moving to Florida ....still (well trying anyway)

[andybliss]

Hi there all,
Ok, I can see that the question has been asked a few times but my family and i are looking to move to the orlando area from the uk asap, we are tired and fed up with uk life and need to get ourselves to 'the land of the free'
I am a 39 year old retail manager with tons of retail and direct sales experience, my wife is 36 and my kids are 3 and 11, looking thru the imigration details it looks like my only hope of entry is via sponsership from a us company but what i do can't really be considered as rocket science and could certainly be done by countless americans so where does that leave me ?
Any help would be truly apreciated even if it is 'dont do it' lol
Thanks in advance for your help and advise
Andy.

[Ray&Sarah]

Andy,
Welcome to the forum firstly. Secondly, like you we would love to change our life here in the UK for one in the US. But from reading the threads on this site, it would appear that your best chance is to find a International company with outlets in Orlando, and get them to sponsor you (and they can only sponsor you if they can prove that there are no americans with the same skill set). Check out the previous threads on the forum, by using the search facilty at the top of the page. Good luck.

[chrizzy100]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by andybliss
Hi there all,
Ok, I can see that the question has been asked a few times but my family and i are looking to move to the orlando area from the uk asap, we are tired and fed up with uk life and need to get ourselves to "the land of the free"
I am a 39 year old retail manager with tons of retail and direct sales experience, my wife is 36 and my kids are 3 and 11, looking thru the imigration details it looks like my only hope of entry is via sponsership from a us company but what i do can't really be considered as rocket science and could certainly be done by countless americans so where does that leave me ?
Any help would be truly apreciated even if it is "dont do it" lol
Thanks in advance for your help and advise
Andy.
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Hi trying to get a sponser for retail...well you'll need a degree .....or 12 years in your field of work doing the same job.....thats not all the steps getting to be say a test eng...like my hubby is...but thats 12 full years of being a full test eng....I never say never......because someone told us we would never get here...but I'll not give you tons of hope......

[andybliss]

Thanks for the speedy replys, keep em coming !
I have 20 plus years in retail with at least 12 as manager, will that do? is that enough to get me in ? i have heard that florida is crying out for nurses, and that it's a sure fire way in, is this true? i would be willing to retrain as this is somthing i really want.

[chrizzy100]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by andybliss
Thanks for the speedy replys, keep em coming !
I have 20 plus years in retail with at least 12 as manager, will that do? is that enough to get me in ? i have heard that florida is crying out for nurses, and that it's a sure fire way in, is this true? i would be willing to retrain as this is somthing i really want.
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You would need to find a retail company that could not find an Amercian to do the job.....and thats where it get hard....because America has a lot of people out of work right now......

Taking up general nursing would be something worth looking at....look online for any info.......I think there are a few people doing that that read this forum.....so its been talking about.....do a search......

[andybliss]

Thanks chrizzy, will look into that, but for now, time for bed, cant wait to see what ppl have added to this thread 2morrow, you all have a great afternoon/evening and i'll be back 2morrow[|)]

[esprit]

It would be very heard to get labor cetification for a retail manager. It is really for specialist workers, need by the US because there are no Americans to do the job. Nursing is a long haul, a degree then a one year convesrion course, You could buy a business here in E2 but that affects your kids and never leads to green card. If I had my time over. I would do what I am advising you to do - set up a businesss ( shop?? franchise??) in the UK with employees, trade for a year, put a manager in to oversee trading in the UL for at least another year and transfer yourself out to open a shop/franchise or whatever here. That is an L1 visa which leads to green card.

[imported_n/a]

Isn,t it funny.I'm a Brit living out here with my adorable family with a green card, but would love to give it all up to move us all back to the UK.I really miss the country as a whole including the people.I've decided that no matter what you do it always appears better on the other side just like that joke about the two old Bulls.
ANDYBLISS tHE comment about the land of the free really threw me!!!! i wonder if you would have the same opinion after 5 years here.

woudn't give up the Orlando house though!!!!

[andybliss]

Sorry GBCHELLE , But how long has it been since you left ?????
not sure you would want to come back too quickly, unless theres family involved.
shame they dont do a swap scheme where we could swap houses and jobs ect !
Andy.

[chrizzy100]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by GBCHELLE
Isn,t it funny.I'm a Brit living out here with my adorable family with a green card, but would love to give it all up to move us all back to the UK.I really miss the country as a whole including the people.I've decided that no matter what you do it always appears better on the other side just like that joke about the two old Bulls.
ANDYBLISS tHE comment about the land of the free really threw me!!!! i wonder if you would have the same opinion after 5 years here.

woudn't give up the Orlando house though!!!!
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I could not go back ...not even after all the troubles we've had here......my son is an American now.....my daughter wanted to go back to the UK so much...she went to visit for 6 weeks..and cried that she wanted to come home to the USA.....England was not how she remembered it.....and we have only been here 4 years.......the USA is not a bed of roses..its hard work..long hours.....but its a great life for the kids.....so well worth it for us....we had to put up a fight to stay here...and its working out OK for us......I think this is home now...