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Aussie moving to America?

I am an Australian citizen, really hoping to move to the USA, however I'm not sure if it's possible for me. I am 30 years old, have a Bachelor of Arts in French, have worked in Finance for 4 years and now run my own Lifestyle coaching business. If anyone could give me an idea that would be great.

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  • 9 years ago
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    Not quite sure what your question is however if it is about getting a job then yes you could. You could actually go into a few different fields. You would be able to teach or continue doing finance or coaching. If your asking if your education will help you become a citizen then education has no affect on it. Good luck to you! :-)

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    There are basically NINE ways that you can get a visa to live and work in the US:

    (1) Marriage (or engagement in anticipation of marriage) to a US citizen.

    (2) You have skills that are in short supply in the US e.g. scientific or medical training. A degree is normally a must. Or you have superior specialist skills with at least 12 years experience. (H visas)

    (3) You have an Employer who is willing to transfer you - but even the employer has to make a good case for you - so you have to be a manager unless you fall under category (2) above.(L visas)

    (4) You may get a Green card in the diversity lottery (UK citizens, except N.Ireland, are not generally eligible unless you, your spouse or parents were born abroad or held a different citizenship.

    (5)You own or buy business (does not get you permanent resident status i.e. no green card)You must be a national of a qualifying Treaty countries. The business must have a minimum value of around $150k (more the better) bearing in mind you will need somewhere to live and with any startup business you will need at least 2 years living money as back up. So a figure of $350k would be a nearer minimum (E-2 visas)

    (6)You are an "investor" i.e. you have at least US $1m in assets to bring with you. half of that in a few areas. And your background will be investigated to the hilt. (EB-5 visas)

    (7)You have a close relative (mother, father, brother, sister and no further) who is an US citizen who would sponsor you, approx time this take 2-12 years?

    (8.The R1 visa is available to foreign members of religious denominations, having bona fide non-profit religious organizations in the U.S., for entering the U.S. to carry on the activities of a minister or religious worker as a profession, occupation or vocation

    (9)THE UNUSUAL You are in a position to claim refugee status/political asylum. or You get a member of Congress to sponsor a private bill with legislation that applies just to you.

    The S visa issued to persons who assist US law enforcement to investigate and prosecute crimes and terrorist activities such as money laundering and organized crime

    Recruitment agent will not take you seriously if you are not already in the US. Writing for jobs is really a waste of time; likewise US employers have no idea what foreign qualification are or mean (except Degrees) it may pay you to get your qualification translated into a US equivalent, there are Companies that do this (www.wes.org) ..

    But if you are getting a visa under (2) above then you need a job offer before you can get the visa. Your Employer will be your sponsor this will cost them upward of $5k. So you can see you have to be offering something really special to get considered They may also have to prove to the Dept of labor that there is no American who can do the job if the position is to be permanent ©

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    your only option is finding an employer willing to sponsor you for a work visa. Since your degree should really match your field of work it's going to be difficult to get an H1B visa for a job in finance. Maybe for a job where your language skills and your finance skills are both required.

    There is no visa for being self-employed in the US.

  • 9 years ago

    Sounds like you have lots of options to me. I'd suggest using your lifestyle coaching business to make some U.S. contacts and go from there. Good luck to you, mate! :)

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  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    my best advice is to go on the us. gov site and look up visa rules. or just talk to a lawyer to make it real simple and easy. i'm sure if you found a job here though, you could move here no problem!

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    7 years ago

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  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    You must have the right visa and paperwork to fully work and reside in the US

    visit http://www.uscis.gov/ for all your immigration questions to the US

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    Not going to happen based on your work. Only if you have us family.

  • 9 years ago

    Firstly, you must learn to love war, and shooting each other.

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