[swede123]

While not a poker dealer, I am a foreigner living in the US. Over the years I've gone through all the ins and outs of entering and living in the United States, first as a student, then on a work visa, and now finally with a green card.

Basically, you will have problems getting permission to stay unless you have family living in the States through whom you can get citizenship, or you are from a particularly poverished, war-torn country where you may or may not be fearing for your life on a daily basis.

Someone from Spain who doesn't have some sort of inside track basically will not get a work visa unless he has a very specific skill-set. Another option would be to attend school full-time and getting yourself a student visa. The problem with this is that you need to have some sort of sponsor that can back you financially if needed. Unless your friend has a lot of money saved up this could be tricky.

Perhaps your buddy should just consider marrying some American girl, as this is still the most reliable and fail-safe way to establish residence.