Relocated to USA with parents 16yrs ago and still homesick for the UK
#46
Re: Relocated to USA with parents 16yrs ago and still homesick for the UK
http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/abo...tionofnewrules
Download the document linked therein. Question 45 has the confirmation you are looking for.
Regarding your children's birth certificates. Don't believe Embassy officials telling you "not to bother". They won't be there to sort out the mess if your children later in life need to replace their passports in a hurry and can't prove their citizenship.
Download the document linked therein. Question 45 has the confirmation you are looking for.
Regarding your children's birth certificates. Don't believe Embassy officials telling you "not to bother". They won't be there to sort out the mess if your children later in life need to replace their passports in a hurry and can't prove their citizenship.
#47
Re: Relocated to USA with parents 16yrs ago and still homesick for the UK
argyl1: thanks.
We're waiting until my USC hubby retires (November 2010) then we're moving to England! I am terrified that I won't be able to find work. I have a PhD but I work for the government and it seems like once you've worked for the government, you are rendered unfit for work anywhere else. Especially with an advanced degree. It's kind of disheartening: I look at tons of job ads and I'm just not qualified for most of them. Maybe I'll end up as a shopgirl. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
We're waiting until my USC hubby retires (November 2010) then we're moving to England! I am terrified that I won't be able to find work. I have a PhD but I work for the government and it seems like once you've worked for the government, you are rendered unfit for work anywhere else. Especially with an advanced degree. It's kind of disheartening: I look at tons of job ads and I'm just not qualified for most of them. Maybe I'll end up as a shopgirl. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
I'm a "Stay at Home Mum", and I don't have a PhD, but I'm thinking of getting some training before we make the 'big move'.
I heard there's a shortage of Social Workers in the UK.
Last edited by argyl1; Feb 7th 2007 at 5:51 pm.
#48
Re: Relocated to USA with parents 16yrs ago and still homesick for the UK
Argyl1: I think the problem is that with a PhD, my skills are SO specialized that it's hard to even find positions to apply for. I work in pest management and jobs are scarce in that field. I qualify for loads of jobs but because I don't have the specific experience they want, I don't even get a callback.
Sigh. Maybe I'll hire a headhunter.
Sigh. Maybe I'll hire a headhunter.
#49
Re: Relocated to USA with parents 16yrs ago and still homesick for the UK
Argyl1: I think the problem is that with a PhD, my skills are SO specialized that it's hard to even find positions to apply for. I work in pest management and jobs are scarce in that field. I qualify for loads of jobs but because I don't have the specific experience they want, I don't even get a callback.
Sigh. Maybe I'll hire a headhunter.
Sigh. Maybe I'll hire a headhunter.
Best of luck,
Amy.
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Re: Relocated to USA with parents 16yrs ago and still homesick for the UK
Argyl1: I think the problem is that with a PhD, my skills are SO specialized that it's hard to even find positions to apply for. I work in pest management and jobs are scarce in that field. I qualify for loads of jobs but because I don't have the specific experience they want, I don't even get a callback.
Sigh. Maybe I'll hire a headhunter.
Sigh. Maybe I'll hire a headhunter.
Look, you've got a PhD.....you really need to use the resources that other Dr's use. Like you say, a headhunter.....or a top-end placement firm. You are a niche employee looking for a niche job.......need to have a "marksman" to help you place. If I had a PhD (don't have a M.S. for that matter), I wouldn't be scanning the papers, be out looking for the type of network that suits the educational level and job type.
Professional Org's?
Universities?
Oh, one last thought.......ever get the sense of being "overqualified" for a job? They don't need to know you are a Dr right? After all, you do have a BSc...... Maybe that will get you the experience you are lacking......
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Re: Relocated to USA with parents 16yrs ago and still homesick for the UK
I've been away 6 years and just can't forget our green and soggy land. If I were single I'd move back but have an American wife who is quite happy where she is and a daughter who was born in the US.
The homesickness has been helped by landing a job that lets me get back multiple times a year; a half-way house as it were. I could put my foot down and say 'Right, we're off' but would be putting my wife through what I'm going through now in terms of leaving family behind, or worse in that it'll be refused.
There will come a point when my daughter gets attached to the US and then that'll be that, I'll be stuck here until I die, so I feel under pressure to do something in the next couple of years. If only the sodding houses back there weren't so expensive at the moment!
The homesickness has been helped by landing a job that lets me get back multiple times a year; a half-way house as it were. I could put my foot down and say 'Right, we're off' but would be putting my wife through what I'm going through now in terms of leaving family behind, or worse in that it'll be refused.
There will come a point when my daughter gets attached to the US and then that'll be that, I'll be stuck here until I die, so I feel under pressure to do something in the next couple of years. If only the sodding houses back there weren't so expensive at the moment!
#52
Re: Relocated to USA with parents 16yrs ago and still homesick for the UK
"ever get the sense of being "overqualified" for a job?"
YEP!
It's hard to not mention my Ph.D since that leaves a four year gap in my work history.
I know I won't be doing the same thing (don't WANT to do the same thing), it's more the equivalent skills that I was looking for in ads. Sigh. I'll have to hire someone or go through a specialized placement agency but they're not that easy to find.
Amy, I'm looking around for jobs within environmental protection that I could transfer to. I think if I got a couple of years US experience in water or air quality, I would be more marketable when we move. There are lots of those kind of jobs advertised (I'm on a couple of job list servs).
YEP!
It's hard to not mention my Ph.D since that leaves a four year gap in my work history.
I know I won't be doing the same thing (don't WANT to do the same thing), it's more the equivalent skills that I was looking for in ads. Sigh. I'll have to hire someone or go through a specialized placement agency but they're not that easy to find.
Amy, I'm looking around for jobs within environmental protection that I could transfer to. I think if I got a couple of years US experience in water or air quality, I would be more marketable when we move. There are lots of those kind of jobs advertised (I'm on a couple of job list servs).
#53
Re: Relocated to USA with parents 16yrs ago and still homesick for the UK
Amy, I'm looking around for jobs within environmental protection that I could transfer to. I think if I got a couple of years US experience in water or air quality, I would be more marketable when we move. There are lots of those kind of jobs advertised (I'm on a couple of job list servs).
#54
Re: Relocated to USA with parents 16yrs ago and still homesick for the UK
Amy, yes, there are some orgs for environmental jobs and I get their emails with job listings. Now it's a matter of fitting myself into one of those jobs!