I really wanna move to the USA?

Question

me and my hubby and our little bub on the way (british) really want to leave london for the US (new york or LA) question is:

how do we proceed? how much money roughly will we need?

i know that the US is much cheaper than london (currently we live in maida vale so well expensive!)

thanks for any answers xx

Answer 1

You can't just up and move. One of you will need to have a job in the USA first with an employer who is willing to sponsor you for a visa. To do this you need to be better educated and have more experience than anyone in America who might apply to do the job as the employer has to be able to prove there are no applicants already living legally in the US who are able to do the job. As for life here being less expensive, many things are cheaper but a large proportion of monthly income has to go on health insurance as there is no free health care. Even contraception can easily cost 20 pounds a month.

Answer 2

You should stop watching  "s*x in the City"

Life in America is not like in the movies or Tv.

You live in a country(England) with the same or in same area better standard of  living that in the U.S.

To make short for you. America is like the Queen's Song.

Easy come easy go.

Plus if you do not proper  papers to live in the US you can pass years trying to get it plus thousand of dollars in fees and lawyers

No offense but you will be a fool if you choose to  move to the U.S from England.

Answer 3

if you move to New York the things are so expensive and not worth it. If you move to L.A it's not all about the celebrities or glamour. But parts of L.A is really dangerous and you want to protect and provide for your Bub!

Get a green card and your money you guys use over london might be little compared to the U.S dollar

Answer 4

Awesome, I live in new york. It really all depends on where you want to live. Some parts of the United States are more expensive than others. Start saving up money.

Answer 5

I've lived in London.  Let me suggest that you attempt to come over on a work visa and stay a year or two and see if you really want to stay.  There is definitely a cultural difference that you may not be able to adjust to.  

Things are cheaper in America.  My European friends often laugh at our perceptions here.  I'm currently entertaining friends from Munich who expected to find gasoline much more expensive here than the did -- probably because of our incessant droning on about the expense of gasoline.  In reality, $3.99/gallon didn't seem all that outrageous to them.

However, living in America IS much different than in London. There's less walking.  More driving and people aren't very patient with you.  Tempers flare more easily here and appearances are more important.

Try it for a while.  If you don't like it, you can always go back home.  Good luck in your endeavors.

Answer 6

The economy is bad, jobs are scarce, so why would you want to move here right now?

Answer 7

To help, I'm a U.S. citizen.....My mother is American as well, but however, my father is a Canadian citizen. We live in the U.S.A. My dad had to obtain a green card, and he and my mother were both interrogated and asked whether or not they were really married when he first moved here in 1986.

You and your husband are going to have to obtain US work visas either through current jobs, or a different employer.

Also, since you are both English citizens, even if you decided to visit the states again, you would only be allowed to enter for 3 months as of a new law that was passed in 2008.

I just got back from Bristol, England, and my boyfriend is British. He's not allowed to work, and he can only stay here for 3 months at a time, like I said.

You're going to proceed by either trying to declare Dual citizenship (through the US Embassy), or new work, or a job transfer. Also, I'm assuming throughout this you're going to need at least 100,000 quid, which is $200,000.

Since you live in London, I suggest checking out the U.S. Embassy. OR visting a U.S. Visa website.

I hope this helps =)

Answer 8

Are either you are your husband U.S. citizens?

If not you will find it difficult and money is the least of your problems.

Below is a link to all of the ways you can *move* to the U.S. - if you or your husband do not qualify, then you will not be moving to the U.S. anytime soon.