emigrating to the USA

toptobottom

The more I read posts on here , the more I believe in Karma.

It wasn't that long ago the OP wanted to emigrate, her husband didn't. But they had no money anyway. Plus they had a son with special needs

Now he wants to move more than she does, and they have friend who has offered them a house in the US.

See, dreams do come true.....................;)

bcl999

toptobottom wrote: »

The more I read posts on here , the more I believe in Karma.

It wasn't that long ago the OP wanted to emigrate, her husband didn't. But they had no money anyway. Plus they had a son with special needs

Now he wants to move more than she does, and they have friend who has offered them a house in the US.

See, dreams do come true.....................;)

A new user with 6 posts who already sounds as cynical as all us old 'uns!

Meepster

I looked into this a few years ago, as I was thinking about moving over to Pennsylvania.

In reality, the only way it is feasible to emigrate to the USA is if you can get a business to sponsor you and the scenario would have to go something like this:

Company has a vacancy, which has been vacant for a minimum of 6 months (this can vary between States, some say 1 year min.)
Company must have tried to recruit for the vacant position and must be able to prove that no suitable persons have been found. (i.e. the job entails a specific skill-set)
Company can then apply to the government to set the wheels in motion. They must offer you at least 1 years continual employment or guarantee to support you financially for that year and find you a place to live.
If all this pans through, you will be given a conditional USA VISA, which will last a minimum of 1 year (or longer, depending on how long the USA company has been in operation)

If the company don't offer you a healthcare plan, you are pretty much on your own. You wont get public health care AT ALL, until you are an official US citizen. The healthcare plan you get through a company can vary greatly, but it's not like over here, you pay into a healthcare plan monthly, but you still don't get free treatment, you have to pay either proportional costs or a set deductable amount each time you need health care.

Oh and you wont recieve ANY benefits of any kind

The easiest way of getting into the States, is by buying a Green Card. For this you will need an outlay of £500,000...

moonrakerz

OLLIESMUMMY08 wrote: »

Also my eldest son has problems due to a drowning accident in 2006, here we qualify for dla, do they get help for this in the US? No problem if not, just want to know he will be looked after as he has a lot of problems, which also makes me question hospital care, so we arrange insurance before hand? Im assuming this has to be all done prior?

Sorry to say this - but you really don't have a clue about the medical system in the US do you ?

You don't just pay for a policy before you go and that's it !

You will pay insurance all the time - IF you can find anyone who will take you on. From what you say, your son has on-going medical problems - it will be nigh on impossible to insure him ! Do you think the US Government will allow your family to settle in the US so that your son "will be looked after", presumably by the US taxpayer - we might do that for everyman who wanders into our country - the Americans certainly don't!

I have friends in the US, they are a retired couple and extremely well off. The man has diabetes - he CANNOT get any medical insurance at all; except for trips overseas, and these exclude anything related to his diabetes.

neilbond007

Speaking as someone who moved to the US 2 years ago I can confirm getting a Visa is tough.
I had an inter company transfer and with being in a management position was eligible for an L1 Visa.

These Visa's used to take a matter of weeks to get. But due to the US authorities making it much tougher to qualify it took about 5 months and about a 2 inch think dossier to support my application.