relocating to florida from the uk

[esprit]

Try www.bizmarketflorida.com also. Tina, if you need help with the nitty gritty. let me know. Run anything you find by me. As you may have guessed, I learned a lot anout this through the school of hard knocks and am happy to help.

[andy and ann hales]

Hi

We own a property in Kissimmee but if we were going to live in Florida it would be in Melbourne.

We first went there on our honeymoon 13 years ago and were hooked.

The only reason we bought in Kissimmee is for the rental potental we would much rather be in the coast the area is wonderful and I would love to live there.

Best of Luck
Ann

[Robert5988]

We own a condo on the beach near Melbourne and I spend most of my time surf fishing. The best place to find out information is the local newspaper which has an excellent website at http://www.floridatoday.com This covers the whole of Brevard County.

[Florida Pete]

I think you've made a good choice. I am moving my family to Melbourne soon for the same reasons. I know there is something called a Treaty Investor for those investing in a US business but I do not know how much must be invested. There is always Permanent Resident Green Card status which lets you live here and travel as you wish. I don't know how hard it is to get though. I do know if you are looking to buy a home in Melbourne, you should start as soon as possible. Melbourne is getting quite popular and property prices are rising. Good Luck to you and your family!

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Florida Pete

[steph_goodrum]

Florida Pete
It may be a bit premature to say you ARE moving your family to Florida, a bit more research on the visas will tell you it is not as easy as deciding you are going to do it. At the end of the day no matter how "special" our relationship is with the US the immigration authorities could not care less what their country can do for your family in terms of perceived better lifestyle etc, all they are worried about and what you will have to prove is what YOU can do for THEM.
If you can find an employer to sponsor you for green card it will be the only way to stay permanently if you invest in a business you can only stay as long as that business is trading (in their eyes) successfully and employing US citizens, so if you want to retire - you cant because you can only stay in the country whilst running the business so cant sell up. Julie can give you lots of info having been through the process herself recently shes more up to speed on current regs.

[steph_goodrum]

Incidentally Melbourne could well be opened up to the tourist industry even more if the proposed flights from Manston to Melbourne do go ahead. Last I saw they were in negotiations with an airline to start this summer but I think it will be too late for that, I've not seen any advertising for it yet. If the infrastructure develps I can see it being a place where people may fly into go to Orlando and then back there for a week or so instead of St Petes or Clearwater as they obvioulsy wont have a drive back to the airport then.

[Florida Pete]

Steph,

I did not mean to be misleading. I AM a Florida resident. I moved here from New York Abou 15 years ago. Currently I live in the Central Florida area, I worked for Disney for about 7 years. My family and I are moving to Melbourne because the schools are better and for investment purposes.

Whenever I have posted some information, it is getting cancelled.

[That's because advertising is not allowed on this forum which I understand has already been explained to you by the website owners - please check out the rules at http://www.orlando-guide.info/forums/rules.asp]

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Florida Pete

[steph_goodrum]

Pete
Sorry your post about not knowing about investment visas etc implied that you were thinking of moving overseas not that you were trying to direct Tina to help her move.

I think you'll find the reason your posts have been cancelled is that it is in breach of the rules - to which you must have agreed when registering for this site, in that it is not intended to be a free advertising forum for businesses.

[Seminole]

Melbourne has become quite costly in the last couple of years. Large number of US citizens are opting to retire there so, unfortunately, property prices have just shot up. Anything near the beach is becoming absurdly expensive - condos on Highway A1A are increasing in price by something like $50,000 every few months.

A bait and tackle shop sounds a bit risky. What opinions have the lawyers given you on whether that would qualify for an E2 visa? The immigration authorities will want to know that you can stay afloat financially. Does you husband realize that there will be very little time for any personal fishing as most E2 visa holders end up working very hard at their Florida business. You are coming into a competitive business market, probably plenty of other tackle shops about.