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can someone answer me if a foreign can become a surveyor in the us and if he can what’s the instructions he needs to follow to become one, thank you guys
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If you have the education, experience and work authorization, I don’t see any reason why you couldn’t get registered in the United States. Each state is responsible for establishing its own requirements for registration, so it might be helpful to pick what part of the US you’re interested in first.
There is a lot more cooperation nowadays through the NCEES, so you might swing by that site (ncees.org) to learn more and get some test preparation materials.
You do not need to be a citizen, or technically even a resident, to be a licensed surveyor in a US state.
@andy-nold i got a certificate from my country and the experience also i will check the site
i got a certificate from my country and the experience also i will check the site
If you are thinking of emigrating to the US, and worried about finding work when you get here, be aware that you don’t need to be licensed to get work as a surveyor. You would merely go to work under the supervision of someone who is.
This is quite separate from the business of entering the country legally.
I’ve had staff from Australia, Nigeria, Brazil, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Estonia, The Netherlands, Nepal, and other nations work for me over the years.
The common denominator was they all has a strong geomatics educational background. A lot of the projects I worked on in the past were public sector jobs that were qualifications based, and we needed to supply staff resumes with the proposals. Having a lot of your technical staff hold BS & MS degrees looks really good to the selection committees.
Having a lot of your technical staff hold BS & MS degrees looks really good to the selection committees.
But wait! I thought surveying education was pointless and everything we needed to know came from field experience!
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“…people will come to love their oppression, to adore the technologies that undo their capacities to think.” -Neil Postman
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