If I wanted to move to US this is what I'd need?

[Youkai]

lol yeah better just do holliday there before actualy moving ...

It is always funny when people from University here in Germany go to the US for 6 month for their study (many universitys require that you study abroad for one semester)
come back and tell you "I was asked if Hitler is still ruling Germany" or stuff like "I heard all of you guys are Nazi" and some awesome things like "do you have internet in Germany?"
I guess not all Americans are stupid but at least the stupid ones are the ones you remember the most XD

There is actually nothing that would make me want to go to America, I prefer going to Asia even though they have lots of problems as well.
(end of the Month I will be in Taiwan for the first time)

 

[Viri]

I was asked if Hitler is still ruling Germany

Well, is he?

 

[PrincessLillie]

For the current state of the USA, call 1-800-FUCK-TRUMP. /s
If you're coming here, you should add the beautiful state of Oklahoma to your list.

 

[DarthDub]

Washington State is nice.

 

[Youkai]

Well, is he?

yes, he is alive and kicking buts.
actually we are secretly building up places to start the american atomic bombs that we have here in germany so that we can destroy all foreign forces at one go and build a worldwide German empire, but shhh don't tell anyone. We wouldn't want this secret plan beeing ruined.

 

[FAST6191]

A green card allows you to stay as long as you keep it renewed (it was once for life, not so much any more). There are various ways to get one depending upon what you are and what you want to do (if you have skills they really want, usually to masters degree or higher, you can get in faster than some), though the main way is having an employer actively trying to get you there, being children of US citizens (made trickier by age and marital status of you and your parents) or married to a citizen. I am not sure what the current options are for "unskilled" people that just want to go, though be prepared to wait.

"Pass the citizenship test"
That is for people wishing to become a citizen and get a US passport. Do it or don't but about the only thing it really gains you is the ability to vote and the ability to work fully inside certain federal agencies (if they really cared you would be an outside contractor anyway). You might get asked when you are going to take the test if you have a green card for a longer period of time (for reasons I have never been able to fathom it is a popular belief in the US that everybody wants to live there and anybody that is there is working towards citizenship) but you can ignore those people.

Most of the rest of that sounds about right, though as mentioned it is not so tricky that you can't do it without a lawyer. If you have one that will get your ducks in a row for a smaller fee ("£200 and I will make sure you have all the papers, nothing obvious in your background that will trip you up and give you a bit of prep on what the interview will involve" sort of thing) then it can save a lot of hassle. Also be aware that only certain doctors blessed by the US government can do the tests; in the UK they are few and far between, and charge a little bit more than pocket change for their services, though for the most part it involves a trip or two to London which is nothing really.

 

[dimmidice]

You want to move here with Trump in charge?

As far as i know she's a trump supporter. She'll fit right in.

 

[Bimmel]

IDK why anyone from a developed nation would want to move to the USA TBH.

Because uhhhhh...

Yeah

Exactly my thoughts. And as @Quantumcat said, if you can't fulfill certain conditions, maybe it's not so pleasant to life there. But I've never been there and my opinion is pretty biased because I hate that everyone can have a gun.

Long story short: I posted unnecessary stuff, noticed, but was to proud to erase it. Sorry I can't be of any help. Come to Germany, it's nice here.

 

[sarkwalvein]

Come to Germany, it's nice here.

The weather disagrees. /s
I mean, Germany is beautiful, but hell I am fed up of rainy and cloudy days already. At least today is sunny here in Braunschweig, but way too humid...

 

[Bimmel]

The weather disagrees. /s
I mean, Germany is beautiful, but hell I am fed up of rainy and cloudy days already. At least today is sunny here in Braunschweig, but way too humid...

You're in the wrong corner my friend. :-P

Rheinland-Pfalz is where you wanna be. Mostly good weather here. ;-)

 

[spotanjo3]

IDK why anyone from a developed nation would want to move to the USA TBH.

Me either. If he wants to move here.. it is up to him. He will get a low pay for a job here and struggle life as well. The cost of living here is unbelievable. And healthcare here is very bad! I explained to him and gave hi the documents of what USA is all about. He still wants to live here ? Okay, its up to him.

He lives in the UK.
Sure moving to the US wouldn't improve his quality of life, but there are many things to like in the US, starting from it being a big damn country with a lot of places to visit if you dig the kind of things there are to visit there.
Also, no offense intended, but I think Saiyan is pretty much what a weeb would be, but replacing Japan for America. He would love living there in a very personal way.
You have to take that into consideration, that perhaps he wants to move out of a strong personal preference.

