Emigrating

[bik]

any one ever consider it?

i'm going to a seminar soon about it

[Casey]

any one ever consider it?

i'm going to a seminar soon about it

I really want to but it depends on job prospects.

[Davos]

I'm aiming for South of France or Sardinia in 5 - 10 years all being well.

[Dark-Cide Lorraine]

My brother went to Australia almost two years ago.

His Visa process was hard work, despite going with his Australian girlfriend.

He got through it eventually though and has a full working visa there now. He's really happy.

[Edinburgh]

Canada.

To be honest, the only thing that holds me back is missing friends and family. Man I miss that place.

[bigred]

I think about it quite a lot, will be massively open to do this when i finsih my corse in 4 years (jesus christ) as there aint enough prosthtisit and orthotists to go around!

[robracingthetide]

I have been toying with the idea of working in another English-speaking country for a year or two - but will probably not get around to doing it due to the fact I will probably be able to earn more in the UK.

[bigred]

I have been toying with the idea of working in another English-speaking country for a year or two - but will probably not get around to doing it due to the fact I will probably be able to earn more in the UK.

all balances out with the cost of living in most countries, ours is stupidly high.

[robracingthetide]

all balances out with the cost of living in most countries, ours is stupidly high.True.

*dreams of adventures in far away lands*

[executiverocker]

Canada.

To be honest, the only thing that holds me back is missing friends and family. Man I miss that place.

yeah I would want to move to Canada, but dont know where to start looking for details.

[bigred]

yeah I would want to move to Canada, but dont know where to start looking for details.

www.bunac.org do a work canada programme, some of them are only for students others are for anyone.

[Davos]

True.

*dreams of adventures in far away lands*

http://images.movieeye.com/store/images/robinson-crusoe.jpg

[bik]

i fancy north Americe, for reassons obvious
new zealand/Austrailia
japan
southern europe
south america

pretty much anywhere other than this god damn shithole joke of a country

[Davos]

god damn shithole joke of a country

QFMFT

[executiverocker]

www.bunac.org do a work canada programme, some of them are only for students others are for anyone.

Interesting website. Looking for information about IT jobs in Canada though, like how hard is it to go over there, etc.

[bigred]

Interesting website. Looking for information about IT jobs in Canada though, like how hard is it to go over there, etc.

if its like australia and runs a points system it is probably quite high up on demand. I would check out the official canadian immigration site, other than that i have no other help!

[bik]

put it this way


My own Daughter lives in Canada and i have an excellent work pedigree and held government positions, no crim record etc etc


can i get into Canada?


can i F**k

[executiverocker]

put it this way


My own Daughter lives in Canada and i have an excellent work pedigree and held government positions, no crim record etc etc


can i get into Canada?


can i F**k

hmmm, gonna look into it

[Pumpactionsunshine]

any one ever consider it?

i'm going to a seminar soon about it

Yup! Sunshine please! I can handle the skin cancer and dangerous animals for a bit more warm and sunny.

[topcat]

As many of you know, I moved here and left my other New York alley cats behind. I do miss Fancy-Fancy, Spook, Benny the Ball, The Brain, and Choo Choo. (Obviously Benny is my main man.)

Anyway, it was my buddy (Sir Russ of Prestone) who suggested I moved here and to be honest i'm not really digging it kids. So, as soon as I am qualified i'm off to see Dorothy and The Wizard of Oz next year and will probably stay there.

It will be a sad affair, but life has to move on. *wipes eyes*

[Drunknmunky]

i am toying with the idea of moving to new york and living in either Manhattan or Queens!

fooking love that city!

[Jonnysus]

i am toying with the idea of moving to new york and living in either Manhattan or Queens!

fooking love that city!

exactly this

but Staten Island too

[Drunknmunky]

exactly this

but Staten Island too

agreed brooklyn is well to pricy and Harlem and the Bronx are a no no?!

