Yes in our case we are moving to Florida for good. We have friends in Florida in the property business so it is my intention to do the Realtor exam during this summer on one of my visits ahead of our move in the autumn. We are going to be living somewhere in the suburbs of Orlando but are still considering the exact location. We will be buying a house but have no great rush to do so, we may rent for six months to a year until we decide the exact spot that we want to live at.
By the way I meant to ask what is an E2 and L1 and L2 visa? and are these employment related?
E2 means you bought a business to run. L1 means you transferred over to run a US branch of a UK business. If you want non rental areas of Orlando, I believe Hunters Creek, Bay Hill, Windermere and Dr Phillips are good areas to look. You dont mention kids, but both Dr Phillips and Celebration have good schools. Good luck with the realtor exam. PM me if you want any info or to meet up when you eventually get out there.
Julie
You forgot to mention that as well as the batchelors degree, you also need a job and an employer willing to sponsor you. That is the hard part ( the batchelors degree, we both have!!) It is easier in some professions than others. And there is a cap on the number of these visas which can be issued per year ( and the big firms take up quite a number.) My husband spent years trying to get a job out there and then we tried to go the L1 route. Neither were possible. For some people, E2 for all its faults is the only option.
Julie
Thanks for the imfo, it seems that I have an easy path to my green card compared to some of the other Visa options. What type of business did you and your husband end up running, Julie?
I dont have my visa through yet so am keeping that one under wraps at the moment for fear of tempting providence, Steve. All will be revealed in due course! All I will say is it is nothing to do with the vacation industry!!!
Julie
I really do not know why the Americans like to make it so difficult for the british to come and work here in the USA. There are stacks of Americans working in the UK.
I think that the american / british government have got a little agreement between themselves to make it so hard, so that it puts the brits off from trying, because once they sample the standerd of life over here, and the cost of living over here, No-one would want to go back to rip off britain, and Tony Blair would have no-one to pay the 4.00 per gallon for his fuel.
Just be persistant with trying for visas. It really is worth it in the end.
So how long have you been Stateside? I notice from your profile that you work in the property business, your obviously enjoy your life in the U.S, what do you find to be the main difference to living back in the U.K?
If you look at the figures the US can't make it that difficult for the UK really, because the reason we are ineligible for the Green card lottery and have been for so many years is that more than 50,000 people in each preceding 5 years have already transferred to the US under other Visas so they are taking a large proportion but it just seems they make everyone jump through so many hoops to get there.
Babblin Boo
No problem Julie, I wouldnt want to tempt fate either.
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