Advice needed on move

@Chinatown can certainly assist. Best of luck to you.

 

Mass is a terrible place to be a truck driver, by american standards. What town(s) are you looking at moving to?

 

Yes, which city/town will you live in?
Difficult to recommend a starting point for trucking unless we know which city/town you'll live in or near.

 

You get a international license to drive for one year only in America. after that you need to become a resident alien or working on path to citizenship to continue driving here on a work visa.

More than likely you may have to give up your Irish CDL to America. I don't know just yet all the particulars. Your situation of coming here to drive a big truck is really rare. Not that it cannot (It can be done) be done. If you intend to stay Irish then you have to go back in a year to your home land. No more trucking here.

Warning, you will be spoiled by our Conventional. You don't have too many of those in Europe.

 

Your wife will have no trouble getting a good job.

Conventional is a truck with a hood. If youre used to cabovers the steering radius will be a shock.

 

Conventional offers a good ride situation compared to say your Man cabovers.

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I suppose a childrens therapist would be professional however that depends on if she is listed and registered in the State Board of Nursing which carries different catagories of that type of work. And provides a ground work for testing and common rules applicable to that profession.

What is important is that you don't come to America and be a charge against the state in money terms. You will earn your own keep working here. Or you travel to visit our Land without making the state support you with money. Like welfare etc.

Im pretty sure Ireland has their own ideas about Americans if we come out to visit. =)

 

There's thousands of drivers here that immigrated to America.
Paperwork is the biggest hurdle. I can't advise on that part, but your plan is achievable and not uncommon at all.