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I wouldn't know where to start, Pinky. A good friend of mine who is a cop has been trying for 2 years to be allowed to move to GB, and there is a ton of red tape involved. I'm sure others will be along shortly with better info than I can give you. Where in the US were you thinking of moving to?

Pinky wrote: Me and Si have been thinking about this for a while, but don`t know where to start. Any suggestions?


Try this site Pinky---------http://www.usimmigrationsupport.org/----or just come into the U.S. via Mexico and cut the red tape.

Pinky wrote: I don`t really know...anywhere that can employ the other half for a better wage han he gets here...we might be able to have children then!

Honestly, Life in Uk is so ****-poor it`s unreal. We both work full time in professional jobs and we can`t afford to buy a house. Says something, doesn`t it?




As a 1st time home buyer recently, well we havent even moved in yet, I can tell you the prices here are outrageous. Depending on where you want to live, its hard here too. The south is more reasonable but the wages are lower too. Have you been here ? What do you like ? Mountains, wide open prairie, water ?

Pinky wrote: I don`t really know...anywhere that can employ the other half for a better wage han he gets here...we might be able to have children then!Honestly, Life in Uk is so ****-poor it`s unreal. We both work full time in professional jobs and we can`t afford to buy a house. Says something, doesn`t it?


Don't forget that if you want kids you have to pay for every medical expense in the US. Don't expect to be able to 'pop home' and have them on the NHS before returning to the US. They have that sussed and you have to live here for quite a few months before they'll let you have free hospital treatment again.

Its swings and roundabouts! These things usually balance out!

Perhaps you should look at moving to a cheaper area and buying and doing up a house in your spare time then selling at a profit. You'd soon begin to work your way up the chain. Also, get the help of a financial planner, they should know the best deals for you.

Hope that helps. :-6

So....Pinky....have you checked out the site Lon offered? I'm really considering starting a women's M/C, and I need some officers!! :yh_bigsmi :yh_wink

Pinky wrote: Me and Si have been thinking about this for a while, but don`t know where to start. Any suggestions?Not everywhere in the USA is so expensive that you can't buy a house if you both are professionals. Some places are quite affordable, even in California.

The first thing I would find out is whether your professions will carry across in the USA. Some professions require a state license, and having a license in that state doesn't always allow you to practice in another state. Some states accept your UK credentials, some might make you take state board exams or do some sort of practical test before they'll license you.

You also have weather to think about. Some parts of the US are rainy and foggy in the winter. You're probably used to that. Some are very hot in the summer- that you might not be used to. Then there's air quality. Where we live, we have more sunny days per year than most other locations in the US. However, air quality here is the fourth worst in the nation. It doesn't bother me, because I was brought up where it was the worst in the nation. But generally, where real estate is more affordable, the climate and enviornent are less desirable.

Then there's culture. Americans will hear you speak three words with your accent, and they'll fall in love with you. But before long, you might realize that Americans are of a different culture, and you might start hungering for other Brits to be friends with whom you have more in common with. Some regions of the USA will be more culturally agreeable to you than others. Bigger population centers have more different kinds of people and cultures- and more expensive housing.

Museums, antiquities, shows, concerts- some parts of the USA are rich in these cultural resources, others pretty poor. Generally these things are found, again, more where real property is more expensive. The oldest antiquities in California are indian petroglyphs (rock art a few hundred years old) and the California Missions (about 200 years old). Not much. The best thing in my region is Hearst Castle, which was built in the 1930's by a publishing billionaire, of architectural parts of castles, monestaries, churches and basilicas taken from Europe. It's the jewel of California, but Europe has better antiquities.

Geography. You can probably drive to any part of your country within a day- and maybe even to one or another country on the continent. I live in California. I would not attempt to drive more than one or two states away in one day. Back east, the states are smaller, and one can travel to more of them.

Living in another country and in another culture is really a lot of fun. I lived in Africa for seven and a half years. I probablly made more friends among people from the UK there than I did Africans. If you could find a way to live and work in the USA temporarily, with the option of staying if it really works for you, that would be great. I love my country, but to someone in the UK, I have reservations about recommending it. You have a lot of great things going for you there, and things here might not be quite as big an improvement as you thought.

But if you haven't been to the USA already, you must come first and stay in a few places with people you know who can show you around.

Rapunzel wrote: Don't forget that if you want kids you have to pay for every medical expense in the US.


Just about every job offers medical/dental/vision/life insurance and you pay little or nothing yourself depending on the plan offered by your company.

We paid $10.00 total to have each of our kids.

sunny104 wrote: Just about every job offers medical/dental/vision/life insurance and you pay little or nothing yourself depending on the plan offered by your company.

We paid $10.00 total to have each of our kids.


Thats what I was going to say. We survive quite comfortably on hubby's professional salary alone here in SW Missouri.

Getting married to an American is probably the most easiest. It is very difficult and expensive to get "Green Card here" Does your hubby work for a company that has business here in the states, that's another way to get over here, I have met many people here who came here via their Company. ( There a re a lot of British companies here):)

Heres a site you might find helpful

http://www.findyourspot.com/