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    USA to UK spouse visa

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    On 10/16/2020 at 7:21 AM, PBabz said:

    You might find the discussion going on here helpful :)

    I found it nice  to see others were considering it too - my husband and I hope to settle back in the UK but that's our long term (maybe 10 year) plan.

    I've got to get to the US first!! 🤞

     

    Thank you!

    Move back to UK

    in Emigrating Outside the US

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    On 6/21/2019 at 2:57 PM, HRQX said:

    US passport too?

    Yeh we will get that also, just waiting for my husband and i to have the time off together to go take him (it takes about 4 hours of waiting and both parents need to be there)

    Move back to UK

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    11 hours ago, Randyandyuni said:

    just make sure you aren't recreating the exact problem in reverse. Is he going to have the same issues you had, it''s difficult giving up your "norm" is he better equipped to handle the differences than you? 

    He has no close family, his mother passed away a couple years ago and he doesnt really have any kind of relationship with his dad or sister so it makes sense to raise our family around my family. He fortunately agrees with me.

    Anyone moved back to the UK?

    in United Kingdom

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    My husband is a very chill person and needs less than me in terms of emotional support so it makes sense for us to at least try England as I'm 5 years in now and still feel so lonely here, I just cant seem to make real emotional connections here or at least not enough to satisfy not having family. My husband isn't close to the limited family he has. All he requests from life in England if we move there is a local disc golf course lol. Seeing as the only thing making me hesitate is the climate I think it makes sense. Yeh the visa stuff will be a hassle but be worth it I think, and I have my citizenship so we can come back if needed 

    Anyone moved back to the UK?

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    1 hour ago, JFH said:

    Depends on which sources you read, I suppose. The latest I have seen is that the U.K. spends £125 billion on the NHS, which is roughly $160 billion. The US spends $600 billion on the military but with a population 6 times the size of the U.K. 

     

    My “issue” with state-funded healthcare is that the taxpayer pays for it every month, whether they use it or not. Aside from my ongoing need for my epilepsy medication, I’m a very healthy person and can’t remember when I last had the need to see a doctor for anything other than regular epilepsy check ups. I prefer only having to pay when I use it, not paying for it every month, regardless of my usage. My husband had three major surgeries last year. For two of them there is a very long waiting list in the U.K. - total knee replacement. He had both knees replaced within six months of each other and the first one was done with 6 weeks of the doctor deciding that everything else wasn’t working and this was the only solution. That 6-week period wasn’t a waiting period, it was the necessary time required to complete various pre op measurements etc and also because I needed time to get things ready for his recovery.  To think if we lived in the U.K. he’d probably still be in the agonizing pain and unable to walk like he was pre-op is heartbreaking. 

     

    I have just converted my US salary to pounds and run a calculation to see what I would pay in taxation and national insurance and I’d be much worse off than the sum of my deductions here, including my healthcare out of pocket maximum. I also live in a state with no income tax. 

     

    I get 4 weeks off a year here in the US and it will be increased to 4.5 next year (having completed 3 years with the same employer). Perhaps a change of job would help? Not sure what part of CA you are (apart from coastal) but we have employees at LAX who get the same time off as I do. My employer also pays my healthcare premiums at 100% and puts $1000 a year into my HSA. So there are great employers here. 

     

    I’m not trying to deter you from moving back. I just think there is a tendency among us Brits (and I’m guilty of it too, from time to time) to view life in the U.K. with a nostalgia for a life we would not have if we were to move back permanently. 

     

    In short, it’s not perfect here. But it’s not perfect there either. 

    I agree, its hard not to romanticize life in uk so we have 2 trips there over next couple years where i feel like I can try and gauge how i would feel there if moved back. I also need to figure out where my baby boy would have tthe best life, like will the good weather make up for having no family around etc 

    Anyone moved back to the UK?

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    On 6/21/2019 at 6:37 PM, Wuozopo said:

    It is quite expensive where you live, but you get the lovely weather, mountains, ocean.  I find the UK quite expensive for housing too. But you have valid reasons and at least you have citizenship so can change your mind and not do immigration in the US again if you ever want to come back. Have you thought that a cheaper place to live might allow you to get a part time job or be a stay at home mom for awhile?  

     

    There is somebody in this forum right now that went back to the UK and is now working on immigration again to come back to the US. See the thread called "DCF London (merged)" Missynick0903 is the name. Maybe you can reach out to her and have a PM chat. I've known a few over the years that went to the UK then decided to come back. But we wouldn't hear from those that stayed in the UK and found it wonderful because they would have no need for Visa Journey, right?

     

    The financial requirements are here https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/783641/Appendix-FM-1-7-Financial-Requirement-ext_1_.pdf

     

    If you don't work in the UK six months at a job before he comes, you can do it with £62,500 cash savings. And there's so many combinations explained, it does my head in.

     

     

    It looks like if I have a job offer in uk wirh same company starting within 3 months of the move that also counts as income! And my company does have practices out there!

