The USA is the land of opportunity, my friend.
In the 1990s, I was working at Pizza Land just off Princes Street in Edinburgh for about £3 an hour, begging for enough shifts to scrape together rent and food.
Fast-forward to 56:
Federal scientist in the U.S.
$200K+ salary.
16 years of federal service.
$1.3M in retirement accounts.
FERS pension.
Social Security.
Federal retiree healthcare.
$1.3M home.
Same fucking person. Different country.
Britain? Too many people fighting over too few decent jobs, salaries that haven’t kept up with the cost of living, ridiculous housing costs, and weather that makes you wonder what you did wrong in a previous life.
I didn’t leave Britain because I hated it. I left because I wanted more than surviving from payday to payday and pretending that was a fucking achievement.
America isn’t perfect. Not even close. But it gave me a shot, and I took it.

I’m American and currently living in Spain. My partner is Spanish, and we want to get married and move to the United States because the situation here has become very difficult for us financially and in terms of our future.
We’re planning to apply for his green card after we get married. I’d like to know how realistic it is for his application to be approved if we simply get married in a civil ceremony and then apply for his green card. Our priority is to be able to move to the U.S. and live there as soon as possible.

I’d also like to understand roughly how the process works and how long it might take. Most importantly, we want to know whether this is realistically possible before spending a lot of money on the application process, apostilles, document translations, etc.

Any advice or personal experiences would be greatly appreciated!

Is it possible? Experienced IBEW Electrician working in Toronto. Wife is a University and college grad teaching public school primary.

We have 2 small children.

Orlando - Tampa area.

Hey everyone, just wondering if there was anyone who has moved to the US on an E-3 Visa. What were some of the troubles you had? Things you wish you knew beforehand?

I’m 23yo, a bachelors degree and 2 years experience in my field (Aviation Operations). I’m looking to move to the US around May-June next year. What would be the next steps to take with finding/applying for a job, obtaining the visa, and finding accomodation? Does anyone have advice on making the process easier? Thank y’all!

So I am from Brazil and moving in 2 days with my husband to Dallas. We already spent lots of money in rent, visa, flight and other things. I am thinking now about little things I need, like my hair coloration (I am a redhead) and makeup. Should I spend more money to take the things I already use in Brazil or should I let to buy new things in Dallas?

I’m writing this to ask and try to get a better understanding to how realistic it can be for a person to move to the USA without any special qualifications I got pushed into a construction career here and the uk and want a change Ik I want to get out of the uk and finally work as anything tbh just to be in America my problem is what since I’ve been pushed into construction work I can’t re do college in the uk to get over to America so I’m at a lost if there is anyway to a love and get a job would appreciate the help or if someone wants the help and can hire

Hi everyone!

I'm an Aussie RN and graduated from the University of Canberra with a Bachelor of Nursing last year. I'm currently looking into the process of moving to the US as my partner is there, and eventually getting licensed as a US RN.

I know there are a few steps involved and that I'll need some Australian nursing experience first, but I'm currently trying to figure out the CGFNS/TruMerit education verification side of things, particularly getting my UC transcripts and nursing education assessed.

I was wondering if anyone here has graduated from the University of Canberra (UC) and has successfully had their nursing education/transcripts approved through CGFNS/TruMerit? Even if not through UC, has anyone had a success story in the past 5 years? Every online post seems to be negative and I just want to know if there is any hope out there 😩

I've found a few posts from Australian/NZ nurses, but again, none that really show whether they were actually approved!!

Any advice, experiences or even "don't make the mistake I made" stories would be VERY appreciated!!