[greyham]

Ive wanted out of here for a while.
A lad at work is going through the process of moving to new zealand.
His wife is from there and they have family there also.
Other than this, what other ways actually permit you to live in another country.
I dont know the first thing about emigration but would love to consider it as an option.
I'll take a look at that bunac site now too

[bigred]

Ive wanted out of here for a while.
A lad at work is going through the process of moving to new zealand.
His wife is from there and they have family there also.
Other than this, what other ways actually permit you to live in another country.I dont know the first thing about emigration but would love to consider it as an option.
I'll take a look at that bunac site now too

depends entirely on the country!

USA is ****nig hard to get into unless you have an irish passport, as they have a special agreement.

OZ and NZ you can get a working tourist visa and stay for up to a year i think, you then have to apply for leave to remain....and its a points system so depending on your career/health/family ties depends how you score and if you are allowed to stay.

Canada was recently looking for a whole load of people to live in alberta but they were specific medical/business roles i think.

[Joe]

USA is ****nig hard to get into unless you have an irish passport, as they have a special agreement.


quality, I'm getting an irish passport next month.

[greyham]

haha
the whole of prestone living it up everywhere in the world come 2009.

I'm seriously considering it and will attempt any avenue possible

[Joe]

haha
the whole of prestone living it up everywhere in the world come 2009.

I'm seriously considering it and will attempt any avenue possible

where do you want to go?

[bigred]

Boston mass?

[greyham]

Ever since i met josie, ive wanted to go live in NZ.
They way its been described just sounds amazing + this lad at work also raves about it.
Ive done my own research and its sold itself.
Such a good clean cheap way of life.
Also, i hadnt even thought about it til i read peoples ideas here....ive been to banff, canada 2/3 times and loved it everytime so that would be a great place to consider too.
I love living here at times but when i see what else i could experience, the uk sucks bad

[Punkage]

Ive been thinking about it, same as everyone else I want to go to USA, Canada, Australia or NZ.

All depends on what my situation is next year, whether I go onto my HNC or not, I want to do my HNC but if the situation at work changes I may not be as I dont think I will have enough points with my HNC and the two years extra work

[shed]

i am toying with the idea of moving to new york and living in either Manhattan or Queens!

fooking love that city!

You'll need millions to live in Manhattan!

[shed]

USA is ****nig hard to get into unless you have an irish passport, as they have a special agreement.


How easy would it be for someone like me, with English and Norwegian background to get an Irish passport? Hmmmm....

[Feefle]

Hopefully canada in the next 5-10 years. I'm hoping this should be made easier by marrying a national first. not that that's why i'm marrying him....

[Edinburgh]

Interesting website. Looking for information about IT jobs in Canada though, like how hard is it to go over there, etc.

I went over through BUNAC. They were ok although it was more "we'll meet you at the airport and gve you your stuff".
put it this way


My own Daughter lives in Canada and i have an excellent work pedigree and held government positions, no crim record etc etc


can i get into Canada?


can i F**k

What the devil! Are you a convicted paedo or something? I didn't have any trouble. Admittedly it was a year visa but it wouldn't be that much more difficult.

[Casey]

I'll be moving to Germany hopefully, EU country = just move no questions asked. The only other country i'd be tempted to go to is Canada. I have relatives there and 1 is a former NHL player and as well know the Canadians love their hockey and would let me in.....

[bik]

I went over through BUNAC. They were ok although it was more "we'll meet you at the airport and gve you your stuff".


What the devil! Are you a convicted paedo or something? I didn't have any trouble. Admittedly it was a year visa but it wouldn't be that much more difficult.

nope, its bloody next to impossible. all they want are doctors and constuction workers. i have to prove my skills are unique and no canadian can do what i do

I'll be moving to Germany hopefully, EU country = just move no questions asked. The only other country i'd be tempted to go to is Canada. I have relatives there and 1 is a former NHL player and as well know the Canadians love their hockey and would let me in.....

is that true for EU countries? you cna just up and go?

[Joe]

How easy would it be for someone like me, with English and Norwegian background to get an Irish passport? Hmmmm....

"Well hello derrr!"

[Casey]

is that true for EU countries? you cna just up and go?

