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I'm a nuclear engineer with almost 10 years experience, and I'm looking to move to South Carolina. I have no idea what I need to get in order, what papers I need, or if it is even possible. I've read in a few threads that to get sponsored by a business, they have to prove that an American could not do the same job? Is it really hard to get in?
Right now, the nuclear industry is in need of more engineers, because a lot of the older engineers are retiring and the demographics are pretty skewed towards the baby boomers. However, will it still be hard for me to get into the US?
If I did get in, would my wife be able to find work? She has a college diploma for Bylaw, police foundations, but she would probably take a job anywhere if she was allowed to.
Most of our driver for going down there is to get out of the cold. I'd want to be a lot farther south than Illinois. We were looking at Florida, but I want really safe rural area with good schools to raise my kids, as well as being able to get nice houses on a bit of land. So far SC is the best we've found that matches everything.
Regardless of where we go, I suppose any info on the chances of getting in would be appreciated though
Go to the first "sticky" on this page which says, "US Immigration Links" and go to the USCIS website. This will give you all the information you need. Good luck!
Sorry, but that link won't help him. He needs to go to the main USCIS link. Only if he lives in the US and the application forms he's filling out specifically direct him to file them at a local Field Office is their role applicable.
Have you visited SC? I don't know Canada apart from visiting, but the Carolinas might be a bit of a culture shock for you. Plus-and I know you want to get away from the cold-it will be VERY humid in the Summer.Guess you know this if you considered Florida.
Being on the lake, we actually hit 90 in the summer with humidity making it feel like 120. The area that we are in right now, is extreme cold then extreme heat. Most people don't realize how hot it gets near Toronto, just because of humidity from the lakes.
Culture shock could be very real though. My wife and I are Catholic, but we aren't evangelical. I actually find a lot of super religious people up will go to Church, then flip you off in the parking lot.
I'm looking for a place with good solid, salt-of-the-earth people.
My son is an engineer at the "local" (about 35 miles away) nuclear plant, and he's had to undergo some rigorous security checks just to get the job, and he's undergoing a more rigorous check to get his nuclear plant operator's license. I'll ask him if any foreign nationals who work there.
I'm assuming that there's a nuclear plant in South Carolina- I can't imagine an engineer getting even mildly interested without establishing that. It makes sense to contact their parent company and see if they can even hire foreign nationals and if so, what they have to go through. It's probably the employer who, if it wants you, will push the paperwork through on your behalf.
But you're right about lots of plant engineers retiring. Our son is moving up the management ladder far faster than his bosses did because of those vacancies. Not that he isn't smart (of course), but facts are facts.
I would think that a Nuclear Engineer, being how hard it is to get a BS in Nuclear Engineering, would have a good chance of landing a job in the US. Not sure about South Carolina though. I'm an engineer, but not nuclear. I knew guys that majored in that while at school, and it is a very rigorous program.
Good luck. I would broaden the geographic region you are interested in.
Check this site out below. I just googled nuclear engineering jobs in Philly. A whole bunch came up for the area. Maybe you should check out what is available and then stop in a visit the companies.
BTW, even Philly with a Jan avg high/low of 40.3/25.5F would feel a lot warmer in winter than Toronto. I've been to Toronto in February and never felt cold like that in Philly.
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