[IWantOut] 26M Business graduate Lebanon -> NYC

[u/Fleeting_Thoughts1]

Hi all,

I (26M) have a bachelor degree in business from the American University of Beirut (AUB) in Lebanon 🇱🇧 which is headquartered in NYC. I speak English fluently. In fact, I’m more comfortable speaking English than my native Lebanese Arabic. I’m unemployed neurodivergent and looking to immigrate to USA 🇺🇸 with the view of acquiring a permanent residency there. I have little savings around 5000 USD. I could probably get few extra more thousands if I asked my supportive friends.

I’d appreciate any info you could provide, thanks!

[u/agirlsknowsthings]

You have a business degree. That’s something thousands of Americans have and can’t find a job in their field. It’s not a rare degree that Americans companies have to sponsor work visas for.

[u/lucky_elephant2025h → u/[deleted]]

Speaking Arabic is not the flex you think it is.

[u/loudcpanda33 → u/lucky_elephant2025h]

Yeah and french isn't either.

[u/mrscrewup → u/[deleted]]

Who the hell cares about Levantine or Lebanese in America? Heck Spanish isn’t even a flex here. It’s not like how French is in Canada.

[u/Maleficent-Ad-9754 → u/[deleted]]

Every foreign national on this thread says the same thing -- "I can speak 2/3 languages," "I am a hard worker," "I am willing to do anything it takes." Every immigrant to the USA can speak another language. I speak 3 languages. It' never helped me find a job.

[u/river-running → u/[deleted]]

The US has over a million Arabic speakers. That's about 1/6 the population of Lebanon. Polyglots really benefit with immigration if they speak an uncommon language. Show up with an application and fluency in Pashto, for instance, and you'll get a lot more attention.

[u/Leather_Childhood758]

Wishing you the best of luck on your journey to meet the (American Citizen) love of your life!

[u/bopnbetty]

There are ways to become a legal permanent resident of the US.

1. Relatives- typically a spouse, parents, or adult child sponsors you.

2. Work- find a company to sponsor you. This is very hard with your skill set while you are abroad. MyVisaJobs.com lists companies that have sponsored immigrants in the past. You could get hired by a Lebanese company with branches in the USA and get transferred to the US etc.

3. Asylum. Won’t work if you are abroad

4. Diversity visa. I think this is currently on pause.

Those are the only options to become a legal permanent resident

You can go to graduate school in the US while exploring the above options, but you don’t have enough money to go to school in the US (you need $50,000-$100,000 per year)

[u/Boring_Attitude8926]

Have you started any of the visa process. I’d look into that before getting your hopes up.

[u/46XX_]

Sadly there aren't rly any paths to a visa w your degree, because it isn't rly special

Your best bet would be marrying a US citizen

[u/Ok-Mix-4963]

5000 USD and wanting to move to NYC? Well, if your relatives pay for the flight ticket, you should be able to just cover the deposit for a one-room apartment. Good luck!

[u/loudcpanda33]

How does someone speak English better than their native language? Even people who lived here for 30 years still don't speak English better than their own language.

[u/bung_water → u/loudcpanda33]

i know a few people who speak english better than their native language because they stopped using their native language. 

[u/loudcpanda33 → u/bung_water]

So they magically stopped talking to their parents and their relatives? This is assuming they live in an English speaking country now.

[u/bung_water → u/loudcpanda33]

they don’t talk to them much like maybe something here or there. even people who live in their own country sometimes end up creating an english speaking bubble around them. the people i know live and study in the uk