Yup, why do you think there's tonnes of Poles here ;)

[Rach]

No, I couldn't take Maddy away from her family and friends etc and it would be hard as a single parent anyway, the only place I suppose I could go would be America where I have family but I have no desire to even visit the country, never mind live there. If Maddy wasn't a consideration then it is something I would think about.

[Tarnishedglitter]

Someone at work once actually told me they were moving to spain because they were sick of living in a country full of immigrants :rolleyes:

That is all. I might consider living somewhere else in Briatain if Nick is really keen on it but I'm perfectly happy where i am, tbh. Although a couple of years in some nice lefty country might be good for kids, so I wouldn't rule it out.

Wouldn't want to live in the USA, according to Nick its really racist and i know its generally right wing, which always upsets me. I'm a bit of a wimp when it comes to politics really. I suppose I'd quite like to see new orleans, but only cos nick goes on about it all the bloody time.

[shed]

"Well hello derrr!"

I could just talk to them couldn't I. They'd believe me. And I'd wear a t shirt with the Pope on it.

http://timesonline.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/03/11/pope.jpg

America here I come!

[Edinburgh]

nope, its bloody next to impossible. all they want are doctors and constuction workers. i have to prove my skills are unique and no canadian can do what i do



?

Eyy that's me.

Someone at work once actually told me they were moving to spain because they were sick of living in a country full of immigrants :rolleyes:

That is all. I might consider living somewhere else in Briatain if Nick is really keen on it but I'm perfectly happy where i am, tbh. Although a couple of years in some nice lefty country might be good for kids, so I wouldn't rule it out.

Wouldn't want to live in the USA, according to Nick its really racist and i know its generally right wing, which always upsets me. I'm a bit of a wimp when it comes to politics really. I suppose I'd quite like to see new orleans, but only cos nick goes on about it all the bloody time.

*dies* seriously you actually believe that? It's no more racist than England. Put it this way, who's managed to be in the running for President?

[Juggsy]

I would love to emigrate to Australia - nicer climate, better houses for your money and a better lifestyle, though the cost of living is about the same as here. However, the spiders and snakes are an issue to me and also it would be much too far from my family, we're so close I don't think I could do it.

[bik]

anyone fancy coming along to the show i am going to in October?

if i book your ticket i can get it cheaper. its about 12 quid to go and its on a sunday

[James]

I've been looking at taking my teaching qualification elsewhere, and in two years time, I can do just that. The PGCE is pretty much the international gold standard for teachers, and I could teach in any English speaking country, or in any country which has English speaking schools, which is pretty much all of them.

In short, adiós f*ckers.

[Scrubinio]

The grass is not greener












but it might be a bit better value for money :p

[Alcmene]

I HAVE emigrated, and I like it here.

[Fugazi]

I emigrated once, mainly because of the Conservatives.

If they get back into power, it's sayonara again.

[egghead]

ok, so i did emigrate.. not due to some xenophobic hypocrisy of 'this place is full of immigrants so i'm off', but for family reasons.. i moved to the US a year ago, and it was a complete ballache, even though my wife's American, and having just sold a house, was not exactly about to become an expense on someone elses lands, i still had to go through a long drawn out process.. now its all good though, i have my nice shiny green card (which oddly is cream in colour, not green at all) a worthwhile process for me, though i do miss pies and decent ale!

To dispell one myth, having an Irish passport doesn't instantly mean you can get a US visa, it means you can take part in the US visa lottery, where a % of visas each year, (as they only give out so many) go to a lottery system only certain countries can enter, mostly eastern europe, south east asia and oddly enough, Ireland. However, you still have to satisfy the criteria for a visa - you still need to have enough money to support yourself, or someone to sponsor your stay. the number of visa's available, and the number sent via lottery has been reduced to practically nothing in recent years, its not the free for all that saw mass emigration in the 50's from ireland, southern italy etc.

Cananda - were seemingly crying out for IT workers, i had quite a few consultancies asking me to go there instead of the US, sadly the canadian $ is worth even less than the american, and salaries arent great..

