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Post by Alex Catterall on Mar 1, 2005 21:42:37 GMT
Have you considered teaching in the UK first to get some experience??
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Post by Alex Catterall on Mar 1, 2005 21:42:51 GMT
Have you considered teaching in the UK first to get some experience??
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Post by Luke Pollard on Mar 1, 2005 22:39:10 GMT
I teach up to 8 hours a week + under my instructor at our Dojang. I also run a weekly session in my school and hope to do the same at my college, i do some private sessions with students at my school who train at our club.
I hope to run a club when I go to uni to aid the financial situation, I love teaching and have been doing it since i was a yellow belt! hence why i want to go full time! ;D
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Post by Travis Bowler on Mar 2, 2005 0:12:27 GMT
He ended up getting married and had a few kids. When the government caught up to him- he was deported. Eventhough he was married and had kids and developed that reputation with the community, he was here illegally and it caught up to him. My point - don't fool around with this stuff and talk to the right authorities so you get it done right.  Wow... thats crazy. A friend of mine married a yank and she was given 'residency' status here, but has to wait a total of 5 years before becoming an Australian citizen (I think its five, might be 7 - around there anyway). Either way, she wasn't deported  . Oh and Stu, I think your right about the sponsor thing. The organisation over there organises the appropriate visa's etc for you to work, and its really quite straightforward. But you have to get the job first, and it has to be in a field where America is short (It was Engineering a few years back, not sure if thats the same today - I think a lot of it ended up getting outsourced like IT because its cheaper). For you though Luke, Dave's 'Option 1' is probably the best. If your at a Uni at England, then it will have a sister Uni in the US. They usually have some form of transfer agreement between each other. Lastly, I'm suprised Colin hasn't piped up yet  - he's been from Singapore to the US to Australia. He must have some inside info |
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Post by Dave Melton on Mar 2, 2005 5:00:26 GMT
Yeah that is crazy isn't it? The sponsor thing that you guys mentioned is my Option 2 earlier. But it is only temporary (up to 16 weeks per calander year). Trav with regard to the sponsor thing - that is a little different option. If you want to come over here without a sponsor, you need to have a unique skill, and you can bypass many of the other options and red tape. That means if you want to come over here and work as an attorney - there are WAY too many here. However, if you are going to be a nuclear physicist with a specialty in beaming you from aussie land to here - now you have a great chance of getting in without being put on the 11 year waiting list. |
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Post by Olivier Van-Overbeek on Mar 2, 2005 11:59:18 GMT
Ola guys,
all that has been said is correct,
few more options,
1) apply for a diversity lottery, due to the nature of the usa, it still allows a number of europeans to enter the country on an annual basis, these numbers are limited and depend on the amount of immigrations of each participating country.
you enter a lottery to get a PERMANENT Green Card wich is not only a permanent visa, but also a working permit.
2) If your family has enough money, you can get something called an investers visa, you'll have to have enough to start a school and hire a few americans.
3) Skilled worker visa's, the basically come in 4 different preference levels, the higher your educated (MsC -> BsC -> etc) the higher the chance is you get in.
4) if you know someone over there they can give you a job, however they will have to prove that there isn't a native that can do the job, there are ways around this, for example if you know the person well you can have them create a job that requires a certain experience in martial arts. (something i'll be using in the future)
5) get over there on a student visa or any other sort of visa, and marry someone
6) fly to mexico and cross the border.........happens all the time
Luke, have a very very very good look at the american gov web sites that will explain all visa's. The student working permits are well, useless. again there are ways around that, you could for example be teaching and have your students make 'donations' or have them pay a company in england (which off course has an account in your name)
i've been looking into this stuff for ages now, and it's complex but there are ways in.
So far i've applied for a div. lottery, and a student visa.
once i'm done studying i'll have a job waiting for me in new york teaching wing chun and practicing oriental medicine at a friends health centre that has very very specific requirements in regards to who they hire, as they are in nature a spiritual organisation. (this is where the previous statement comes in)
good luck.
Oli
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Post by Tim White on Mar 2, 2005 12:27:09 GMT
Oli,
You should consider going into the comedy business, althought you are factaul on your details.
Tim
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Post by Dave Melton on Mar 2, 2005 14:04:24 GMT
2) If your family has enough money, you can get something called an investers visa, you'll have to have enough to start a school and hire a few americans. Yes, which is about $150,000 dollars! or 75,000 GBP AND, there cannot be a large suppy of american workers with the same skill (like your example 4) Isn't it more complicated than that? I thought you needed a permanent visa. LOL! And get deported permanently when they find you! I am assuming you are still waiting for the lottery visa? How much did that all cost Oli? You are right it is too complicated, and the gov website is informative but to hard to understand I think! I guess that is what happens when you mix lawyers and goverment huh |
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Post by Alex Catterall on Mar 3, 2005 21:55:39 GMT
Oli, You should consider going into the comedy business, althought you are factaul on your details. Tim LOL - Yeah, the crossing Mexico's border bit tickled me. I believe you, it just sounds mad. Imagining either of you running away from a far Mexican police man shouting "Stop, stop!" in a sterio-typicaly bad accent. |
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Post by Dave Melton on Mar 4, 2005 17:53:04 GMT
Imagining either of you running away from a far Mexican police man shouting "Stop, stop!" in a sterio-typicaly bad accent. No No No Alex - that would be ALTO-ALTO! |
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Post by Mike Evans on Jun 28, 2005 18:32:29 GMT
Wouldn't the Canadian border be easier? It's not patrolled nearly as strictly as the Mexican border...Hyopthetically of course....
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Post by kyushindo on Jul 10, 2005 13:20:05 GMT
Hey Luke,
Have you considered Oz? (There is a wonderful wizard there I hear!) I see an ad in Combat by an Ozzy WC master (at least I think he was WC) offering opportunities to go live and train out there. I am sure Glen and some of the other Ozzies could put you straight as to whether this guy is kosher or not.
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- he's been from Singapore to the US to Australia. He must have some inside info 
