What type of visa do I need?

[JB007 4]

I believe a 2 year home residency condition applies so you can't move anywhere and you have some travel restrictions (outside of US) while your application is pending. This is what I heard so don't take my word for it.

[milimelo 4,259]

Here is a short story of two of my fellow co-workers, how they got to work and live in the US:

Both came to the US on a student visa to finish their master degree in Computer Engineering. They were later recruited by my employer once they graduated. My employer (their sponsor) helped them "convert" their student visa to a work visa (H1B I believe). Now both have applied for green cards but the process is lengthy (takes about 5 years) and is not free of conditions - one is to be employed. You get the point... no job => deportation and you cannot move out of your state.

So assuming everything works out and you have a sponsor, keep your job for 5 years til you get your green card it will take another 5 years until you become citizen.

I'd say you're probably better off trying to apply for the Diversity Lottery and get the green card right away if you're lucky.

England is not eligible for DV lottery.

I believe a 2 year home residency condition applies so you can't move anywhere and you have some travel restrictions (outside of US) while your application is pending. This is what I heard so don't take my word for it.

I think you heard wrong. PLease consider what you are posting and how it may affect people who take your advice. So, if you don't know it, keep reading and don't post.

[TBoneTX 43,426]

*** Thread moved from Work Visas forum to General Immigration Discussion forum -- OP has not decided on a visa path. ***

[JB007 4]

I think you heard wrong. PLease consider what you are posting and how it may affect people who take your advice. So, if you don't know it, keep reading and don't post.

What part of

This is what I heard so don't take my word for it.

didn't you understand?

[Owen_London 65]

What part of didn't you understand?

Sorry, but giving advice that is misleading and wrong isn't excused by adding a slight disclaimer, especially when that disclaimer is only in a subsequent post, and you repeat the same advice before that disclaimer even after someone queries it.

It's usually better to keep quiet than to give advice when you aren't sure of the subject you're talking about.

[Kajikit 65]

You have two options since neither of you is American - you can get a work visa, which requires somebody to give you a job and sponsor you into the country... or you can get a student visa, which requires you to be enrolled in a school and to be studying. You can't just say 'I'm going to come live in the US' - if you come in as a tourist you get a 90 day visit and that's it.

[JB007 4]

Sorry, but giving advice that is misleading and wrong isn't excused by adding a slight disclaimer, especially when that disclaimer is only in a subsequent post, and you repeat the same advice before that disclaimer even after someone queries it.

It's usually better to keep quiet than to give advice when you aren't sure of the subject you're talking about.

Can't argue with you on that one. Should have kept my mouth shut. I forgot why I stopped posting on forums long time ago. Now I remember.

Thanks for the friendly*reminder.

Edited October 18, 2012 by JB007

[akihon 129]

I believe a 2 year home residency condition applies so you can't move anywhere and you have some travel restrictions (outside of US) while your application is pending. This is what I heard so don't take my word for it.

you speak vaguely (and mostly incorrectly) of the Naturalization conditions, not LPR nor H1B.

Section 316(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ("INA") discusses the requirements for naturalization. INA §316(a) provides that no person, except as otherwise provided in this title, shall be naturalized, unless such applicant,

• Immediately preceding the date of filing of his or her application for naturalization has resided continuously, after being lawfully admitted for permanent residence, within the United States for at least five years and during the five years immediately preceding the date of his or her application has been physically present therein for periods totaling at least half of that time, and who has resided within the State or within the district of the Immigration and Naturalization Services (hereinafter INS or Service) of the United States in which the applicant filed the application for at least three months;

Edited October 19, 2012 by akihon