Visa sponsorship truck driver

That's fair, thanks for the information Steve. Personally it's always been a bucket list job for me to drive a yank big rig for a few years at least, drove tow trucks & distribution straight trucks here (Scotland), but have been stuck in an office job over covid, which has kind of spurred me to chase the dream a bit, pay is something of a factor, you guys get around twice what we do for OTR.

I know you say wait for the election, what do you foresee happening after? Do you think the Republicans will push to continue the immigration shutdown, I do remember some murmerings that Trump was wanting to streamline the migration process somewhat for other English speaking 1st world countries during the last election, but I don't remember seeing anything come of that? I assume the Democrats would make the process easier for everyone?

 

We run our balls off for that extra money though.
I would love to drive a truck in Scotland for a few years.
Ever seen an American driver over there?
I would love to drive overseas for a while, anyone know of any opportunities ?

 

Not seen an American driver, used to work with a Canadian though if that counts (In Europe we tend to consider NA as one of the same unless corrected otherwise ).

In the UK we run a points based immigration system, similar to Australia, imo simpler than the US. You get near enough a free ticket if you have a commonwealth citizenship (Aus, NZ, Canada etc). I think there's a bit of a catch 22 here for American drivers, we do have drivers listed as a shortage occupation, but if I recall correctly you need to hold a truck (C or C+E) licence in an EU homogolated country for >3 years to be considered a viable truck driver, if I recall correctly, Canadian CDLs count, but not American.

As per pay, making over £20-30k ($25-40kish) here is difficult, there's something of a £30-35k ceiling on most practical professions outside of financial services, that being said, we tend to have a 50-60 hour week (up to 56hrs a week, and 90hrs per 2 week driving) , my understanding is that you guys can run up to 70, but tend to make $40-80k?

Personally I'd love to drive around Colorado, or Alaska, I have some family in Texas and absolutely love it there, love American culture, just want a gun collection & a pickup truck, live the dream.

 

Geez, you're already more American than half the people that live here. I hope you get your wish.

 

Try Canada most companies have a dedicated us fleet try Manitoba Canada nice and cool during Winter .

 

Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program - Class 1 Truck Driver - Winnipeg-Based E16 | Bison Driving

 

Go on kijiji better companies to drive for than Bison they only want Robots

 

How did the original poster get on any Luck I’m
Looking for an American woman as well
So I can make the move from
Ireland but you won’t be taking the Irish man out of me , that’s a promise

 

Can you do the Irish Riverdance?