Process was an interesting one...
I'm only here on a three year work visa, and even with work sponsorship and paying for it to be fast tracked it took about 7 months to get through it all. The only bad part (except for the timescales) is the interview at the US Embassy...they give you an interview time, andthen when you arrive, you begin queueing for approx. 4-5 hours in a crowded hall. And then the interview itself lasts for maybe 3 minutes at most. Very annoying!
( Pixieelf got his 1st front pg. when MJ died! Double Whammy!, Tue 1 Jul 2008, 22:51, archived)

OIC. I'd be looking at like permanent emigration. Fuck the UK.
That interview sounds 'fun'.

Cheers :)
( Barry Chuckle III - the troll with a soul., Tue 1 Jul 2008, 22:52, archived)

I can't get on a skilled migrant visa as I don't have a degree
Canada seems cool though. Bilingual, young and able to support myself, scored well on the 'how suitable are you' site from them.
( moohalaa, Tue 1 Jul 2008, 22:54, archived)

MOVE TO CANADA, EH!

( moohalaa, Tue 1 Jul 2008, 22:56, archived)

I wonder if the US has one of them. I've heard they're crying out for male teachers especially at primary level.
So that'd be useful for them I'm sure.
( Barry Chuckle III - the troll with a soul., Tue 1 Jul 2008, 22:57, archived)

what if you use a second coat?

( Tyronne Get To Falkirk, Tue 1 Jul 2008, 22:58, archived)

You've lost me

( Barry Chuckle III - the troll with a soul., Tue 1 Jul 2008, 22:59, archived)

The US has skilled migrant, yeh
I could move permanently if I invested in a business supporting 10 American citizens, but it's about half a million dollars minimum.
Whoops.
( moohalaa, Tue 1 Jul 2008, 22:58, archived)

that's why I'm on a temporary visa now..
the permanent visa is apparently even more of a bitch to get, you have to essentially prove that whatever job you will be looking for cannot already be completed by an American! By doing it this way, I am basically working in the job for a couple of years, then will go home and begin the process for permanent visa knowing that I've suddenly got specialized knowledge.
( Pixieelf got his 1st front pg. when MJ died! Double Whammy!, Tue 1 Jul 2008, 22:57, archived)

just say you are doing a job that requires a sense of sarcasm.
not many americans can do that.
( Tyronne Get To Falkirk, Tue 1 Jul 2008, 22:59, archived)

irony, isn't that like, kind of metal

( moohalaa, Tue 1 Jul 2008, 23:01, archived)