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Moving from Ireland to America

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  • 06-10-2014 3:10pm
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    SNicEoch
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    Hello,

    I am 25 and my boyfriend is 28 and we are both considering a move to the US. We are living & working in Dublin but neither of us are doing what we really want to. We are lacking in some direction to be honest. We love America & the way of life in some cities.

    Can anyone recommend a city/town/state that would be suitable for us to check out? I have a degree in Media Studies & my boyfriend has a degree & a masters in Sports Psychology. We are both mad GAA players/fans so moving to a place that has a good GAA club would be a bonus!

    Thank you in advance!


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    InTheTrees
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    The first thing to organize is Visas.

    There's been many threads on the subject here so do a search and see what would be applicable.


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    sashafierce
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    oB1
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    SNicEoch wrote: »
    Hello,

    I am 25 and my boyfriend is 28 and we are both considering a move to the US. We are living & working in Dublin but neither of us are doing what we really want to. We are lacking in some direction to be honest. We love America & the way of life in some cities.

    Can anyone recommend a city/town/state that would be suitable for us to check out? I have a degree in Media Studies & my boyfriend has a degree & a masters in Sports Psychology. We are both mad GAA players/fans so moving to a place that has a good GAA club would be a bonus!

    Thank you in advance!

    If i could move tomorrow, i would! - Visa's Visa's Visa's!... you'll soon find out that its a difficult process unfortunately :(

    there are options, but most are quite limited.

    1) J1 Visas (STUDENT work and travel) - 3 month summer visa, you must be in full time undergraduate college, leading to degree status. there is also a 1 year graduate visa, for when you qualify. these are all short term.

    2) Family based immigration Visas: Do you have close family over there? Mother/father, Brother/Sister?

    3) Employment sponsored Visa's - you must be sponsored by a US based Employer, and they can only do this if you have specific skills that a US citizen could not do. These visas can cost circa 10,000 probably not incl. legal fees.

    4) Marriage based visas, marry a US citizen, obviously not an option in your case!! :)


    I'm normally quite a positive person, so apologies for my negative tone towards this! -- it's something i would give anything to be able to do, permanently emigrate to the US. I have learnt over time, that while its definitely possible, its just a hard process to do.

    best of luck!


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