Shortest path is working for one of the FAANG companies, and requesting internal transfer to US.

This basically skips the daunting process that's H1B lottery.

Marrying an American is probably the quickest and easiest way. You're not allowed to work on a K1 Visa, but once you're married your spouse can apply for a green card for you and right now there isn't much wait for green cards for America spouses - friend of mine's wife got hers in about five months after they got married.

I’ll humor this idea.

What city is the best to find someone who is/has:

Open to new experiences and concepts (museums, art, dancing, music) <— literally the “openness to experience” on the big 5

High cognitive ability

Into meditation, yoga and exercise?

Somewhat into gaming and anime? (Optional)

Somewhat of a programmer or (game) designer/related (optional)

Make friends with some Americans online, like in an online game or roleplaying forum or whatever. Visit the USA on a vacation and have them introduce you to their sisters/friends/whoever

It's really hard to get that marriage green card though, you're looking at many months of paperwork on top of building a successful relationship and committing your life to someone. I think it'd be a lot easier to get a job at a big company in the US and come over on an H1B, or build a SaaS business wherever you live now

I'm going to assume you're M looking for F?

Generally, any big East Coast city. NYC, Atlanta, Washington DC, Chicago, and Boston would be top of mind.

Right assumption, thanks :)

This is true, but you need to really make sure your intent is to really marry, and not marry for greencard purposes which is fraud.

Certainly, yes! I am sorry if I didn't make that clear. Not only should you actually be in love/want to marry to avoid fraud but also for your own well-being.

The United States has an adult population of 258.3 million, so it's likely you'd find someone to fall in love with if you're really looking.

I have some experience here, I have a double digit amount of family members who came to the US to marry into my family, including my brother-in-law. With one exception they are all very happy marriages, the longest lasting 3 decades. There were some who were definitely were looking to marry Americans to immigrate, but the relationship is still real.

Americans are a great bunch. Contrary to popular (outsider) view, I think american family bond is very strong.

A path I have seen many people take, and one I'm going to take soon, is to work at a US tech company (not necessarily FAANG, lots of largish companies do this) and transfer internally from Europe to the US. There is no lottery for L1B visas, so it's usually hassle free compared to that H1B mess.

L1B visas can also convert to green cards at some point, but I have no idea how easy that is (probably not easy at all).

> L1B visas can also convert to green cards at some point, but I have no idea how easy that is (probably not easy at all).

False. L1B is not related to Green Card in any way. You can get the employer to petiton you for a green card while working on L1B.

L1 is related to green card in the sense that with some statuses, you can never get a green card, but with L1 you can.

That’s called dual intent.

I internally transferred (with my family) from the UK to California in late 2016 and secured a green card in early 2020.