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  • zemoxyl
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    Originally posted by andyskiv View Post
    I am going to head to the US this year. Ended up setting up my own company and getting a visa based on the fact I'd be an employee of it. Took a while, only because I needed references from most of my clients. I used a immigration law firm (ASK Law Group in Los Angeles) to do the paperwork and cost me about $4k (ish).
    How long are you planning in going over there for ? Sounds long term ?

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  • andyskiv
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    I am going to head to the US this year. Ended up setting up my own company and getting a visa based on the fact I'd be an employee of it. Took a while, only because I needed references from most of my clients. I used a immigration law firm (ASK Law Group in Los Angeles) to do the paperwork and cost me about $4k (ish).

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  • CssBoyo
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    Originally posted by SuperZ View Post
    Canada any better?
    Not really - rates aren't that good, taxes are higher than US and housing prices are going from the obscene to the you-must-be-joking.

    There's also that thing called "Canadian Experience", which they'll apply to everybody and the "networking" thing here is huge meaning that people generally get employed 'cos they used to work with the VP's wife a few years back, etc., etc.

    Still if you like snow and sub-zero temperatures for 6 months of the year...

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  • Not So Wise
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    No idea, to far north for me to consider

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  • SuperZ
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    Originally posted by Not So Wise View Post
    Got to agree with PM, for many years it was my plan to return state side (worked there years ago) and stay there, but with way they have been going for last 5 years or so (i travel there quite frequently) you could not pay me enough money to go back full time, especially to work in IT
    Canada any better?

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  • Not So Wise
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    Got to agree with PM, for many years it was my plan to return state side (worked there years ago) and stay there, but with way they have been going for last 5 years or so (i travel there quite frequently) you could not pay me enough money to go back full time, especially to work in IT

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  • Fred Bloggs
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    Originally posted by PM-Junkie View Post
    My advice is to think long and hard about this. I spend a lot of time in the US (mostly East and West coast), and have done over the last 15 years, and in my experience (the experience of others may differ of course) it is becoming a noticeably angry and unwelcoming place. Its nowhere near as enjoyable as it was even 5 years ago...now every time I am there I can't help wondering when they are all going to start shooting each other. Not only that, but some individuals can be very quick to blame foreigners for their ills, with the resulting uncomfortable experiences. It's all very sad.

    Even the English accent doesn't work as well anymore

    Lots and lots of very unhappy people there (not that here is any different of course - but then we are British, we are supposed to be miserable).
    Hmmm, that's sad. I've always had an ambition to try and work a year or two in the US if the opportunity arose.

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  • stek
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    My UK mate is living in Framingham, Boston on $60 a hour and he's struggling. Mind u more fool him for buying a four bed with a pool when he's single...

    And he's still got my Sun Ray devices I won on Ebay for shipping on to me...

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  • PM-Junkie
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    My advice is to think long and hard about this. I spend a lot of time in the US (mostly East and West coast), and have done over the last 15 years, and in my experience (the experience of others may differ of course) it is becoming a noticeably angry and unwelcoming place. Its nowhere near as enjoyable as it was even 5 years ago...now every time I am there I can't help wondering when they are all going to start shooting each other. Not only that, but some individuals can be very quick to blame foreigners for their ills, with the resulting uncomfortable experiences. It's all very sad.

    Even the English accent doesn't work as well anymore

    Lots and lots of very unhappy people there (not that here is any different of course - but then we are British, we are supposed to be miserable).

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  • weboo
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    browse to dice.com find a job that is willing to sponsor you

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  • 36012
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    work visa

    Your American employer will have to sponsor a work visa. I think you would have to be on your agency's payroll and they'd have to get you a visa which costs money and takes a while. Most 'contractors' here are agency temps.
    Your British ltd company can't get you a work visa. Sorry but it may be difficult. The rates here are generally rubbish anyway.

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  • pzz76077
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    Originally posted by escado View Post
    I have a limited company and looking for information on what I need in order to take on a short term contract (6months) in the states?
    A work permit, unless you want to be a gardener or pool cleaner, then you just need to be Mexican.

    PZZ

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  • mrdonuts
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    an american passport

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  • escado
    started a topic Contracting in United states

    Contracting in United states

    I have a limited company and looking for information on what I need in order to take on a short term contract (6months) in the states?

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