Moving to O.C with some doubts (Irvine: cheap apartments, renting)

[photosue49]

The advice is right on, stay where you are, til you get
some funds. Where are your parents in all this. Did they
pay your University? And by practices, do you mean an
internship? (we call an internship, free work for the company)) so, be sure.
Be grateful that within 1 year, a company has put you in
for a transfer within their own. Please don't ask for another spot. See if 1 year takes you somewhere else....
Orange County.....

[Mach50]

GeorgeA85 -

I think California's Engineering job market is saturated at this moment.
Since you know German, English and Spanish you may want to try a foreign owned company based in United States.

Siemens is a German company that has many bases in Florida. Florida is a great place for Europeans, especially Euros that speak English and Spanish.

I know you are a civil engineer, so I use Siemens as an example of a company that may be able to sponsor you if they hire Civil Eng.

[YLresident]

Originally Posted by Mach50

GeorgeA85 -

I think California's Engineering job market is saturated at this moment.
Since you know German, English and Spanish you may want to try a foreign owned company based in United States.

Siemens is a German company that has many bases in Florida. Florida is a great place for Europeans, especially Euros that speak English and Spanish.

I know you are a civil engineer, so I use Siemens as an example of a company that may be able to sponsor you if they hire Civil Eng.

I'm with this one... find an international company and try to work from there to get here.

[flo2900]

Originally Posted by antibes

Good luck. But your chances of finding a corporate sponsor is close to nil. They are not looking for foreign workers; they really want american workers. Only in specialized skills where there is a shortage is this possible, but then the company usually has an office abroad and the employee is already working with them for several years - and is offered a transfer to the U.S.

Its all tricky stuff, immigration.

antibes,
ppl posting here have NO clue if immigration implications...none of them exept you and i even mentioned limitations imposed by very strict immigration laws..and if he gets permanent residency, his spanish degree has NO value in US!....if he gets married to a US citizen, becomes permanent resident then obtain a US degree than he can really benefit of the opportunities this country has to offer!...just my .2 cents

[impala666]

Originally Posted by flo2900

antibes,
ppl posting here have NO clue if immigration implications...none of them exept you and i even mentioned limitations imposed by very strict immigration laws..and if he gets permanent residency, his spanish degree has NO value in US!....if he gets married to a US citizen, becomes permanent resident then obtain a US degree than he can really benefit of the opportunities this country has to offer!...just my .2 cents

Sorry you do not know what you are talking about if he becomes a chartered engineer(CEng) that professional qualification is valid the world over.
You may not want to hear this but it`s the US degree that has limited use.

[flo2900]

Originally Posted by impala666

Sorry you do not know what you are talking about if he becomes a chartered engineer(CEng) that professional qualification is valid the world over.
You may not want to hear this but it`s the US degree that has limited use.

we were talking about life in America, so could you please explain why US degree has limited use?

[ritam2001]

George -- I would highly recommend doing some kind of school here (maybe a Masters degree at a less expensive school), and THEN look for a job. It greatly improves your chances. Maybe UC Irvine?

[GeorgeA85]

Hii!!!
I´ve thought about doing maybe a masters or something like that, but how much could cost a "less expensive" school??
In spain we have the option to go to a public university or a private one.I study in a public university. Here is very different, study in a private university is not well seeing. People says if you pay, everything will be easier. That´s why some companies don´t want people coming from private´s universities.

I have to say that my parents made me go to Ireland the hole year in order to learn English,so they like the idea.However, they told me they won´t help me economically speaking.

I would like to know if 2500 € would be enought to survive there for a while, I mean about 2 or 3 weeks in case I don´t get a job!
Next week I´m going to the american embassy in order to know which companies (spanish) works in EEUU (California O.C).If I don´t try it I won´t get it.
I hope I can get there next summer.Which cities will you recommend?

Thanks

[A Blue Window]

Try for a scholarship at that university in Boston, MA, the name escapes me ...

[P.J.]

Not sure what the $ conversion rate is but gas is about $4.00 a gallon, (the O.C.'s not known for its public transportion system)food if you buy groceries say about $75.00 a week, if you fast food all the time add about $50 a week, housing... to rent a room or a room-mate situation is somewhere between $450 and $600 a month, a hotel is minimum of $50 a night or stay at a weekly one (say a travel lodge?) about $240.00 a week. Newport Beach is great raised both my kids in that area consider Costa Mesa, its right next to newport and a little less stuffy, younger and more affordable. Laguna Beach, nice to visit I wouldnt want to live there though. My daughters are 24 and 27 the youngest was with a young man from Morrocco for several years, he still doesnt have his citizenship but hes getting along just fine. My oldest just got her AA degree from the University of phoenix online and is working on her BA, remember there are lots of education possibilites! Your young give it a shot you can always go home if you dont like it, if you dont try youll never know!
Good luck!