Emigrating
Emigrating
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Hi all,
I would love to work aboard for a few years, and I'm thinking about applying for Web Development jobs in America.
Whats the best way to approach this?
Just before anyone asks I'm British, Male, 23. Have been in the web development industry for 7 years now.
I'm not looking for an instance turn over, but am looking to hopefully get something in the next 6-8 months.
Thanks
Smoogan
I would love to work aboard for a few years, and I'm thinking about applying for Web Development jobs in America.
Whats the best way to approach this?
Just before anyone asks I'm British, Male, 23. Have been in the web development industry for 7 years now.
I'm not looking for an instance turn over, but am looking to hopefully get something in the next 6-8 months.
Thanks
Smoogan
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I haven't really thought too much about where in America, certainly a major city. But i've just been speaking with someone and they told me if you don't have a Degree (Which I don't) it can be a huge dis-advantage.
I instead started work at 16 and have nearly 8 years in it. So experience I have... degree I don't.
If you could find out from the recruiters what they think about not having a degree that would really be usefull.
Thanks
Smoogan
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I would be looking to be sponsored for a visa, that's for sure.
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I don't know why they makes things so hard.
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Is there different types of working visas?
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http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis
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"Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes.
That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes."
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--Dan
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
Mark Twain
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The easiest think to do will be to call the US consulate in London and ask them what the rules are. They are there to answer these kinds of things.
Unforunately it's not that easy to get into the US some times for work as the US government tries to make sure that US works are used before workers are brought in from another country.
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I'm actually looking at leaving America and it's the same way. I checked in at the Norwegian Consulate in NYC about a month ago and in order for me to get a work permit, I have to have a place to live and a signed employment contract. While that doesn't sound like it's that hard, getting a lease on an apartment is very difficult when you don't have a job in the country...and finding a job in the country is difficult if you're not there.
One thing that the consulate worker did tell me to do was apply for a visiting visa (forgot the actual name and don't feel like pulling out my notebook to get it hehehe) and then go over and find a company that's interested. She said that if the company is really interested, they can pull strings from within the country a lot easier than I could get something done from here in America.
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I'm newbe on this forum. I would like to ask you about IT job market in Indy. I'm workng as a nework admin and living in CA. I have about 11 years of expirience. As you may know, life in Ca becoming more and more expensive and for a couple of years I'm thinking to move to another state or another country. Do you think it will be possiable to find a networking or support job in Indy.
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Check out Monster.com and do a search for jobs in Indy. You can also find some tools on Monster to compare the city you live in now to Indy (or other cities). It will give you an idea of the difference in cost of living, weather, population, crime, etc. I used that quite extensively to compare Buffalo and Indy.
Monster's relocation tool... htt
If you decide that you'd like to move forward with your job search in Indy, let me know. I can put you in touch with several tech recruiters.
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The easiest to get a 12 month work permit was New Zealand. I got mine within 30 seconds from the internet (and it is a real one from their online visa department), but I decided to go somewhere else instead for a year.
Good luck with this!! and keep us all updated!
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And their own way of making it easy to be an illegal immigrant instead ...
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