Sheila

The girls and I lived in England with Clive for 6 months while waiting out
the fiance visa. I would have loved to stay there it is such a beautiful
country. The girls were homesick, bio-father in America, grandmother,
friends. It just seemed like we would be taking away to much for them. Clive
and I also plan on spending our elderly years in England. He claims that by
then the grand children will keep us here....:-)...and that is the reason we
chose to live in America. We were really happy in England and always had
things to do. Climb mountains, ride and site see, stone hendge, london,
mother and father in law...etc...etc..I am homesick for England now......

cheers
Sheila & Clive


"Kermit44" wrote in message
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    > I do agree that England is a very wonderful place and hope that I can
    > spend a lot of time there. Perhaps in the future years even retire to
    > there. But as for now, it just seems to make more sense for my
    > sweetheart to immigrate to the US, mostly for the reasons you had
    > stated. The most important thing for us right now is just to be
    > together! The wait has really just started and like you not something to
    > think about. I do try to stay focused on the time when we share our
    > lives together forever.
    > --
    > Posted via http://britishexpats.com

Margaret

Our is a cut and dry story:

I'm from Canada.

My husband owns his own home, about 7 years away from early retirement
and made more than double what I made in Canada. He also has a
medical condition which would have prevented him from immigrating to
Canada.

Almost_Texanish

Hi,

My husband's a country boy so England doesn't offer him the same wide open spaces that he knows and loves. He's also a mechanic by trade and he says that the European equipment he's worked on is "backwards" to him so he'd have to relearn everything. He also had a steady job and a mortgage where as I had been traveling around and had lived in other counties, the US being one of them, so I knew I could adjust.

Any place that is not Texas just wouldn't do for my hubby!

I haven't taken him over to England yet so I don't know what his opinion would be.

Booger

"Frank" wrote in message
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    > On 1/3/03 12:57 PM, in article [email protected],


    > My wife likes America. She's from Eastern Europe. I've lived there with
    > her. We both agree NOT to live there.
    > We've lived in other places besides America. I personally prefer Europe
    > (for the culture, multiculturalism, way of life) or Australia (people,
    > climate, landscape), my wife likes America better (money, money, money).
    > Wife vetoes husband, I guess.

Every time! :-)

Breuning

Hi all

For my wife and I, it was really an easy choice.
-I speak the language
-it's a lot easier for me to find a job there, then her here
-I will actually make quite a bit more in the states

Now the more "unserious reasons"..
-the food (So-Cal has so much great Mexican food)
-weather (just compare Denmark to Southern California)

Anyways... April 2nd I'll be leaving my "OLD" country, venturing out
towards my new life - and damn I'm nervous. I just love my wife (whom
I married December 19th '02) so very much, that I can't be without her
much longer.

I wish you all the best of luck and peace of mind.

Lars

FlightRisk

She had been here for 2 years on another visa and I'm American, so since we met here, that is one issue. Two is that you usually do what you are used to, and while I am widely travelled, I'm used to living in the US and like it. I have 50 states to choose from, though I would never live in the two non-continental states. I've lived on the east and west coast and love things about both of them.

Money is an issue as another poster mentioned. It's hard to have the opportunities we have here in America anywhere else. My wife is from South Africa, cooincidently, but that has never been on my list of places to even visit, though now I would love to see her family there when we are "allowed" to travel as approved.

I don't want to have to start my life and career over in another country. If she was the one with some amazing job or I was the immigrant visiting here, I might think differently. If she was from Bermuda or St. Bart's, now I might really reconsider.

-fr

Richard III

My wife, Elena, and I met while she was in the US on a tourist visa in
2002. She had been in the US in 2000 on a J1 visa for 4 months,
studying English as a Second Language and American Studies teaching
techniques. We never actually considered living in her home country,
Russia, because of the depressed economy and my poor prospects for
work there. Elena earns about $2,400 US a year in her career. I am a
computer network manager for a state government agency. Non-Russian
citizens need not apply for such jobs in Russia. My Russian language
skills wouldn't get me far, either. So we agreed that moving her and
her, now, 17 year old daughter here made the most sense. Her 19 year
old son is attending university in Saint Petersburg and will likely
stay in Russia, at least for the time being. His education is
essentially free and the technical program that he is in will help his
employment prospects when he graduates. Unfortunately he will be 21
before he graduates so we will have to make some hard choices as his
21st birthday approaches.

Elena's mom and sister live in her home town near the Black Sea and
will remain in Russia. Her mom is a secondary school teacher, like
Elena, and is still teaching at age 72. Elena's older sister, like
her mom, is widowed and they live together. My guess is that we will
be traveling to Russia at least once a year for a while. Her mother
isn't happy that Elena is leaving for the US again, this time to
settle.

Because there is very little call for ESL teachers for Russian first
language speakers in my part of the country, Colorado, Elena is going
to go back to college and get a nursing degree. She has a master's
degree in secondary school education which is, as indicated above, of
little use. She has been teaching for 20 years, so she is giving up a
comfort zone to go into a completely different line of work.

