Wow! That's certainly a shift in plans, but a clearly well-considered one. Good luck with the job offer!! I selfishly hope you get it. At least then we'll be on the same coast. =c)
Why not get started on the Green Card now and take that off the pile of things to do IF you get this (or any other) job?
Congratulations, by the way. No matter the jobs market in general, well-qualified people land well, especially if they have the luxury of waiting to do so.
a good question... the reason we're not yet starting the Green Card process is that we're not certain we're moving. firstly they haven't made me an offer. and even if they do i might not accept it. but once we start the Green Card process we're committed to moving to the extent that once it is approved it must me used within six months. and if it is not used that counts against you if you later re-apply. basically the US government does not look kindly on what they regard as people wasting their time. i'm excited to move, but i'm also excited to stay here... all of my potential options look good, i'm just waiting to see which ones are real options before making choices. hooray for having that luxury
Ah, excellent point and a lousy restriction. I didn't know the GC needs to be "activated" within six months like that.
Though, I think there's a rule whereby you only need to visit the US once per year, or spend 6 months per year in the US or some such in order to keep the GC.
Still, this "path to Citizenship" is far from as easy as it should be to curtail illegal immigration - never-mind making it welcoming to highly-desirable immigrants.
NZ was very welcoming and made becoming a resident, and then a citizen relatively easy. i know that not everyone has had such a pain-free experience as i have. but i am willing to say that on average it's far easier to move to NZ than to move to the US
This sounds like a good, happy, happenstance. Things are picking up in the job market around here, which bodes well for the overall US economy; California always enters and leaves recession ahead of the rest of the country. But you're probably better off in Portland than in Oakland. The recession hit Oakland hard, and stopped dead the efforts that were underway to clean up the corruption in the criminal justice system and the city government. It'll be some time-- if ever-- before things improve in those sectors.
In any case, may this or a better opportunity be yours, and may you and Bex live joyfully in the best possible place for the two of you to be.
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Congratulations, by the way. No matter the jobs market in general, well-qualified people land well, especially if they have the luxury of waiting to do so.
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i'm excited to move, but i'm also excited to stay here... all of my potential options look good, i'm just waiting to see which ones are real options before making choices. hooray for having that luxury
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Though, I think there's a rule whereby you only need to visit the US once per year, or spend 6 months per year in the US or some such in order to keep the GC.
Still, this "path to Citizenship" is far from as easy as it should be to curtail illegal immigration - never-mind making it welcoming to highly-desirable immigrants.
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In any case, may this or a better opportunity be yours, and may you and Bex live joyfully in the best possible place for the two of you to be.
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