If you qualify because of one profession then that’s the one you got to work in
muckles:
So what you are saying is you got a green Card because you are qualified in a trade that will get you a work permit?
Where this obsession with green cards came from?
Dolph:
muckles:
Dolph:
taffytrucker:
In one post you said had class 1 for 3 yrs and in another you said 7! Which is it? You gotta retake your class 1 if you move to Canada or the US so why not if you move to Europe?I had the licence for 7 years 3 of which I drove truck.
Like Taffy trucker I’d also like to know how you got a green card for the US?
And where did I stated I had green card in first place?
P.S. On the side note, Bulgarians are allowed to apply for the green card lottery.
sorry I apologise, how did you get your work permit?
The fact is 800,000 miles you are looking at about 6 yrs driving not 3 as you have stated unless of course you were running to books a day. The average driver with resets is looking at about 120-140k miles a year and that’s doing pin to pin without a great deal of hold ups
taffytrucker:
If you qualify because of one profession then that’s the one you got to work in
Just imagine it get a degree in aero engineering to get in then get deported for driving a truck. 
muckles:
sorry I apologise, how did you get your work permit?
Via american employer while being on a student visa already in the States 
Dolph:
muckles:
sorry I apologise, how did you get your work permit?Via american employer while being on a student visa already in the States
Thanks and sorry I was getting the green card mixed up with the work permit.
Dolph:
muckles:
sorry I apologise, how did you get your work permit?Via american employer while being on a student visa already in the States
Sounds like I would say CR England or swift or one of the other big meat in a seat companies probably teaming for about $0.35cpm
taffytrucker:
Dolph:
muckles:
sorry I apologise, how did you get your work permit?Via american employer while being on a student visa already in the States
Sounds like I would say CR England or swift or one of the other big meat in a seat companies probably teaming for about $0.35cpm
Yes teaming, but I started on $0.43 and went down to $0.37 because of the financial crash.
So in fact then you didn’t do 800,000 miles then. As I said only the big meat in a seat places would pay wages that low. Some of the worst drivers on the road coming from their own show up n pass driving schools. Even team driving you would be pushing to do those miles in that time. After all only allowed to work 70 hrs over 8 days. That includes driving loading unloading pre trips an fueling.
muckles:
Dolph:
muckles:
sorry I apologise, how did you get your work permit?Via american employer while being on a student visa already in the States
Thanks and sorry I was getting the green card mixed up with the work permit.
Firstly anything more than temporary work permit status needs upgrading to green card status IE it’s either temporary employment or it’s ‘permanent’.The question then being that neither option temp or permanent is granted for the job of driving a truck. 
Can I dumb this down and say that America has it’s own population of “capable” candidates to drive its trucks.
Why would it want to import our “capable” candidates?
Evil8Beezle:
Can I dumb this down and say that America has it’s own population of “capable” candidates to drive its trucks.Why would it want to import our “capable” candidates?
Same reason foreign drivers are in Canada. Long haul means long haul. 3000 miles a week in all sorts of weather not everyone’s cup of tea
taffytrucker:
Evil8Beezle:
Can I dumb this down and say that America has it’s own population of “capable” candidates to drive its trucks.Why would it want to import our “capable” candidates?
Same reason foreign drivers are in Canada. Long haul means long haul. 3000 miles a week in all sorts of weather not everyone’s cup of tea
OK, there is clearly more to this than I understand. The first that springs to mind is either foreign labour is cheaper, or the pay is too low to attract enough “internal” American candidates. If the latter, is America then basically subcontracting its cheap labour?
Is truck driving pay in the US that low?
From what I’ve heard on the CB the pay is ■■■■■■ What was it the op said $0.37 cpm team driving to sod that. That means the truck is more or less moving all day. One sleeping one driving it ain’t much fun. But also its drivers like him willing to work for that amount that keeps the wages low for the rest.
Thanks Taffytrucker, I’m a bit slow (new) just needed confirmation!
Thanks! 
taffytrucker:
From what I’ve heard on the CB the pay is [zb]. What was it the op said $0.37 cpm team driving to sod that. That means the truck is more or less moving all day. One sleeping one driving it ain’t much fun. But also its drivers like him willing to work for that amount that keeps the wages low for the rest.
Which seems to fit in with what seems like a move away from the old Department of Labour schedule B restrictions to something along the lines of the Canadian type LMO system ( PERM ) or temporary H-2B.No surprise that even East Euros would be told they aren’t wanted let alone Brits,in favour of importing Indians instead now that they’ve decided to open the doors. 
Maybe Obama’s master plan to undercut the Mexicans. 
taffytrucker:
From what I’ve heard on the CB the pay is [zb]. What was it the op said $0.37 cpm team driving to sod that. That means the truck is more or less moving all day. One sleeping one driving it ain’t much fun. But also its drivers like him willing to work for that amount that keeps the wages low for the rest.
A lot of Americans were driving for the same wage, economy was tight few years ago when I did my driving. If we refuse to drive for that wage someone else will as I have seen it. Actually we were pulling as a third party for a Canadian company which had contract with auto manufacturing giant. Blame someone along the line, not just the driver…
Im glad that we eventually worked out the OP,s reason. I too was curious. I tried to get into Canada a couple of years back,(er’ indoors Brother lives in Ontario and now has dual cit). We got knocked back because we did not satisfy the skills list criteria. We mistakenly thought a ’ sibling ’ being resident there would help our application. It didn’t!
We then looked at any potential opportunity to get into the states, but from memory, they required you to have a [zb]load of cash.
New Zealand is now our only potential option, as now I have LGV licences, I could get into the South Island courtesy of the CSSL.
Problem is that I need 3 years exp to satisfy the criteria.
In short, its bloody hard to get out of the UK into Canada/USA/Aus/NZ, unless they ACTUALLY want you.
eagerbeaver:
Im glad that we eventually worked out the OP,s reason. I too was curious. I tried to get into Canada a couple of years back,(er’ indoors Brother lives in Ontario and now has dual cit). We got knocked back because we did not satisfy the skills list criteria. We mistakenly thought a ’ sibling ’ being resident there would help our application. It didn’t!We then looked at any potential opportunity to get into the states, but from memory, they required you to have a [zb]load of cash.
New Zealand is now our only potential option, as now I have LGV licences, I could get into the South Island courtesy of the CSSL.
Problem is that I need 3 years exp to satisfy the criteria.In short, its bloody hard to get out of the UK into Canada/USA/Aus/NZ, unless they ACTUALLY want you.
In my opinion its not hard at all for UK citizens to emigrate to AUS, its just hard for truck drivers. The skill list on DIBP website is huge, you just have to posses the right skills/experience and age, many UK citizens emigrated to AUS from what I read.