What Job/Degree will be the best for me to immigrate?

[Cedderz 0]

I’ve wanted to move to America since I was a child, who’s a UK citizen. I’m in my final year of highschool and choosing what A levels to do, basically which subjects to specialise in, which then narrows down which degrees I can do. I’m ok at maths, but my strongest subjects are in humanities and sciences. I want to eventually train to become a firefighter in America, which I can do with a green card. I don’t have any close family in America, I have a first cousin once removed, she moved there through marriage. My green card route will be employment, either with a degree or another job. Most of the jobs I’ve wanted to do have been helping people, like joining the fire department or medicine, which is why I want to go to america, because I can be a firefighter paramedic, which isn’t that common in the UK. Though, I couldn’t train as a firefighter in the UK and use that as my employment for the US, as it’s different training & the LAFD doesn’t cover work visas, you have to already have a green card or a different visa. So, I’ve been thinking about what jobs would be the best for my application for a green card. I was thinking a degree in nursing or another healthcare profession like optometry would work too. If anyone has any good job ideas or any advice I’d appreciate it

[Chancy 6,241]

5 minutes ago, Cedderz said:

what jobs would be the best for my application for a green card. I was thinking a degree in nursing

 

Nursing, definitely.

 

[OldUser 6,548]

Hi @Cedderz have you explored the opportunity of studying in the US?

 

Have you ever been to the US?

 

What you can do is obtain a F1 student visa to study for your Bachelor's degree. Treat it as a valuable career investment and chance to explore the US.

 

After completing your degree, you can apply for OPT.

 

This would allow you to work for limited amount of time in the field of your studies.

 

While you work on OPT, if you decide you would like to stay and work in the US, you'd need to find an employer, who would sponsor you for H1B visa.

 

If you get selected in H1B lottery, you can work for several years and an employer can sponsor you for green card. That would allow you to remain in the US on permanent basis.

 

By the sound of it, you're quite young. You still have time to decide what you want to do in life.

 

So do the both:

- Try to come to the US to pursue your degree with intention of going back to the UK

- Play DV lottery every year, it's free.

 

It's a long and complicated process, and job visa for you now is not realistic. The visa sponsored jobs usually have high salary and require work experience and education you may not have yet.

 

Best of luck, and feel free asking more questions!

 

 

 

Edited December 7, 2022 by OldUser

[P055UM 279]

5 minutes ago, OldUser said:

Play DV lottery every year, it's free

One small note, the vast majority of UK citizens are not eligible for the DV lottery. 

[OldUser 6,548]

@Cedderz To answer the question of what you should study, try to think what would make you feel fulfilled in life. Look at this question from personal development point of view, not from immigration stand point. From immigration point of view, software engineering degree is one of the best. You mentioned you're ok with maths, so maybe it's a career to explore. But don't make immigration the determining factor for choosing degree.

 

You can definitely get a medical degree if you like helping people.

 

The only caveat is tuition fees are a lot higher in the US than they are in the UK. 

Edited December 7, 2022 by OldUser

[OldUser 6,548]

2 minutes ago, AW1704 said:

One small note, the vast majority of UK citizens are not eligible for the DV lottery. 

You're right, I forgot about that.

But OP didn't state whether he or she was born in the UK. 

DV lottery is based on country of birth.

[Boiler 45,402]

5 minutes ago, OldUser said:

You're right, I forgot about that.

But OP didn't state whether he or she was born in the UK. 

DV lottery is based on country of birth.

You can be born in the UK and qualify for DV

[OldUser 6,548]

1 minute ago, Boiler said:

You can be born in the UK and qualify for DV

Through foreign spouse? By OP is in high school. How else?

Edited December 7, 2022 by OldUser

[Boiler 45,402]

[OldUser 6,548]

1 minute ago, Boiler said:

Good point, @Boiler. 

I did not remember this intricacy.

So @Cedderz if you were born there ^^^ , you should play DV lottery every year. If you win, that's a path straight to Green Card.

[Ischnura 285]

You're young, why not go to med school in the UK - takes less time than the US, there's no classes unrelated to your degree & you won't owe the money back until you earn over a certain amount. By the time you have your PhD you'll be set to go anywhere in the world.

The US requires you take license exams before you can practice in the medical field, regardless of your level of education or career choice. And you can't necessarily use your license in another state without taking another exam and obtaining state specific license.