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    id love to live in florida

    what honestly are our chances? we have no relative or money
    my husband fixes laptops for a living and is very good
    are there any computer firms that would take him on and pay reloaction fees etc?
    i dnt work and we have 3 girls 18 16 14
    how do you go about applying for a visa?


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    Does he have a specialist degree or skill that is sort after in the USA, that would help. Otherwise you do need a fair bit of money.
    With children that age I would not attempt it any other way, further education is very expensive and most visa will not extend to over 18s unless in education till they are 21 and then they need a visa of their own.
    Health care would cost you a small fortune each month for the whole family. I am guessing a minimum of $600 - $700 but with co pay, which adds up.

    <blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by lizziejayne
    what honestly are our chances? we have no relative or money
    my husband fixes laptops for a living and is very good
    are there any computer firms that would take him on and pay reloaction fees etc?
    i dnt work and we have 3 girls 18 16 14
    how do you go about applying for a visa?
    [/quote]


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    I would say unless very lucky no..and with a child of 18 I'm not even sure I would try ..they could time out before you got near a greencard..
    I will never say never..and if you wish for a site link to read I will send you one...we were told we would never get here and did 10 years ago...


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    thank you all for advice no he doesnt have a degree but his job is specialized. its just gor so expensive to live here and id like somewhere better orlando has it all the weather helps too


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    <blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by lizziejayne
    thank you all for advice no he doesnt have a degree but his job is specialized. its just gor so expensive to live here and id like somewhere better orlando has it all the weather helps too
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    Hi. No offence, and I don't know the specifics, but "fixing laptops" doesn't sound particularly specialised to me.

    I work for a company based in Europe that has offices in Miami. Occasionally we will try and transfer a European citizen to the Miami office, but it is very difficult. We have to prove there is no-one in USA that could do that job, which is much harder than you might imagine, even in a very narrow field like ours (airline reservations).

    Also bear in mind that those people in our company that have made the transfer have taken a considerable drop in salary, both to bring them in line with US counterparts and to equalise the cost of living between US and Europe. European salaries with US cost of living would be great, but it isn't going to happen.

    I wish you luck, but I think you will struggle, especially in the current econmic climate.
    Keith


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    Its just as expensive to live in Florida, I really do not think the cost of living is any different. Somethings are cheaper but major stuff like healthcare, dentists are very expensive. Wages as mentioned above are lower.
    The weather of course is fantastic.
    If healthcare did not get in the way we would still be there. I can see us moving back somewhere warm in the future but probably France or Italy.

    <blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by lizziejayne
    thank you all for advice no he doesnt have a degree but his job is specialized. its just gor so expensive to live here and id like somewhere better orlando has it all the weather helps too
    [/quote]


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    his job invloves fixing laptops only 3 companies in the uk do it and you have to be qualified. whern anyone has a problem with there pc its sent to his work
    things are so expensive here and i cannot find a job guess i thought houses would be cheaper over there. eldest daughter is in her last year of a levels she wants to go to university she can do that anywhere


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    Jayne, all I can say is the grass in the USA may look greener but it sure ain't [msnwink]


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    The cost of living in the US is more than the UK..I was shocked..I had to double my food bill...and my first gas bill for one month was the same price as it would of been in the UK for a year don't get me started on house INS...I've seen prices go up in FL this year a lot..and the weather in FL is to me one of its major downfalls for living in full time..


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    i thought food was cheaper and petrol
    when on holiday prices in walmart looked cheaper and surely with good weather you wont need heating on as much
    our utility bills here are very expensive


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