Exactly. Thats what I am trying to tell him. Just want to helped him out since I am Portuguese and I live in America for the wrong reasons. I don't want him to make the same mistake decision.

He ignored my recommendation and my advice and my documents of what USA is all about to him including cost of living and healthcare and etc. He is still wanting to come here ? Jeez. He forgot something.. A job here for his immigration and become a citizen is impossible. He will get a low pay and a struggle to live here. That's his decision and it is up to him. He think that America will solve his problems in Portugal ? Interesting.

 

[WiiUBricker]

You need a bolt cutter, a shovel and a flashlight

 

[Deleted-355425]

Thought you would of gone to Europe.

 

[PrincessLillie]

Rheinland-Pfalz is where you wanna be. Mostly good weather here. ;-)

Still in the wrong area. Come to Oklahoma, it's beautiful!

 

[WeedZ]

The US isn't bad. The world seems to think that we're still the wild west here, but that simply isn't true. Sure we have a lot of guns, but most people use them for sport and keep them locked up. Most don't leave the house with them. Don't know if you guys have heard about our police, but you'd be likely to get shot if you get pulled over or stopped with a gun. At the very least shit gets really tense, really fast.

We don't have the best socialised medical coverage, but we're still sorting it out. One good thing I can say for capitalism though, is that it's produced some of the best doctors in the world. I think we're 2nd only to germany. There's a reason people go bankrupt for medical coverage, and that's because doctors here make assloads of money. If you were to be shot, this would be the place to do it.

 

[Youkai]

The US isn't bad. The world seems to think that we're still the wild west here, but that simply isn't true. Sure we have a lot of guns, but most people use them for sport and keep them locked up. Most don't leave the house with them. Don't know if you guys have heard about our police, but you'd be likely to get shot if you get pulled over or stopped with a gun. At the very least shit gets really tense, really fast.

We don't have the best socialised medical coverage, but we're still sorting it out. One good thing I can say for capitalism though, is that it's produced some of the best doctors in the world. I think we're 2nd only to germany. There's a reason people go bankrupt for medical coverage, and that's because doctors here make assloads of money. If you were to be shot, this would be the place to do it.

Lol yeah I have heard about your police shooting helpless woman calling them (that canadian woman not to long ago) and other people who get shot even though they never did anything wrong.
A guy who came into my former Company to train is with a special programming language told us that he is in a weopon club and went to america to buy weapons ... when he crossed the border from one place where he was allowed to cary a weapon to another where it was not allowed (which he didn't know) the police got him and wasn't really nice to him until he told them that he was from germany and bought the weapons for his club in germany ... he was lucky that one of the policemen had german ancestors and he was like "yeah brother its all good" XD

At least we don't have to pay out doctors anything extra, only pay our monthly 14% for insurance ... counting the times I really needed a doctor it would probably mcuh less expensive not paying this much every month but if you get a real problem or get lots of problems when you are old it might be a good thing.

 

[DinohScene]

I wanted to move to the US not so long ago, kinda glad I didn't.

But yeh, you basically just need money and a lot of paper work.
@Clarky could possibly help you more with it.

 

[Raverrevolution]

I was born in Italy, but was raised on LI, NY. The US isn't that bad, but you have to be really choosy on where you live. Find a quaint town in the south where the weather is good all year round and that living happily is actually achievable and you'll enjoy it.

If you move to LI first off you'll never own a house since the cheapest shack here is like $500,000 and good luck finding a job that won't suck your life away.

Personally I would never move from Europe to the US. Hell, it would do you well to take a couple of vacations to see if you like it here first.

 

[Stephano]

I was born in Italy, but was raised on LI, NY. The US isn't that bad, but you have to be really choosy on where you live. Find a quaint town in the south where the weather is good all year round and that living happily is actually achievable and you'll enjoy it.

If you move to LI first off you'll never own a house since the cheapest shack here is like $500,000 and good luck finding a job that won't suck your life away.

Personally I would never move from Europe to the US. Hell, it would do you well to take a couple of vacations to see if you like it here first.

Who would not want to move to the south? Its nice, beautiful, cheap, and 19/20 people are friendly. I personally love it here but that is just bias talking.
I never want to leave, I was born here, raised here, and gosh darn it, i'm going to die here. Arkansas for life!

 

[Shadowfied]

Jesus christ I can't believe the kids talking about Trump here. Grow up.

I think it's a great thing that there's a lot to go through to move there. Living in a country is not a right, it's a privilege. As for just traveling for vacation, I just needed to fill an ESTA application.