Is a move even possible
Oct 13th 2020 | 12:58 am
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Is a move even possible
Hi everyone
New to the forum and looking for some advice
We currently live in Lincolnshire myself, partner and our daughter currently 5. We moved from Essex to Lincolnshire and brought our first house. For many years we have wanted to emigrate and give our daughter a better quality of life and future prospects.
We decided to move to Lincolnshire and thought maybe we would be settled and happy, we love where we live but we just still feel like we want more out of life
My partner is a security technician we have looked online and found jobs within his role paying between 50,000 cad to 70,000 in Toronto.
My question is would this money even be possible to make the move we wouldn't want to live close to the city.
We don't expect to move and be better off we just want more than we feel the UK has to offer
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New to the forum and looking for some advice
We currently live in Lincolnshire myself, partner and our daughter currently 5. We moved from Essex to Lincolnshire and brought our first house. For many years we have wanted to emigrate and give our daughter a better quality of life and future prospects.
We decided to move to Lincolnshire and thought maybe we would be settled and happy, we love where we live but we just still feel like we want more out of life
My partner is a security technician we have looked online and found jobs within his role paying between 50,000 cad to 70,000 in Toronto.
My question is would this money even be possible to make the move we wouldn't want to live close to the city.
We don't expect to move and be better off we just want more than we feel the UK has to offer
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Oct 13th 2020 | 1:26 am
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Re: Is a move even possible
Hi, and welcome to BE.
Firstly, have you looked in to visas? No point in considering whether or not the salary would enough in Toronto if you'd need a job offer to get a visa and may only be able to get a sponsoring job in Edmonton, or Halifax, etc. If you do qualify for a visa without a job offer, then maybe a city with cheaper housing may be an option? I personally wouldn't want to move to Toronto on $50k for a family, although I'm not a fan of Toronto anyway so possibly slightly biased! But I'd say that would be tough and not give you a great lifestyle. Would you work too? That would make a difference if so.
What is it you're hoping for that you feel the UK doesn't offer? It may be a different area of Canada would be a better fit for you.
Firstly, have you looked in to visas? No point in considering whether or not the salary would enough in Toronto if you'd need a job offer to get a visa and may only be able to get a sponsoring job in Edmonton, or Halifax, etc. If you do qualify for a visa without a job offer, then maybe a city with cheaper housing may be an option? I personally wouldn't want to move to Toronto on $50k for a family, although I'm not a fan of Toronto anyway so possibly slightly biased! But I'd say that would be tough and not give you a great lifestyle. Would you work too? That would make a difference if so.
What is it you're hoping for that you feel the UK doesn't offer? It may be a different area of Canada would be a better fit for you.
Oct 13th 2020 | 2:10 am
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Re: Is a move even possible
Hi everyone
New to the forum and looking for some advice
We currently live in Lincolnshire myself, partner and our daughter currently 5. We moved from Essex to Lincolnshire and brought our first house. For many years we have wanted to emigrate and give our daughter a better quality of life and future prospects.
We decided to move to Lincolnshire and thought maybe we would be settled and happy, we love where we live but we just still feel like we want more out of life
My partner is a security technician we have looked online and found jobs within his role paying between 50,000 cad to 70,000 in Toronto.
My question is would this money even be possible to make the move we wouldn't want to live close to the city.
We don't expect to move and be better off we just want more than we feel the UK has to offer
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New to the forum and looking for some advice
We currently live in Lincolnshire myself, partner and our daughter currently 5. We moved from Essex to Lincolnshire and brought our first house. For many years we have wanted to emigrate and give our daughter a better quality of life and future prospects.
We decided to move to Lincolnshire and thought maybe we would be settled and happy, we love where we live but we just still feel like we want more out of life
My partner is a security technician we have looked online and found jobs within his role paying between 50,000 cad to 70,000 in Toronto.
My question is would this money even be possible to make the move we wouldn't want to live close to the city.
We don't expect to move and be better off we just want more than we feel the UK has to offer
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Oct 13th 2020 | 2:34 am
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Re: Is a move even possible
If there's three of you I don't think $50-70k a year is gonna go far.
You'd need a 2 bed (minimum) size rental and in the GTA you could be looking between $1,500-2,500 a month depending on the area.
Add on all the extra living costs, travel, phones, insurances etc. and you could end up being worse off than you are now.
Also, consider the harsh winters over here, can be 5 months of cold and snow.
By the way, what is a security technician?
You'd need a 2 bed (minimum) size rental and in the GTA you could be looking between $1,500-2,500 a month depending on the area.
Add on all the extra living costs, travel, phones, insurances etc. and you could end up being worse off than you are now.
Also, consider the harsh winters over here, can be 5 months of cold and snow.
By the way, what is a security technician?
