Do not bother. Got stuck in the US for the worst two years of my life. It is literally worse than you can imagine.
There are few to no benefit structures and as an immigrant you are eligible for literally none of them, there will never be reimbursement for relocation unless you're taking an upper management position like CEO or Vice President (if they say there is, it's because they're lying.) Unemployment rate is on average the same as Ireland, and the larger size and population actually makes it worse because you're competing with 100x as many people for every position. Wages are about 10% less than in Ireland, but everything other than electronics will cost at least 20% more. Food is more than double the price, rent is about 25% higher, healthcare is 10 times the price. Homelessness is almost guaranteed if you can't hold a job. Finding a job is deeply difficult. Try to get a job offer before you think about going there, seriously try applying online.
Ireland seems like the biggest dumpster fire that speaks English, but the garbage dump fire is so much worse the second you leave Europe.
For my job the wages are 3x what I make in Germany, which is already a bit more than I could ever get in Ireland, and Ireland doesn't even have any job openings, and jobs from outside of my "expertise" don't even give me an interview at all, so I'll be jobless and homeless.
Where did you emigrate to US from and where did you move to, if I may ask? Did you need a visa for those moves?
Honestly, good luck in even getting an interview. Do not move to the US without already having a confirmed job offer letter in writing and a guaranteed backup plan for if they back out of that job offer, as you have zero legal recourse if they do. I moved to the US for a tenure track position at a university which they rescinded days before I was supposed to start, leaving me stranded. I tried nine different states during the nearly 2 years I was stuck in the US through Covid restrictions and despite having a PhD, I couldn't actually find a single job other than low wage service work like retail and telemarketing. I basically had to spend the entire time couch surfing.
I came from Canada, and ended up returning here as soon as I could. You absolutely need a visa, and it's damn near impossible to find a sponsor to have a work visa. Most in recruiting and HR in the US are lying through their teeth. Most positions in the US right now are not actually hiring despite being on job sites, those listings are just there for companies to juice their numbers.
Yeah, i'm a life long usian. I know many white citizens with college degrees who have been unable to find work for months or years, often not even getting interviews.
Coming here without a confirmed job offer and enough savings on hand to flee with zero notice is a slow way to destroy yourself. Us companies routinely lure people here with H1-b visas and then use the threat of firing them to exploit them. You get fired? No visa, no right to stay, now you're an illegal immigrant. There are firms that will hold that over you, then discard you when they're done with you.
If you come here you should keep enough cash on hand to get you and all our dependents on a plane, out of the country, and in to housing within a week. Also god help you if you're injure or sick. As an immigrant you'll have to pay cash and it is unbelievably expensive, like people from other parts of the world literally will not believe you when you show them a medical bill from the us.
None of the media about the us even remotely reflects what life is like in the us.
I live in an extremely wealthy, progressive city. There are dozens of homeless people in my neighborhood. Rent prices for even small shitty units are 1800 us dollars per month or more. No one is really hiring. Like, when I say homeless, I mean people pushing shopping carts with their stuff in them, sleeping on the streets in a different place each night to keep the cops off them. It's been below freezing most nights for months. The city government is passing new laws making it a crime to be homeless all the time. The just closed about half the city's pathetic shelters here.
If you come here you need to have thousands and thousands of dollars cash in an emergency fund so you can drive directly to the closest international airport, by a ticket somewhere you don't need a visa, and run.
Any time. It's important to understand what you're getting in to if you come here. It's your choice, I just want you to have all the tools and weapons you can get.
Do not bother. Got stuck in the US for the worst two years of my life. It is literally worse than you can imagine.
There are few to no benefit structures and as an immigrant you are eligible for literally none of them, there will never be reimbursement for relocation unless you're taking an upper management position like CEO or Vice President (if they say there is, it's because they're lying.) Unemployment rate is on average the same as Ireland, and the larger size and population actually makes it worse because you're competing with 100x as many people for every position. Wages are about 10% less than in Ireland, but everything other than electronics will cost at least 20% more. Food is more than double the price, rent is about 25% higher, healthcare is 10 times the price. Homelessness is almost guaranteed if you can't hold a job. Finding a job is deeply difficult. Try to get a job offer before you think about going there, seriously try applying online.
Ireland seems like the biggest dumpster fire that speaks English, but the garbage dump fire is so much worse the second you leave Europe.
For my job the wages are 3x what I make in Germany, which is already a bit more than I could ever get in Ireland, and Ireland doesn't even have any job openings, and jobs from outside of my "expertise" don't even give me an interview at all, so I'll be jobless and homeless.
Where did you emigrate to US from and where did you move to, if I may ask? Did you need a visa for those moves?
Honestly, good luck in even getting an interview. Do not move to the US without already having a confirmed job offer letter in writing and a guaranteed backup plan for if they back out of that job offer, as you have zero legal recourse if they do. I moved to the US for a tenure track position at a university which they rescinded days before I was supposed to start, leaving me stranded. I tried nine different states during the nearly 2 years I was stuck in the US through Covid restrictions and despite having a PhD, I couldn't actually find a single job other than low wage service work like retail and telemarketing. I basically had to spend the entire time couch surfing.
I came from Canada, and ended up returning here as soon as I could. You absolutely need a visa, and it's damn near impossible to find a sponsor to have a work visa. Most in recruiting and HR in the US are lying through their teeth. Most positions in the US right now are not actually hiring despite being on job sites, those listings are just there for companies to juice their numbers.
Yeah, i'm a life long usian. I know many white citizens with college degrees who have been unable to find work for months or years, often not even getting interviews.
That's normal.
My company in Germany did the same to so many people, they also had zero legal standing. I don't know of places where you'd have legal standing.
My post states I may get a visa lottery, and it's the sole reason I am able to consider US.
Coming here without a confirmed job offer and enough savings on hand to flee with zero notice is a slow way to destroy yourself. Us companies routinely lure people here with H1-b visas and then use the threat of firing them to exploit them. You get fired? No visa, no right to stay, now you're an illegal immigrant. There are firms that will hold that over you, then discard you when they're done with you.
If you come here you should keep enough cash on hand to get you and all our dependents on a plane, out of the country, and in to housing within a week. Also god help you if you're injure or sick. As an immigrant you'll have to pay cash and it is unbelievably expensive, like people from other parts of the world literally will not believe you when you show them a medical bill from the us.
None of the media about the us even remotely reflects what life is like in the us.
I live in an extremely wealthy, progressive city. There are dozens of homeless people in my neighborhood. Rent prices for even small shitty units are 1800 us dollars per month or more. No one is really hiring. Like, when I say homeless, I mean people pushing shopping carts with their stuff in them, sleeping on the streets in a different place each night to keep the cops off them. It's been below freezing most nights for months. The city government is passing new laws making it a crime to be homeless all the time. The just closed about half the city's pathetic shelters here.
If you come here you need to have thousands and thousands of dollars cash in an emergency fund so you can drive directly to the closest international airport, by a ticket somewhere you don't need a visa, and run.
Thank you for the information. Genuinely appreciated.
Any time. It's important to understand what you're getting in to if you come here. It's your choice, I just want you to have all the tools and weapons you can get.
What do you do