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- From: tza00@ccc.amdahl.com (Theo Albers)
- Newsgroups: alt.california
- Subject: Re: Emigration to US/CA
- Message-ID: <d9kT02Wy2fdu01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 16:34:20 GMT
- References: <1992Dec22.150545.24919@gserv1.dl.ac.uk>
- Reply-To: tza00@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com (Theo Albers)
- Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA
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- In article <1992Dec22.150545.24919@gserv1.dl.ac.uk> G.Coulter@Daresbury.AC.UK writes:
- >
- >(1) ... Will I struggle getting work after graduating over here with a
- > good degree in computer science. I would like to work in animation
- > & graphics although I am flexible I am also interested in movie
- > special effects.
-
- California has one of the highest number of people unemployed and especially
- in your area of computer science a job is not always easy to get. I get an
- increasing number of calls from employment agencies offering contracting help
- which means there are a lot of people out there who are in need of a job.
- Experience is one of the things they are after these days. Just finishing
- a study may make it a lot harder.
-
- >(2) ... Is it easy to come over to CA. from the UK visa/imigration wise
- > and is it relatively easy to get a work permit.
-
- You can probably only get a work permit with a job offer in hand. You could
- come in as a visitor and try to find a job. Than get the company provide
- you with a H1 visa. No matter what, its the chicken and egg syndrom, you cant
- get a job without a permit but you cant get a permit without a job (offer).
-
- >
- >(3) ... Cost of living? Cost of houses/flats/appartments to buy & Rent?
- > just on average.
-
- Here in Silicon Valley, San Francisco Bay Area, rent for appartment is approx
- $ 700 and up (unless you want to share) and buying apartment is $ 85K and up
- to lots and lots for houses.
-
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