I’ve grown up seeing media portrayal of ships coming from “the old country” full of immigrants who spend all of their money getting an apartment on the East Coast and then naturalizing into American citizens. We have cultural neighborhoods in every large city in the US. Knowing how bureaucratic everything is now, how were people able to just pop into Ellis island, sign their name, and then start working/living in the US?
With the direction of the US right now, my partner and I would be willing to empty our life savings and start fresh somewhere else, in a similar vein. Obviously this is just a pipe dream because it seems incredibly difficult to move from one country to another. I’m not moving for the idea of social benefits, we want to work and make a life for ourselves honestly. Looking online though, it seems like you need to be sponsored for work or by a citizen. Can’t I just pay for my own work visa and work at a shop if I’m not qualified for work sponsored engineering position? I just don’t understand how so many people are able to immigrate once you start looking into the processes.
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r/NoStupidQuestions I’ve grown up seeing media portrayal of ships coming from “the old country” full of immigrants who spend all of their money getting an apartment on the East Coast and then naturalizing into American citizens. We have cultural neighborhoods in every large city in the US. Knowing how bureaucratic everything is now, how were people able to just pop into Ellis island, sign their name, and then start working/living in the US? With the direction of the US right now, my partner and I would be willing to empty our life savings and start fresh somewhere else, in a similar vein. Obviously this is just a pipe dream because it seems incredibly difficult to move from one country to another. I’m not moving for the idea of social benefits, we want to work and make a life for ourselves honestly. Looking online though, it seems like you need to be sponsored for work or by a citizen. Can’t I just pay for my own work visa and work at a shop if I’m not qualified for work sponsored engineering position? I just don’t understand how so many people are able to immigrate once you start looking into the processes. submitted by /u/kittykatkitkat [link] [comments]
I’ve grown up seeing media portrayal of ships coming from “the old country” full of immigrants who spend all of their money getting an apartment on the East Coast and then naturalizing into American citizens. We have cultural neighborhoods in every large city in the US. Knowing how bureaucratic everything is now, how were people able to just pop into Ellis island, sign their name, and then start working/living in the US?
With the direction of the US right now, my partner and I would be willing to empty our life savings and start fresh somewhere else, in a similar vein. Obviously this is just a pipe dream because it seems incredibly difficult to move from one country to another. I’m not moving for the idea of social benefits, we want to work and make a life for ourselves honestly. Looking online though, it seems like you need to be sponsored for work or by a citizen. Can’t I just pay for my own work visa and work at a shop if I’m not qualified for work sponsored engineering position? I just don’t understand how so many people are able to immigrate once you start looking into the processes.
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