Name changed of course - I fully appreciate this sounds insane so please keep an open mind. I'm from and live in England. I want to live in New York City or surrounding areas. I have travelled there multiple times and it has always been my goal since I was a child, every time I have been it just cemented it more, it's one ultimate goal of mine that has never faltered. I know visiting as a tourist and living there are different but hypothetically let's say I 100% know it's for me. I'm about to graduate with a BSc Hons in something reliable (think biology/medical but not that specifically) so can go on to pretty much ANY field of science study or choose from a wide range of entry level jobs now. I don't know what to do next. Athough I have really enjoyed my degree I don't have any idea what specific job I actually want to do, I'm suited to scientific or medical research and professional type work over 'customer' facing work but I basically just want to work my way up to decent job with a company that will sponsor me to move to NY. I am interested in academia in my science subject in the future possibly and there are constant developments in the area, especially in the US so that's good. I do have one child but by the time I have saved and got a decent footing in my career DC will be a teen or more likely an adult so not too worried about Visa implications of taking a young child with me (obviously if it could be sooner that would be amazing, if I didn't have to consider that I would look into postgraduate studies there, which is possibly still an option but obviously a lot harder). No partner or anyone to object to moving if I did take DC. No family here. WWYD? What careers and companies would you look into in this instance? I know someone who moved to New Jersey with Barclays but I'm not sure what job I would do with a company like that - perhaps data science? I feel like I've given myself a good base and looks like I will get a 1st in my degree which I am very happy with. I can basically do anything I want now, including GDL, grad medicine - I just don't know what I want other than I want to live there. Sorry if you live in NY and hate it , yes I have thought about health insurance etc, I have read so much on here and elsewhere about this, others considering it and changing their minds, info from expats and people born there. I just can't stop feeling how I feel, I know it's ridiculously idealistic. I can't really explain it properly. I've spent so much time thinking and there are just so many options, of course nothing is guaranteed but I would rather have this than have a dream job for example. I am genuinely prepared to work for years to get this. Anyone have any thoughts or has moved to NY themselves and can share their experience and how they did it? Thank you!
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Luredbyapomegranate · 24/11/2022 20:40
I think graduate school is going to be easiest - getting into a company and then transferring is much less direct.
The fees always look horrendous but there are lots of scholarship type things which seem to be possible to get from the UK. Having had a kid so young could be to your advantage here (I say this because I know two teens from the uk who got good financial assistance because they came from deprived areas in the Uk, despite being screamingly middle class). And then you borrow the rest, which if you are going into big pharma or tech you should be able to pay back alright.
BasiliskStare · 24/11/2022 21:08
DH was once offered a job in NY. Between us ( I was working for a multinational company in the UK ) we could have done but did not 1) because I like living in the UK - not great reason if your ambition is NY ) 2) DCs' schooling would have been disrupted and then if they wanted to go to university in the UK ( they did ) then overseas fees etc. )
I think what you need to think about is what skills etc you could have which are not readily available in the US and maybe then work backwards from that - although over years even that may not work. I do not mean to be depressing about this but why would they give you a green card when they have US citizens who can do the same thing. Not saying for one moment you could not do those jobs but I think you need something unique which a US company thinks - Ah we need her. Again - I do not mean to sound downbeat just I think a bit realistic.
Not sure just doing an MBA will get you rights to work in the US. But check & might be expensive
Anyway - I hope you do not take this post amiss , just if that is your goal , be very very clear what will get you the right to work there. Whether that is a big company here ( but even so if a multinational company they may have people who can do the same who are US citizens. ) Or you have a specific skill which will make you a person they want - Dh worked for a US company & he said it was a specific skill they did not have which gave him the job offer. But these can be very niche.
I really hope you get there but my posts are just to give you some realism about how hard it might be. If others have easier answers or people working in the US think I am wrong - take those opinions - Just one view
Best wishes @NewYorkUltimateGoal - I hope you do it.
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