As hard as it may be, for US citizens, to understand, she loves
Russia, the people, the land and she will miss it when she moves here.
It wouldn't be wise to assume that she can't wait to get out of
Russia. She wants to be with me, of course, but I detect some mixed
feelings on her part, leaving behind her mother, sister, son and her
many friends. This is difficult for her. I hope that her transition
is a smooth one.

Richard III

On Sat, 01 Mar 2003 17:57:35 +0000, toddnan
wrote:

    >hello all, i was just curious why all of you decided to have your
    >fiancee/fiance immigrant to the usa, rather than you yourself move to
    >there country. i understand job, and responsibilities and that stuff.
    >and some countries, things are unstable also.
    >in my case i was considering immigrating to south africa, and having my
    >fiancee, who is from tanzania, move there with me. but for me having
    >pets, and an elderly mother, put the lid on that one.
    >especially curious about people from canada, england and europe
    >immigrating here. just kinda wondered why. ive been to england and
    >europe and really liked it there. just a friendly poll.
    >i enjoy reading other peoples stories, it takes my mind off the
    >processing times...haha
    >--
    >Posted via http://britishexpats.com

Cathy

17.5% Tax, about $5 a gallon fuel, car filled roads with no space, high house prices, are a few reasons I could use for moving from the UK to USA but its a lot simpler than that.

I moved to the USA because my husband has a family here and back in the UK I don't any more. Moving here gave me a fresh start.

We may move to Europe at some point but for now we are going to live here.

toddnan

thanks for sharing your stories with all of us.

richard, my fiancee had first suggested i move to her country, tanzania. as educated people can do pretty well there she told me. i know she will miss her family and her home country much as your fiancee will.

but because of other factors i probably mentioned earlier she is coming here. that is if the nsc ever gets off dead center....sigh

stevelisaw

I was divorced with a son, Ian (8 at the time)and a controlling ex who wouldn't allow Ian to leave the US, Steve never married no children ....decided would be better to be in the US than take me away from my son. I personally loved the UK and Europe, if not for Ian would have moved there in a heartbeat.

gonecountry

we lived together in UK for 5 years because kids from 1st marriage were young and needed their dad around and in fact when Harry first came here my divorce wasn't final and i was still at Uni. He's a disabled vet and we've missed out on a lot of benefits by being in UK- also it seems to be generally cheaper to live there and mostly with the arrival of our own child we just want to live the American dream. I've always loved the place, the people and the way of life i just can't wait to be part of it
Ginny
Time Line
02/01/03 Consular Report of Birth made for Lucie
Lucie’s U.S. passport applied for
Harry’s replacement passport applied for
06/01/03 I- 130 and G325a documents delivered today by special delivery (dcf london)
14/01/03 Harry and Lucie’s U.S. passports arrive
16/01/03 Police clearance applied for (Avon and Somerset)
29/01/03 Lucie’s British passport applied for
08/02/03 Lucie’s birth certificate returned by passport office
10/02/03 Lucie’s British passport arrived
14/02/03 letter asking for better copy of marriage certificate arrived from
embassy
14/02/03 A3 copy of marriage certificate sent first class
17/02/03 Police certificate arrives
19/02/03 I130 petitions approved!
01/03/03 packet 3 arrived
01/03/03 DS230 part 1 and of 69 returned special delivery
Awaiting interview date

sharmilashah

My hubby is from the UK and he's an accountant. I'm an attorney, barred in DC and just sat for the NY bar. My qualifications won't mean much in London, whereas he already landed a job a week after getting his SSN. One day we may move to London - it's not that it wasn't an option - just job-wise this was best for us.

Also, I'm really close to my twin sister... and although he has a twin too I think being a guy it was easier for him to make the move

Good luck whatever u choose!

Ranjini

Ken and I decided that I should move to America for the same reason. He has an elderly mother...
But we have not ruled out moving back to Sri Lanka someday... probably when Ken retires. Sri Lanka will be a great place to live in retirement. Perpetual sunshine, warm beaches, a beautiful cool hill country, wild life that Ken adores ... a veritable tropical paradise. Hopefully, political stability will have been achieved by then... the terrorists are actually having peace talks with the government even as we speak...

mmihal

Our reasons are pretty much the same as anywhere else. I met here while living in Honduras for a year and a half and would love to live there, but our earning power is a lot greater here. We also thought it would be better to get her US residency first, and then it the future we may go back to Honduras. We have a dream of saving enough money and opening a language school in Honduras.

Marjeta

I immigrated from Europe (Slovenia). The main pro factors were #1 my
husband's career (where as I'm fresh out of college), and #2 language.
If these were not an issue and I had a stable job back home we would
probably both be living in Europe. Love it there... We will perhaps
consider moving back some time in the future.

     ciao


toddnan wrote in message news:...
    > hello all, i was just curious why all of you decided to have your
    > fiancee/fiance immigrant to the usa, rather than you yourself move to
    > there country. i understand job, and responsibilities and that stuff.
    > and some countries, things are unstable also.
    > especially curious about people from canada, england and europe
    > immigrating here. just kinda wondered why. ive been to england and
    > europe and really liked it there. just a friendly poll.