Relocating/working abroad for a length of time

[stabn]

She has a ton of friends she's made while working for them. She's is probably a bit cold, but so is everyone else in kyrgyzstan.

[youtalkfunny]

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I am also 30 and married...

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Oh, well then, that makes all this very easy:

DON'T GO!

I got an unbelievable job offer overseas, and took my wife and three kids to tropical paradise--and they HATED it. They were much happier with 150 channels of English-speaking tv, and WalMart. They all missed Grandma. I also missed bringing home more than 50% of my paycheck. It was actually a relief when the company went belly-up before my contract was up. I came home broke, but it was so nice to hear Journey on the radio, and find a six-pack of Diet Coke bottles for $2.

If you were single, I'd say go out and see the world.

But now, it's too late. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[daryn]

i'm interested in this too. what do you do, go to an embassy or something to get a visa? i have no idea how any of that works.

[nongice626]

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i'm interested in this too. what do you do, go to an embassy or something to get a visa? i have no idea how any of that works.

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you should stick to an 'easy' city where they speak english.

[nicky g]

On working for a US company abroad, you should be careful as with the current exchange rate you may end up considerably worse off. A fair few US firms pay their workers abroad in US$, meaning their real salaries have gone through the floor with the falling dollar. My uncle's effective take home pay has nearly halved over the past few years as he is paid in dollars but spends in Euros, and he is effectively being paid a lot less than he should be fo that kind of work at the moment.

It is not that easy to get a job in the EU as an American. In the UK you need to be applying for jobs in an area that is suffering a skills shortage. Similar things apply in other EU countries. Don;t think that just because you're wealthy, white and speak English they'll be happy to give you a visa. Your best bet is working for an American firm and then gettting them to transfer you to one of their offices abroad; that's a lot easier. But you may run into the problem above.

[daveymck]

Two Sites that might help for the UK

Independant UK Immigration advice

Official Home Office website

[daveymck]

It looks as well as if the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme is only open to those under the age of 28 so that line of getting in seems to be closed.