Buying a property and retiring to Florida

[imported_n/a]

Carla - I think you are missing the point here - I did not say I would do it ! Where did I say I would do it? So there is no risk of me being banned ! I have family in the USA and have been a regular visitor for over 30 years. I do not like your allegation .
Although on this forum I am a newbie I can see that several of the members "interpret" what is posted and add their own meaning. That is a ridiculous situation. Therefore this will be my last post as I am fed up with it.
You will no doubt be pleased to have got rid of me and I, in my turn, am pleased to have found another forum where my plain English is in less danger of being misunderstood.
Good luck with it all.

[Carla]

This is what you wrote


"Although I do not intend to rely on this in any way does anyone here have an opinion as to whether leaving after 6 months on one passport and then re-entering on the other (hopefully seeing a different immigration officer) would work out?"

My OPINION is that if you WERE to do that then you run the risk of being banned!!

It is you who is wilfully misinterpreting what has been written.

[chrizzy100]

quote:Originally posted by Carla

This is what you wrote


"Although I do not intend to rely on this in any way does anyone here have an opinion as to whether leaving after 6 months on one passport and then re-entering on the other (hopefully seeing a different immigration officer) would work out?"

My OPINION is that if you WERE to do that then you run the risk of being banned!!

It is you who is wilfully misinterpreting what has been written.

You are right Carla.......he could be deported....and not be able to return to the USA for 10 years....he asked for an opinion....which you give.....you were not nasty in anyway....[msnsmile]

[bagnut]

Thank you Carla and Chrissie for your information. Are there ways of staying longer in the USA, officially that is. I understand we could invest in a business, or could we carry out temp work?
[msnsmile]

[Carla]

Hi Bagnut

The only way that you could legally go over, would probably be to buy a business and employ Americans. Esprit, on this forum, has done exactly that, so she will be able to tell you of the trials and tribulations of going this route.

If you already have a business in the UK, which could open a branch in Florida, then that is another route.

The only problem seems to happen when you decide that you don't want to work any more, as with some business based visas you do not automatically have the right to stay once you sell the business. Buying a business does not automatically lead to a green card and permanent residency.

We would love to retire to Florida, but have decided that we can have the best of both worlds really, with 6 months in the US and 6 months either based in the UK, or possibly somewhere near the Alps, so that my husband can ski!!!!

Another thing to consider, and a very big thing, is health insurance. America is not a great place to be if you are sick and don't have adequate coverage. It costs many dollars per month to obtain the kind of cover that won't result in bankrupcty after one hospital stay!!

[esprit]

As Carla says, we bought a business and moved out on an E2 last Summer. We are in our early 50s and yes it was a sort of early retirement thing. Trials and tribulations?? Yes, some. The businesses for sale to Brits here are often overpriced for what they are and rely on the demand by visa hunting Brits, they are often intrinsically not worth the money asked and some dont make anything near what they are supposed to make on paper. I have heard of people here setting up businesses just to sell, obtaining contracts often by undercutting the competition and signing contracts doing more than you can possibly do and still make a profit, just to look good on paper to sell to an E2 visa applicant. Good businesses are few and far between yet more and more Brits arrive looking for an E2 business like lambs to the slaughter. At worst, you can end up really just buying a visa. We have used our business as seedcore to build up other businesses as in Orlando it is all aboiut " being there",
If you can get here on L1, do it as you are then on a route to a green card, though there are routes through labor certification that can lead to permanent residence for a E2 holder via change of status so saying it can never lead to a green card is not quite right This is something you need to think long amd hard about. All the Brits I know here, especially those on E2, work really really hard. We work much harder than we did in the UK. It isnt quite what you would call retirement and living in Florida is nothing like it is when you are on holiday. It is an interesting life in the sun however.
Health insurance--. We pay $220 per month for the two of us with a $5000 excess ( so it only really covers accidents/serious illness.) We are both healthy with no pre-exisitng.

[lindajo]

Esprit
We are moving to Florida next year on an E2 visa and looking for good health insurance. Who are you with? $200 per months sounds pretty reasonable.

Lindajo

[Carla]

Don't forget the excess of $5000, Lindajo. That basically means that you would pay for everything, each and every time you see a doctor, or go to the hospital, or have any treatment whatsoever. It is only when the bill comes to more than $5000 for a particular treatment that you would be covered by your insurance!!!!!!! In the UK we complain about paying £6 for a prescription!!!! A trip to a doctor in the US for something very minor could easily set you back several hundred dollars.

I'm not in any way trying to put you off, but you do need to know exactly what you are up against.

[blott]

It's also I think $5000 each person, so if both of you were ill in the same year, then it could be $10,000!

[chrizzy100]

quote:Originally posted by lindajo

Esprit
We are moving to Florida next year on an E2 visa and looking for good health insurance. Who are you with? $200 per months sounds pretty reasonable.

Lindajo

You need to find a good company with low co-payments....over here when you visit the docs you have a check up every visit....your BP etc are taken....if they find anything wrong...then you could end up with ....$100 plus visits to the doc every week....some docs will not take you on unless you have a full check up and good insurance cover....you don't want to be taken ill over here without good cover.....I've seen people lose their homes to pay their doctor and hospital bills that can run into hundreds of thousands......its something you have to get right first time.....