moving to the US

[Fatbrit]

Originally Posted by paulandrosie

we are in northumberland england, usual story i guess, wife 2 kids and a mortgage, i`m a plastics extrusion operator with over twenty years of experience, currently making oil pipelines and i was hoping this would be enough to get me a job based visa, but i dont know where to start.
p,s yes, i like real coffee non of that hip trendy muck for me!
pps`fatbrit, care to tell us how you went about getting your visa.?

Afraid the job most probably isn't going to be your path to the US. Never say never and all that, but it really isn't likely. Would possibly work for other destinations, but not the US.

My application for the diversity visa was a joke -- seriously! Other folks were asking me to help with theirs (since English wasn't their mother tongue and the instructions were 30 pages long), and as I'd done a dozen or more for other people, thought I'd throw one in for myself. Although widely traveled, never been to the US or had any great desire to go.

I find it's a common scenario among the British expat population here -- few seem to have chosen the US but rather have just ended up here through circumstance. This contrasts greatly with the expat populations in Oz, NZ and Canada.

[paulandrosie]

i have always dreamt of moving to America, and now my partner and have been a few times we both want to make it our home, if we could get into Canada we would seriously consider that as an option, has anyone got any thoughts on Canada, does it have the same way of life to the US?

[Fatbrit]

Originally Posted by paulandrosie

i have always dreamt of moving to America, and now my partner and have been a few times we both want to make it our home, if we could get into Canada we would seriously consider that as an option, has anyone got any thoughts on Canada, does it have the same way of life to the US?

Throw a post in the Canada forums and ask there.

[paulandrosie]

ok i will try that

[grifforama]

Originally Posted by Fatbrit

Sure! Mine was dead easy -- DV immigrant visa processed in Prague, entered in late 2000, naturalized as US citizen in early 2006. Easy, peasy, pudding and pie.

We have no idea whether yours will be easy since you haven't told us anything except that you like coffee. I hope you actually mean coffee rather than that venti, latte, double mocha, soya milk crud.

FatBrit,

How on earth did you get a diversity visa processed in Prague. I thought diversity visas were not allowed for British Citizens ?

[Fatbrit]

Originally Posted by grifforama

FatBrit,

How on earth did you get a diversity visa processed in Prague. I thought diversity visas were not allowed for British Citizens ?

My DV was processed in Prague because I was resident in Slovakia at the time -- the US Consulate in Bratislava did not process immigrant visas.

DV eligibility has nothing to do with citizenship but is based on birthplace. If you were born in an ineligible country, you may claim the country of your spouse or, in some limited cases, even your parents.

Since the UK has such a diverse population and we get out and about a lot, it is not unusual to find "British" DV folks.

[grifforama]

Originally Posted by Fatbrit

My DV was processed in Prague because I was resident in Slovakia at the time -- the US Consulate in Bratislava did not process immigrant visas.

DV eligibility has nothing to do with citizenship but is based on birthplace. If you were born in an ineligible country, you may claim the country of your spouse or, in some limited cases, even your parents.

Since the UK has such a diverse population and we get out and about a lot, it is not unusual to find "British" DV folks.

Ah. Thanks for clarifying...