Does anyone know what requirements u now need for entering the USA now that the green card system has finished.

At the moment the visa waiver system (green card) is still in force as such, however to use it you must have a passport that is machine readable (these have a load of <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< on the photo page.

For a start you usually need to find a company to sponsor you through the process, basically you need a job offer.

The you have to satisfy the INS or whatever they're called now that you have the right skills and there is a genuine shortage that can't be filled by Americans. Usually you end up with a H1b visa so you'll need a few years experience and good qualifications.

If you have sheds loads of money you can bypass all this also if you're a scientist/genius/etc you'll find it easy!

If you're from certain countries they run a lottery as well.

If you're in the Mafia no problem, hey, forgeddaboutdit!!!!!

Or you can go on a tourist visa and "forget" to leave!

If you're caught you're shagged though!

All of the above may now be out of date so read the web site!

http://uscis.gov/graphics/lawsregs/index.htm

Good luck understanding it!!

B

Sorry I thought you wanted to WORK there!

Going as a tourist is easy, so ignore me!

I found this forum for good immigration information
Click Here (http://boards.immigrationportal.com)
I came here on a student visa. I worked my way through college and got a recognised degree. You have to go full time too. I was also allowed to work on campus for 20 hours a week without getting a separate work visa. I worked for the scholarship office helping students find money to get them through college.

10 years later I'm still here....... The green card came when I got married.

It's been a long time since I won my green card and then citizenship, but I don't think the rules have changed that much since. I entered the US from Canada working for an American company on a work permit. This was renewable year by year. However, my wife wasn't allowed to work nor could my son work or attend college. With the help of my company I applied for permanent residency and was informed that there were spaces allowed for Europeans, and all I would need would be certification from the labor department of my state, at that time Massachusetts. This is where I hit the major snag. Mass labor told me I would have to submit a box advert in every major newspaper, which my company then did. If an American wanted the job, I was out. Every time I submitted they kept changing the rules.
During the next two years I had become friendly with a police captain who was investigating graft in the Mass senate. He wrote a certain senator and miracle of miracles I was awarded my green card.
While ever you own a green card you cannot leave the country for longer than a year. If you do so your card will be revoked.
I knew within the next five years I would never want to live anywhere else, so took citizenship, a move I have never regretted. I love the place . It just grows on you.

When you fill in the Visa form there are a set of YES/NO questions where you tick a box, some of the questions are brilliant like :

"I intend to take part in terrorist activity"
"I intend to be involved in prostitution"
"I am involved in arms smuggling"
"I am active in organised crime"

as if anyone would answer "YES" to these questions, then at the bottom it says something like "Answering YES to any of the above questions does not neccessarily mean you will be refused a Visa"

Bless 'em

:)

This whole visa thing for Brits has bothered me for years, people from other countries seem to have no problems getting over here in droves, job ! What job ? they don't need one, just show up , yet they make it hard for Brits that WANT to work.

The English nannies here work very hard to say in this country, they can't even go home to a funeral without having to worry about getting back into this counrty to their JOBS.

Connecticut seems the place for Brits, loads of English in my area, all very hard working folk, i got my green card through Canada, been here 40 years but still not a US citizen yet, just can't bring myself around to being one, silly i know, but thats how i feel, yet i love it here.

WELL, SAID MY BIT !

I think there has been some confusion on this thread, I beleive Florence10 was asking about the Visa Waiver process and not the Green Card for working in the USA.

Originally posted by sanman
I think there has been some confusion on this thread, I beleive Florence10 was asking about the Visa Waiver process and not the Green Card for working in the USA.

I know that now, just got off the subject a bit, sorry !

Florence actually mentioned the green card herself

Originally posted by buck
Florence actually mentioned the green card herself

And so she did ! i take my sorry back now .

And the colour of the Visa Waiver is.................Green. If you read the question she asks for requirements for entering the USA not working there.


I'll have that sorry back now Poppins:D

Originally posted by sanman
And the colour of the Visa Waiver is.................Green. If you read the question she asks for requirements for entering the USA not working there.


I'll have that sorry back now Poppins:D

Ok, sorry's back with kisses !

Originally posted by poppins
This whole visa thing for Brits has bothered me for years, people from other countries seem to have no problems getting over here in droves, job ! What job ? they don't need one, just show up , yet they make it hard for Brits that WANT to work.

The English nannies here work very hard to say in this country, they can't even go home to a funeral without having to worry about getting back into this counrty to their JOBS.

Connecticut seems the place for Brits, loads of English in my area, all very hard working folk, i got my green card through Canada, been here 40 years but still not a US citizen yet, just can't bring myself around to being one, silly i know, but thats how i feel, yet i love it here.

WELL, SAID MY BIT !

Oh, I didn't know the visa waver was green either. Sorry to waste your time, but to me a green card is a green card. Oh well, happy holidays florence10 :cool:

Just for the heck of it, did you know that GREEN CARDS are PINK

Mine was definitely green, mucky green maybe but green. When I got my citizenship papers I had to surrender it. It was like losing an old friend. I had to go to England soon after when my brother died. The immigation officer at Gatwick was a woman and when she saw my US passport and birthplace Sheffield England her attitude was like I was a traitor. I was told I could only stay 6 months and could'nt work.

Originally posted by poppins
Just for the heck of it, did you know that GREEN CARDS are PINK
Mine isn't green or pink. Pink! you must be thinking of the UK driving license. Actually mine was green but mum's is pink.
Anyway my USA green card is white plastic like a credit card. Has a magnetic stripe on the back too. Has my photo and fingerprint.

Off the thread..sorry.