As for the US being Right wing and racist. A sweeping generalisation if ever there was. there are Right wing idiots everywhere, some in power, some the people you meet on the street, i'd say on experience, theres more per head in the UK, sadly. Whether they like it or not, the US is a nation of immigrants, that is slowly but surely accepting its short history, and becoming a better place for it.

[Emjay]

Im actually considering moving back to spain when I have finished my hairdressing management.

[Fugazi]

I could just talk to them couldn't I. They'd believe me. And I'd wear a t shirt with the Pope on it.

http://timesonline.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/03/11/pope.jpg

America here I come!

*breaks out the "The Pope Smokes Dope" t-shirt*

[bik]

cradles "jesus is a " was better

[bik]

BTW matt played me the song yestermorning


its well good and fat with a ph.

sounds real good man

[enomilie]

anyone fancy coming along to the show i am going to in October?

if i book your ticket i can get it cheaper. its about 12 quid to go and its on a sunday

Wheres this on at? I saw one in I think Liverpool.

[Denning]

I'd quite like to go to Canada, I have since I was about 9 for some reason.

I'm going to avoid ever going to America if I can, that place is worse then here! I'd more than likely have to go to a Commonwealth country and then do a conversion as Law is quite a unique thing to a lot of countries so as much as I'd love to move to and learn to live in a foreign speaking country I more than likely couldn't pull it off.

I considered Australia but from what I can make out it's quite a racist country (although if you look at our news we don't appear much better) and their are too many things that can kill you. New Zealand looks nice but I've never looked into it too much.

[Mez]

i fancy somewhere european around the age of 28-30

[robracingthetide]

This idea is starting to niggle.......really want to do it......going to look into it - maybe a big U.S. city.

*rubs chin*

[bik]

Wheres this on at? I saw one in I think Liverpool.

its liverpool. this sunday. i have my tickets :-)


i'm proper buzzed to, as my mum's sister live in Austrailia.... potential ahoy.

hope i get all my questions answered and i can make proper plans

[Tim]

Once I've got my degree I want to have a few homes all over the place, so essentially I'll just be on constant holiday, yet they'd all be my homes.

[Andy]

i fancy somewhere european around the age of 28-30

Lostock Hall?

[Roy Disco]

I want to move to Finland, but Tash doesn't.

[Zeynep]

I want to move to Finland, but Tash doesn't.

Shame.
That's where Moominworld is!

[Roy Disco]

Shame.
That's where Moominworld is!

Really? I want to move there because they have the rad thing where they text you when the tram is near so that you aren't at the stop for ages becuase you'd FREEZE TO DEATH.

Also they have a law where on a certain day you have to swap your normal car-tyres to the snow-tires or FACE THE LAW.

[Heartbox]

I like it here and am in no hurry to leave. But if I went anywhere, it'd probably be NZ.

[Ziv]

I want to move to Finland, but Tash doesn't.

But I like it here! We can go for a bit. Is that where bang and olufsen or whatever they're called are? I could go work there.

[Roy Disco]

But I like it here! We can go for a bit. Is that where bang and olufsen or whatever they're called are? I could go work there.

Possibly, isn't that Norway? Nokia are in Finland.

[JohnnyYen]

Wouldn't want to live in the USA, according to Nick its really racist and i know its generally right wing, which always upsets me.

*dies* seriously you actually believe that? It's no more racist than England. Put it this way, who's managed to be in the running for President?

It is to laugh.

Surely you meant "who's not going to get elected president because 10% of people who say they'd vote for a black guy actually wouldn't in a million years"? Or possibly, "who wouldn't have lost to Bush in 2000 if he hadn't had a Jew on the ticket"?

Segregated prom nights. (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2003/may/03/usa.internationaleducationnews) The Jena Six. (http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2007/sep/17/comment.usa1) No more racist than England my arse. I've actually lived there, and when I was discussing moving off campus, was told, with a straight face, by a ****ing SOCIOLOGY LECTURER, "you can't move to Gentilly, it's full of blacks". This wasn't from some rube with a confederate flag on his pick-up truck, this was from someone who votes Democrat every time and rolls his eyes at the name of Limbaugh - even their lefties come out with stuff that would make Norman Tebbit blush.