Visa Advice?

[Zetix 0]

Hello All, I'm new here.

Me and my wife (in the UK) want to immigrate to Minnesota from the UK and we would want to work and live there permanently. Neither one of us are from the states or have jobs out there (yet). We can afford to buy a house at the moment.

My question is, what Visa would we be best to apply for (if any)? I heard getting sponsored is quite hard (but not impossible). What would be the best way to get a Visa to work and live in the States permanently?

[aleful 1,905]

hi

find an employer who would be willing to sponsor you.

what type of education and experience do you have?

you would have to come on a work visa if you don't have a USC child or parent to petition a green card for you

[Zetix 0]

hi

find an employer who would be willing to sponsor you.

what type of education and experience do you have?

you would have to come on a work visa if you don't have a USC child or parent to petition a green card for you

I've just got GCSE's (Equiv to high school in the states) but have 7 years Insurance Experience in London. So assuming the only way I'd be able to immigrate is if I can get a sponsored job? What would this mean for my wife?

[aleful 1,905]

hi

she would come with you on the same visa as your spouse. the problem is that you don't have any special education, for a company to sponsor a foreigner, no one In the US can do the job that you can do

if you are an insurance agent, there are thousands of people here in the US that sell insurance

[Zetix 0]

hi

she would come with you on the same visa as your spouse. the problem is that you don't have any special education, for a company to sponsor a foreigner, no one In the US can do the job that you can do

if you are an insurance agent, there are thousands of people here in the US that sell insurance

Hello, thanks for responding again. So there is no chance basically. I'm guessing there is no other visa that would be suitable to immigrate?

[aleful 1,905]

hi

unfortunately no, the only visa would be work visa, even if you would come on a student visa, studying here is very expensive and also, it is temporary, eventually you would have to return to your country, since it is a non immigrant visa

[aleful 1,905]

hi

you or your spouse may be eligible to file for the dv or diversity lotto, the lottovisa

[LionessDeon 2,060]

Here are the visa options:

http://www.visajourney.com/content/guides

The guides contain helpful information.

Edited July 4, 2016 by LionessDeon

[EmilyW 1,437]

Diversity lottery won't work if they were born in England (which is excluded from the lottery).

[Boiler 45,525]

You work in the City? Company transfer?

[JayJayH 546]

Hello All, I'm new here.

Me and my wife (in the UK) want to immigrate to Minnesota from the UK and we would want to work and live there permanently. Neither one of us are from the states or have jobs out there (yet). We can afford to buy a house at the moment.

My question is, what Visa would we be best to apply for (if any)? I heard getting sponsored is quite hard (but not impossible). What would be the best way to get a Visa to work and live in the States permanently?

Unless either of you have an advanced degree in a specialized field, your best option may be to study in the U.S. If you graduate from an accredited 4-year university, you can live and work in the U.S. for up to 12 months after graduation (17 months if the degree is in a STEM field). This is called Optional Practical Training (OPT). OPT can work as a bridge between a student visa and work visa (H-1b) as employers are more likely to spend thousands of dollars to sponsor you if they already know you and you already have a history with them. H-1b visas are not permanent, but are renewable in 5 year increments.

Be advised that on an F-1 student visa, you can only work 20 hours per week, and any employment has to be on-campus only.

There is a green card lottery, but if you were born in a country that has sent 50,000+ immigrants to the U.S. in the past 5 years, you cannot apply. The UK falls under this category (Northern Ireland is still eligible). If either of you were born outside the UK (or in Northern Ireland) you might be eligible.

Generally beyond this, the only ways of legally immigrating to the U.S. permanently is through skilled employment or being sponsored by an immediate relative (child over 21, parent, sibling or spouse).

There are visas for people with "extraordinary abilities", victims of "heinous crimes" and the option of getting the U.S. Congress to sponsor and pass a private bill just for you, but those options tend to be out of the question for most people.

[kzielu 1,149]

One more thing to add - getting work visa (either H-1B or L-1 that Boiler mentioned) does not really equal to immigration. Those are _temporary_ non-immigrant work visas. Your potential employer can file for EB based green card after some period of time, but if it doesn't, you go home.

And to answer your question - no, there is no visas you can apply for because you want to work / live here. How many people you think would have already done that ?

[subwayguy 100]

I've just got GCSE's (Equiv to high school in the states) but have 7 years Insurance Experience in London. So assuming the only way I'd be able to immigrate is if I can get a sponsored job? What would this mean for my wife?

Your chance is securing a work visa is zero. Look into Canada , it's more or less like America but has a point , skill based visa scheme.

[Cathi 5,755]

You have no path to US immigration.

[Caykay1 71]

I'm curious, what did you and your wife hear about Minnesota that you want to move there without having any family or friends there?

Edited July 5, 2016 by Caykay1