What is the process of moving to live in america?

Question

Ok ok, thats not all my question. Say if i wanted to get away from England because im sick of it, and wanted to try living in america for a while, maybe a year, hypothetically would this be possible. Im 18 years old, i have no qualifications apart from my A levels (which results i acquire in 2 weeks), so would getting a job be possible, and getting a green card as well!? And what else needs to be done? This is all hypothetical and im probably not going to go, i just want to do something different. Plus i want to know anyway! Thanks!

Answer 1

It all depends on how long you planned on living in America. Would you be going to college? Would you be coming to work?

There are tons of things you would have to do if you were planning on coming here to live and work. My husband came here to go to college and arrived with a student Visa. When we got married, we had to go through all the paperwork for him to have residency and permanent residency. the paperwork is costly.

You could get a job anywhere, as long as you had a work authorization card and are not  a student. Students are only allowed to work on campus and only work 20 hours a week. That is not even close to the amount of hours you would need to work to pay out of sate tuition, rents, food, etc. You will also require 2 sponsors here who are willing to be held accountable for you for the next 7 years.

It takes a lot of work. Do your research and good luck.

Answer 2

The economy is very much at the bottom here, so it probably would be hard to find a job.  You'd have to have some very special skills in the fields of science or technology, skills that cannot be found in America.  So I think that your best bet would be to join the military.  Now with the military I'd sugges that you consider Air Force, Navy, or maybe the marines before you consider the Army, because the Army is what's in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Aside from the fact that this would allow you legal entry to the U.S., it pays pretty decent, gives you health benefits, and it gives you cost of living expenses at your duty station.  In addition, if you decide to get married, you'll get extra money for your dependents, and a few other nice benefits, such as education-and more.  The best thing you can do is go to their respective websites and look at the requirements and find a U.S.recruiting office in your area--if you don't have one near you, then the website will provide you with an 800 number to call, and even though you might have to pay for that call, it could be well worth it.  My son went into the military when he was17, he is 24 now, out of the military and makes good money with the skills he had learned during his military time.

My son in law is in the Air Force, stationed in Denver, Colorado,. a non-deployable position, so him and my daughter have it meade for right now.  It sounds like it is dangerous, but it isn't really that bad.  

A friend of mine's son just signed to enter the military upon finishing high school, and he is a Russian citizen.  The military will take you if you volunteer your services, and that would beat all the problems as far as entering the U.S. legally goes, as well as making a living....I have put websites from various military branches below, so that you can look them up.  My husband was in the military for 17 years when he died and we had a pretty secure and safe life.....considering that you want to go U.S. from England do I not really see a big problem, because England is our ally--or so I think.....the normal procedure would be like this:

1.you have to have a sponsor in the U.S., either a parent, or a spouse(only direct kin)

2.that sponsor has to petition for you to enter the U.S. as a legal immigrant(green card)

3.You will be required to take various physical exams, such as tb-xrays, a bloodtest, etc.

4.Once the paperwork is completed you will be given a receipt and an A-number.  That will be your immigration number.  If all goes well you will be able to enter the U.S. 90-120 days after submitting the paperwork, but I have heard of cases where it took 2 years.  In my case it took exactly 12 months, my husband filed here, I lived overseas.

5.Once you entered the U.S. you must apply for a social security number, and once you get that(six weeks), you can go to work in the U.S.

If you join the military, they will take care of a lot of that stuff for you, because then the military is your sponsor....good luck

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Answer 3

Contact the embassy of the country in America where you want to go

Answer 4

america is more like with giant cities mny people and many building buissneses i live there but if your going you may end up in a small towns but most are cities. hope that helped u i live in texas houston big city. i would see no change england has cities speaks english and stuff u should go somewhere else(my opinion).

Answer 5

Not meaning to burst a bubble, but no, it will not be possible for you to come to the US with the intention of living and working. As you stand, you would be free to visit for up to 90 days, but wouldn't be able to work.

The ways for an individual to come to the US to reside and work are:

1) Marriage to a US citizen and subsequent adjustment of status (K class Visa)

2) Sponsorship by an immediate relative who is a US citizen (IR/CR visa)

3) Sponsorship by an immediate relative who is a Lawful Permanent Resident (IR/CR visa)

4) Internal company transfer from the UK to the US (L1 dual intent visa)

5) Participate and be selected in the Diversity Visa Lottery *

6) You own or buy business as a national of a qualifying Treaty country (E2 visa)

7) An investor with at least $1million in assets (EB5 visa)

8) Assist US law enforcement to investigate and prosecute crimes and terrorist activities such as money laundering and organized crime. (S visa)

9) Get a member of Congress to sponsor a private bill with legislation that applies just to you.

* Not applicable to UK citizens.

Those are also listed in the order of how likely they are to happen.

Answer 6

America is already filled up.  There's no more vacancies.  Sorry.  Try the next country.