moving from uk to florida???? advice please

[RICHNTRISH]

Originally Posted by davies family

hi
they were just thoughts or dreams ? seems a bit harder then i thought ? so what happens if they retire and brought a villa could they live in it and us move over and find jobs ? thought america was easy to get into it may just remain as thoughts ?????

To be unfashionably blunt , no way Hosae .

[Fatbrit]

Originally Posted by davies family

hi
they were just thoughts or dreams ? seems a bit harder then i thought ? so what happens if they retire and brought a villa could they live in it and us move over and find jobs ? thought america was easy to get into it may just remain as thoughts ?????

If it's looking hard now, we've only scratched the surface with the issues you are likely to face on an E2.

You can't just move over and find jobs. Well, you can, but they'll be back-breaking jobs for $6/hour, and you really don't want to go there.

[Bevdeforges]

Originally Posted by davies family

hi
they were just thoughts or dreams ? seems a bit harder then i thought ? so what happens if they retire and brought a villa could they live in it and us move over and find jobs ? thought america was easy to get into it may just remain as thoughts ?????

Whoever told you getting into the US was easy was lying (or probably has been deported by now). But to be honest, it's not easy getting into most countries you'd want to these days.

If your parents were to buy that villa, they'd be stuck as "snowbirds" - limited to six months a year in the US, and always subject to proving their strong ties to the old country to gain entry.
Cheers,
Bev

[Tiffani]

Hi, I would be interested to know who told you that it was easy to move to the US? I wonder if it's immigration "assistants" overseas or just a general idea that you had from nowhere in particular.

People, particularly Brits, seem to think it's a piece of cake to move over to the US, and sadly it's not. In fact, it's one of the most difficult places to move to because British-born people are not even eligible for the Diversity Visa Lottery.

Good luck with the E visa if you decide to go that route. But no, it won't be an easy thing to accomplish.

[synthia]

I think a lot of people know others who have moved to the US but don't really know much about how it happened or how long it took. They don't know that Joe's younger brother was born in the US and lives there now, and can sponsor him, or that guy who worked as an accountant was transferred by one of th big international firms, or that Margaret's sister has an international reputation in some obscure technical field. Or maybe they just think that Beckham did it, so they can too.

There was an interesting comment made during the US/Japan soccer match. One of the American players has been signed by a UK team, and has been sweating getting a work visa. Now that is tight immigration control! Usually professional athletes have an easy time getting into the US, because they have a unique talent. You can't exactly go out and hire another Beckham from the local employment agency.

[Tiffani]

Interesting point. It does work both ways. It's not so easy for Americans to move to the UK either.

One of my old work colleagues was originally from Ireland but lived in England for several years before moving to the US (her daughter was a US citizen), and she told me that once she was at the US Embassy in London waiting her turn, and someone waiting got all impatient and uppity and said "Am I going to have to wait here all day? Do you know who I am? I have other things to do!" and the immigration agent said "Sir, Mick Jagger has to sit there for eight hours and so will you" LOL My friend said the whole room was in stitches.

If only it were a matter of sitting and waiting for eight hours though! That's nothing compared to what most people have to do... that's just the final stage of the process!