Anyone ever moved to / live in New York?

[APanda]

This could also come under jobs and employment topics I guess but bear with me.

I'm looking for a new job and am taking a punt really and sending my CV's to potential employers there.

Has anyone had any experience moving over there (I'm in the UK)? I'd like a few hints on where to get started i.e. applying for visas, how easy it is to get accommodation etc.

Cheers!

[davepoth]

APanda said:

This could also come under jobs and employment topics I guess but bear with me.

I'm looking for a new job and am taking a punt really and sending my CV's to potential employers there.

Has anyone had any experience moving over there (I'm in the UK)? I'd like a few hints on where to get started i.e. applying for visas, how easy it is to get accommodation etc.

Cheers!

What jobs are you looking at?

[APanda]

Creative jobs, mainly Art Director in an ad agency or Art Editor at publications and magazines.

[jaybirduk]

Unless you have skills that are in short supply in New York and you are sought after I doubt any US employee would look at your CV over a native New Yorker.

Property is easy to rent, many places fully furnished with rental periods as low as 6 months. No idea about visa as I work for a UK/USA company and we get transfer visas arranged (you need to have been employed for a period of time to be eligible IIRC).

I'd imagine a face to face interview is going to be at your expense which could be very expensive!

[jimmyjimjim]

The visa will be your main issue. I'd have a browse of the USA section if I were you, or read these threads, where similar questions have been asked.

Basically, if you're good and they want you there's always a way, but it'll cost them, so they have to want you!

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/xforums/topic.asp?h=0...

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/xforums/topic.asp?h=0...

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/xforums/topic.asp?h=0...

[davepoth]

An O-1 visa may be possible if you have drawn things yourself but will still be ridiculously difficult. Your best option is to get employed by a company here in the UK and then get transferred, since that's a lot easier.

[DaineseMan]

Can you afford a few hundred quid for a lawyer? If so, I can recommend a powerful U.S attorney who is based in London for most of the year and specialises in dealing with DHS, visa and embassy matters. He could advise you on the most efficient way to go about this even from this very early stage.

Due to the very complex immigration system in the U.S, every case really needs to be assessed individually. There are so many little things that may not be apparent to a layman that may hinder or help you in obtaining a right of residency there. Also, the bureaucracy over there is ridiculous and the tiniest mistake can delay the application process for months.

[APanda]

Cheers for the replies, it's still an idea at this stage but some really useful info here. So from what I gather, transferring to the US within a global company is by far the easiest thing to do?

[ChasW]

An ex-colleague of mine, English, was hired into a very senior job in the US with a major employer in the NY area. She was fast tracked through the visa process. I was involved because the US lawyers handling the application asked me for a written testimonial on why her skills were unique and what she had achieved while we were colleagues. The letter, which they drafted and I corrected, ran into 3-4 pages. The whole submission was something like 80 pages in the end. It must have cost the hiring company a fortune.

[jimmyjimjim]

Transferring to the US within a global company is the second easiest way of doing it after marriage.

You need to have been working for the company for a year before you can transfer.

My total cost (paid for by the company) for L1-B, extension, H1-B on 'standby' and residency via PERM was somewhere in the region of $20-25k.

[sneijder]

These threads appear all the time.

I think in a nutshell the US company will have to prove you are that much better than the Americans applying for the job.

I don't get the attraction, apart from the English speaking aspect.

I moved to Oslo, piece of piss. Surely there's somewhere on Europe tickles your fancy.

New series of Madmen soon to cheer you up

[APanda]

sneijder said:

These threads appear all the time.

I don't get the attraction, apart from the English speaking aspect.

I moved to Oslo, piece of piss. Surely there's somewhere on Europe tickles your fancy.

New series of Madmen soon to cheer you up

I guess it's been romanticised by people I've spoken to that spent some time out there visiting some of the Agency offices. I'd certainly go somewhere in Europe too.

And yes, I'm counting down the days until Mad Men comes back on.

Maybe it's partly to blame for this thread!

[okgo]

APanda said:

Creative jobs, mainly Art Director in an ad agency or Art Editor at publications and magazines.

So you bought the Mad Men boxset for xmas too?