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Help me move to the USA, please.....

disneytati

disneytati

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Hi, guys!
As some of you already know, my biggest dream is to move to the USA. I've wanted it since I was a little girl, and now my husband has finally decided to support me. The problem is: he doesn't have a visa, and I am sure the consulate won't give him one. So I need to come up with other ideas to move up there legally. Then I thought that, well, maybe you guys could help me out... I thought of getting myself a job up there, getting a work visa, and then he would have the right to go up there with me. But I don't even know where to start... Or even if it would be possible... But I gotta find a way..... It's my biggest dream, and to tell you the truth, I am not happy here. Could you guys please help me? Maybe if we think together, we can find a solution! :)

Thanks a lot!!!
Kisses from Brazil! (or from Florida, at heart)
 
disneytati

disneytati

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MouseMadness said:
WOW!! That's really exciting! I wouldn't have the first clue as to what you should do, just wanted to wish you lots of luck!! :wave:
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Thanks! :) I am pretty confident someone will have a good idea. I will save money for the rest of the year, so I guess I still have some time to figure out what to do. But I set myself this deadline: until 2006, I will have found a solution, and will have moved to the USA.

Oh, by the way!
There's a new soap opera going on here, about a girl whose dream is to go to America, and she tries to get there crossing the Mexican border on foot. The name of the soap opera is "America". I would NEVER do that, but her mind is pretty similar to mine (or so they say, never watched it), and my friends and family kept calling me the whole week to pick on me! It has just started, so the girl is still in Mexico. I will ask my sister to tape it for me (I am at work when it is aired) so that I can see "myself", as people are saying. :lol:
 
Woody13

Woody13

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Tati, do you meet any of the family-based preferences or the employment-based preferences as described in U.S. Immigration Law? :wave:
 
Slipknot

Slipknot

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I don't have any ideas as to how you can get here. But, if there is anything you need me to do, I will gladly do it (aside from sending you money... Cause I don't have any...) One of the instructors at my school is from Brazil too, legally and I can ask her some questions for you if you want. How cool would it be if you got a job at WDW and got that visa?
 
no2apprentice

no2apprentice

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If you're serious (and it sounds like you are), you may want to start by going to the Immigration Services website, which is http://uscis.gov. That should give you a good idea of the visa process, and what information you'll need to get started.

Your best chances are probably a work visa or education visa. Of course, since 9/11, the Immigration Service has cut back on the number of visas granted, and are more strict on documentation and restrictions.

Don't give up, if this is what you ard your husband really want to do. It just may take a lot of effort and patience. Good luck.

(If I talked about stuff you're already aware of, sorry.)
 
tigsmom

tigsmom

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Tati, I'm so glad your hubby has finally decided to give the US a try. Why don't you think he'll get a vis? You've gotten some good info already, give it a try and follow that dream. (((HUGS)))
 
disneytati

disneytati

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Hey! Thanks a lot for the support!

Woody - What preferences are those? You mean, if I have qualifications to apply for a visa based on family or employment? Well, I have a college degree on English language and Literature, and have fluent English and Portuguese (which is my native language) and speak a bit of Spanish. To qualify for a job there, I would have to find a position for which there aren't American people qualified for it. Or at least the employer would ahve to state so...

Slade - Long time no see! Miss u! I would really appreciate if you could ask her some questions, maybe she can come up with a good idea to help me out. Or knows someone who could help me... I have a tourist visa, which enables me to go up there and look for a job, but my husband and my baby don't. Man, as long I am in the USA, I don't even care what kind of job I'll take. Of course, a WDW job would be great, but I gotta think of my baby, and I'd rather have a full time job with health plan and maybe nursery school. But these are details that can be easily solved once I manage to get there. Thanks a lot!!! :kiss:

no2apprentice - You can bet I am serious! Can't stop thinking about it! Thanks for the link, I will check it out. An education visa would demand more money than a work visa, I guess. I would have to pay for my course, so I think a work visa would be better. Besides, an educational visa wouldn't give me the right to take my family with me. I think my best option would be a work visa, so that my husband could get one as well. (not a work visa, but he could go up there with me, and then try to get a work visa for himself)

tigsmom - I am almost sure my husband won't get any kind of visa by himself. They have been declining tourist visas to everyone. After 9/11, things got even worse. He's 33 years old, ty job, no degree, the typical immigrant profile. Unless I can find someone inside the consulate who could help him, he won't get it...

Anyway, I won't give up... If any of you guys come up with an idea of how I could get a job up there, please post it, ok? Thanks one more time!!! :kiss:
 
disneytati

disneytati

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ogryn said:
Maybe you could go and talk to somebody at the US Embassy in your country?
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At the Embassy, maybe. At the consulate... not really... they are a :zipit: :zipit: holes. Brazilian people who are really stuck up, thinking they are better than us just because they work at the American consulate. I don't even know where the Embassy is, or if we have one, or even if the Consulate and the Embassy are the same place. Gotta check it out. :)
 
Woody13

Woody13

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Tati, you are right. Since 9/11, the number of visas being issued has declined. However, your advanced language skills will be of significant help. Here are the details concerning the various preference levels:

The family-based preferences are as follows:

  • The family-based 1st preference is the unmarried sons and daughters of US citizens. These would be those who are unmarried and over the age of 21.
  • The family-based 2nd preference is divided into two categories. Category 2A is the spouses and minor, unmarried, children of permanent residents. Category 2B is the adult, unmarried, sons and daughters of permanent residents.
  • The family-based 3rd preference is the married sons and daughters of US citizens.
  • The family-based 4th preference is the brothers and sisters of US citizens. The US citizen must be at least 21 years of age to file a petition for a brother or sister.
  • Apply now with our Family Relations Kit
Each of these preferences has a limit on the number of persons who can receive permanent residence each year, and each country of the world also has its own quota.

  • The employment-based preferences are as follows:
    • The employment-based 1st preference is divided into three categories: aliens with extraordinary ability, outstanding professors and researchers, and certain multinational executives and managers.
    • The employment-based 2nd preference is divided into two categories: aliens who are members of the professions holding advanced degrees, or aliens of exceptional ability in the sciences, arts or business.
    • The employment-based 3rd preference is divided into three categories: skilled workers, professionals, and other workers.
      Apply now with our Permanent Residence through Employment Kit
    • The employment-based 4th preference is for religious workers including ministers of religion; professionals working in religious vocations or occupations; and other workers in religious vocations or occupations that work for US nonprofit religious organizations or at nonprofit religious organizations affiliated with qualified religious denominations.
      Apply now with our Temporary and Permanent Religious Workers Kit
    • The employment-based 5th preference (investment visa) is for those aliens who have invested, or are actively in the process of investing capital in a new commercial enterprise in the United States, which will create full-time positions for not fewer than 10 qualifying employees. The amount of the investment must be at least one million dollars, unless the investment is in a targeted employment area, in which case the investment can be $500,000.
http://www.rapidimmigration.com/usa/1_eng_info_permresidency.html
 
disneytati

disneytati

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WOW!!! Thanks for all the support!!!

Thanks for the info, Woody! In which category do you think I would fit? The 3rd, I guess, yeah? Well, anyways, if I fit into any of these categories I gotta find a company which would be willing to hire me, yeah? That's the worst part... I have no idea where to start, and companies wouldn't hire me from this distance, I would have to go up there, and apply for jobs. Any ideas in that matter? Well, if any of you guys hear of a company willing to hire foreigners, please post it, ok? :)
Love you all!!!! :wave:
 

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