Leaves us the diversity visa. A chance but not a huge one, I suppose.

[Wayfarer]

I don't think the UK or Australia is in the list for the diversity visa either

[Fatbrit]

Originally Posted by Wayfarer

I don't think the UK or Australia is in the list for the diversity visa either

Australian born people are eligible.

Northern Ireland born people are also eligible.

England, Scotland and Wales born people are not eligible unless they can claim chargeability elsewhere.

[mfowler]

Hey guys,

I'm an aussie who always wanted to live in the states too so I applied for the Green Card Lottery and got it this year!

You need to apply 2 years in advance (I think), it cost me $34US for intial application with a company online, I didn't really need to do much filling in of forms but aparently you can do it on the government website for free.

Once I got selected for further processing, there's more forms to fill out but not hard, you just need a high school education (yr 12 Cert) to be eligible. Then I got selected for an interview at the US Embassy. It cost about €700 (as did it while in Dublin living), you have a medical, police checks done etc....

Overall I think it was quite easy and I got told that Australians will be off the list of Countries eligible soon so that's why I applied. Let me know if you need anymore advice, I'm no expert but can give you some tips on my experience. This website is good for advice, the Moderators are very knowledgable.

Good luck.

[stormgal]

Originally Posted by manda7891

Im 22 and wanting to move to New York to live.

i have worked in retail here in australia for almost 6 years (same job)

Whats the best way to make this happen.

MY boyfriend (22) wants to move to new york to, he works in hospitality here in australia for 3 years (same job)

we both can hold down a job.


thanx
Amanda and Nathan

lol, wish we could trade places at least for a short time. I'd love to live in Oz for a good 7 years.