Uncle & family - American citizens

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Tim131

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Hi all,

Ok, so I'm 18, was born and lived all my life in Ireland, so have Irish citizenship. I'm planning to do a 4 year Bsc in computer science this year, and as soon as I graduated I would love to move to Boston or Seattle, its been pretty much a life long dream of mine to go to the US.

Now I'm wondering (I know it's not for a few years yet) how I could get permission to live in the states, I have an uncle who has US citizenship as does all of his family (children, wife) will this help me in anyway.

I just want to know what I would have to do? there are so many visa's and I'm confused, could anyone tell me the easiest way to get permission to live (and work - though obviously I have no job over there yet) in the states?

Can I apply now to move over in 4 years time? I'm sorry if this is a repetitive and simple minded post, but I'm not very sure about the process.

Thanks very much,

Tim
 
Tim131 said:
Now I'm wondering (I know it's not for a few years yet) how I could get permission to live in the states, I have an uncle who has US citizenship as does all of his family (children, wife) will this help me in anyway.
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Your uncle cannot sponsor you.

Your best bet is to find an American employer after you graduate.
 
TheRealCanadian said:
Your uncle cannot sponsor you.

Your best bet is to find an American employer after you graduate.
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Thanks for your reply bud,

Would you happen to know, are Canadian citizens, or those who have permanent residence eligibilty able to work or live in the states?

I ask, becuase I'm eligible to live in Canada, and I saw Canada in your sig.

Many thanks.
 
Tim131 said:
Thanks for your reply bud,

Would you happen to know, are Canadian citizens, or those who have permanent residence eligibilty able to work or live in the states?

I ask, becuase I'm eligible to live in Canada, and I saw Canada in your sig.

Many thanks.
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If you are a citizen of Canada you can live and work in the US on a TN visa
 
TheRealCanadian said:
Provided your job and educational qualifications match, and are on the NAFTA list. That's a big if.
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The OP stated that he plans to get a 4 year computer science degree so if he is a citizen of Canada he get TN visa for say computer systems analyst which only requires a Bachelors degree
 
AzBlk said:
so if he is a citizen of Canada he get TN visa for say computer systems analyst which only requires a Bachelors degree
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Provided his job qualifies as that of a systems analyst.

Besides, if he reads through the TN forum long enough, he'll discover that a TN is a lousy way to live long-term in the US.
 
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