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My fiance would have loved to move to Canada (Vancouver specifically), but with the weak Canadian dollar we would have had to work years longer to pay off our debts. So for economical reasons we chose the US, although we are already talking about retiring in Canada (in about 30 years). Another factor was the climate. The US has much more variety than "rain" or "snow". Geez, we could even move to Hawaii!!!!

Aussie Girl

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.
    >
    > 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

I'd love my partner to come to Australia, but hes in the medical
profession just starting, with huge student debts and there is no way
with the exchange rate he'd ever make a dent in paying them on Aussie
money.Though things are looking better....
Also the career opportunities are not as good for him here,I also work
in the medical field and have ahead of me exams etc before I can work
in my field.We were both hoping to go back to the england(where we
met) to live and work after getting married but that hasn't worked out
unfortunately.We will probably be based in Arizona due to his work
commitments.As much as I love him its difficult to leave a country I
also love.

Dekka's Angel

Profession was another factor that Dekka and I considered, less important than the child issue but still up there. He's still fairly young in his -- he's gone computer in his old age -- but I have been practicing law for nearly 12 years now.

Despite this I learned from my soon-to-be father in law, who is a retired barrister and judge, that there was a very good chance that even with my work and teaching experience, I'd have to return to law school for about a year, then apprentice with a firm before becoming licensed and securing a position. It makes perfect sense of course, otherwise I'd be a walking disaster over there given the differences in law and procedure.

But the idea of having to go back to law school at my age gave me a *lot* of pause. Heck, I still have flashbacks about the last time.