    Anyone moved back to the UK?

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    On 6/21/2019 at 6:37 PM, Wuozopo said:

    It is quite expensive where you live, but you get the lovely weather, mountains, ocean.  I find the UK quite expensive for housing too. But you have valid reasons and at least you have citizenship so can change your mind and not do immigration in the US again if you ever want to come back. Have you thought that a cheaper place to live might allow you to get a part time job or be a stay at home mom for awhile?  

     

    There is somebody in this forum right now that went back to the UK and is now working on immigration again to come back to the US. See the thread called "DCF London (merged)" Missynick0903 is the name. Maybe you can reach out to her and have a PM chat. I've known a few over the years that went to the UK then decided to come back. But we wouldn't hear from those that stayed in the UK and found it wonderful because they would have no need for Visa Journey, right?

     

    The financial requirements are here https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/783641/Appendix-FM-1-7-Financial-Requirement-ext_1_.pdf

     

    If you don't work in the UK six months at a job before he comes, you can do it with £62,500 cash savings. And there's so many combinations explained, it does my head in.

     

     

    Thanks! I just PMd her

     Yeh we considered that but the idea of knowing absolutely noone and raising a family sounds awful. We visit England again at xmas so I will try and look at it through objective and not emotional eyes 

    Anyone moved back to the UK?

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    12 hours ago, mlh said:

    My husband is from the UK and I hate seeing people say that there is "free healthcare" in the UK.  The amount taken out of your paycheck each month, for what I would consider average  to below average healthcare is anything but free.  :)

     

    He has some heart problems and was told in 2015 before he moved to the US that he was in total heart failure and would need a heart transplant.  Moved here, got a new pacemaker put in, and other than being dependent on that due to a mistake the UK doctors made 18 years ago, his heart is totally healthy and he is nowhere near needing a heart transplant.

     

    We also considered living in the UK over the US, and the cost of living was a lot more for us to move there than what we could get here in TX.

     

    Time off from your job depends on the company.  I don't know what you do for work, but like others said, you could look at moving to a different part of the US and changing companies that may have a better benefits package to give you more time off.  I know it doesn't solve the family support, but just some things to consider before making that big leap, and like others said, you'd have to move first, get a job making enough to meet the income requirements (with no option for a joint/co-sponsor) before you can both move over.

    I did actually see an article where it proved that you dont pay more in taxes in uk or any other country with socialized healthcare for that matter than the US, the US takes far more money for military, I'd rather my taxes go to the NHS than the military personally. There is the option of providing evidence of 2.5 years worth of income in savings which is the route we would go down. To live somewhere cheaper in the us I feel like I'd have to move somewhere less desirable anyway so i might as well go home to rainy England lol, tbh though I do prefer the culture in the uk, the people and how things are run and I came into the US so wanting to prefer it but it didnt happen because everything felt so backwards

    Anyone moved back to the UK?

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    10 minutes ago, junkmart said:

    You could also consider moving to another part of the US with a lower cost of living. California can be expensive. According to one cost of living comparison website, the cost of living in Ojai, California is roughly 165% higher than were I live, for example. And the median home cost is 726% higher.

    We considered that but it wouldnt fix our limited time off work and lack of family unfortunately. I miss my 4 plus weeks vacation a year and having family close to hang around with 

    Anyone moved back to the UK?

    in United Kingdom

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    I moved to the US to marry my husband 5 years ago and have a 9 month old baby now. I cant seem to shake the thought that we would have a better standard of living moving back to the UK (free healthcare, more time off etc) has anyone else made the move back? I recently got my citizenship so we could move back to the us if it were a mistake. We live in coastal California and to afford life my husband and I work opposite shifts so we never get to enjoy our baby together and with only 1 week off a year we never even get to enjoy this country, at least in England we would have 4+ weeks a year holiday and likely weekends off together as we would have my family to help with childcare in the week so I could work. I just cant imagine going back to the uk climate though 😬. The move back wouldnt be for maybe 3 years since my husband needs to finish his apprenticeship and we have 2 trips back to England in the meantime so I guess I'm gona see how I feel when im there.

    Removal of conditions at same time as citizenship interview

    in US Citizenship General Discussion

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    5 hours ago, Lemonslice said:

    How old is your child? Sleepy newborn is easier than toddler needing your attention and preventing you from focusing...  No friend or family to take them for the day or come with you and supervise in the car during the interview?

    Hes a rambunctious 8 month old, the only person we have local is my father in law but he travels a lot, I will just probably have to bite the bullet and have someone watch him but hopefully its another Saturday when I can convince a friend to rather than pay a sitter 

    Case within normal processing times

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    When I filed for n400 back in march 2018 I swear their normal processing times were 4 to 6 months and now its something like 9 to 18 months so when I sent a service request they fobbed me off with within normal processing times. Does this not seem outrageously cheeky to anyone else? It's like ordering at a restaurant and them saying your food will be 10 mins and then 20 mins later you complain and they say " oh well it takes 2 hours now"

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