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USA Chicago Dilemma

  • 08-05-2015 7:53pm
    #1
    Domo88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2 ✭


    Hi there,

    Hoping that someone can offer some advice as have been stressing about the situation below.

    I have a Girlfriend in the USA who I met in Cork in 2013 during her Master's Degree in Ireland. Having completed the degree, she came back on a work visa in Dublin the following year 2014 to continue our relationship. She has now returned home to Ohio since October when the visa ended and has recently accepted a teaching position in Chicago.

    The plan was for me to spend a year over in Chicago with her to continue the relationship, this time on her home ground, and enjoy time while getting to know each other even more. I started looking at options properly in October and had underestimated the USA visa restrictions and rigidity. I am aware of the K1 fiance and marriage options but I feel that would be rushed and doing so out of necessity rather than the 'right moment'.

    I have a Bachelor's Degree in Business and subsequently graduated from a Master's Degree in Business in 2011. This means I am outside the year timeline for the Graduate visa. The option that I am looking at is the J1 trainee option but the resources and assistance aren't as plentiful for this option.

    I have now finished up with job am now thinking of using the ESTA holiday visa during the 3 months of the summer to visit Chicago and possibly play with a GAA team in a bid to meet contacts and build links with the hope of applying for the J1 internship/trainee visa which is valid for 12-18 months. Am I making the right decision or is there a better way?

    Long distance can be tough at times especially when it is proving tough to see immediate resolution.

    Any advice/critique/words of wisdom or past experiences of this visa would be welcome as wits are reaching breaking point.

    Thanks.
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  • #2
    InTheTrees
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,900 ✭✭✭InTheTrees


    US Visa choices are not great.

    Start with the tourist visa for now. Then you guys can try talking it out.


  • #3
    Domo88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2 ✭Domo88


    Thanks,

    That's seems the best plan at the moment.

    Travel over for the summer months, make connections and try to uncover a company for a potential J1 internship visa to apply from Ireland.

    Difficult to arrange from Ireland as have to have an offer before travelling.


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