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Forum: USA
Oct 13th 2016, 5:41 pm
Replies: 61
Views: 13,455
Posted By Kilty

Re: No idea where to start - moving from UK to coastal California

Topanga Canyon. Rural feel, complete with hiking trails, coyote packs and the odd mountain lion, but very commutable for Santa Monica. 20 mins or so, always depending on traffic on PCH. Good sense of...
Forum: Scandinavia
Aug 17th 2013, 12:43 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 9,381
Posted By Kilty

Re: Dual nationality application in Norway and regaining British passport afterwards

The Norwegian authorities would have no right to "require you to hand in your British passport", at least not to them. British passports are the property of Her Majesty's Government.
Forum: USA
Feb 27th 2013, 12:52 pm
Replies: 58
Views: 3,758
Posted By Kilty

Re: Help regarding a move to San Diego/LA

The set of functions you call conveyancing are done in CA by escrow officers and title attorneys.

An escrow officer is a licensed, regulated occupation in CA. Their role is to act as an...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Feb 19th 2013, 7:05 am
Replies: 122
Views: 7,456
Posted By Kilty

Re: Do You Still Call The UK Home?

I did not know that.
Forum: The Trailer Park
Feb 19th 2013, 6:58 am
Replies: 122
Views: 7,456
Posted By Kilty

Re: Do You Still Call The UK Home?

What does the Department of Fisheries and Oceans have to do with it?
Forum: The Trailer Park
Feb 19th 2013, 6:43 am
Replies: 122
Views: 7,456
Posted By Kilty

Re: Do You Still Call The UK Home?

Not to be pedantic, but the preferred plural in English is forums. (Unless you are one of those Latin speakers from south of the border that Dan Quayle used to speak of so eloquently?)
Forum: The Trailer Park
Feb 18th 2013, 2:01 am
Replies: 122
Views: 7,456
Posted By Kilty

Re: Do You Still Call The UK Home?

Right, but then she'll be comparing wherever she lives to Edinburgh, which helps. ;)
Forum: USA
Feb 17th 2013, 11:33 am
Replies: 49
Views: 4,813
Posted By Kilty

Re: Move to USA?

I don't eat pizza, but I always thought the pizza business was mostly about delivery logistics.
Forum: The Trailer Park
Feb 16th 2013, 10:40 am
Replies: 122
Views: 7,456
Posted By Kilty

Re: Do You Still Call The UK Home?

How can Stirling not be glamo(u)rous when you can look up from just about anywhere in town and get an eyeful o' Braveheart's stauner?

But I see that the lassie who started this thread is evidently...
Forum: USA
Feb 16th 2013, 8:21 am
Replies: 49
Views: 4,813
Posted By Kilty

Re: Move to USA?

If you have an Iranian passport, surely you must also have relatives in the real estate business in Beverly Hills who can help you out?

(I jest. But, lacking a bit more background info, it's hard...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Feb 16th 2013, 7:19 am
Replies: 122
Views: 7,456
Posted By Kilty

Re: Do You Still Call The UK Home?

I think it does follow. I've been in CA 20 years, was in Boston 2 years before that, and in London 2 years before that. But I still belong to Glasgow, where I was born and lived until I was 21....
Forum: The Trailer Park
Feb 15th 2013, 9:59 am
Replies: 122
Views: 7,456
Posted By Kilty

Re: Do You Still Call The UK Home?

I think home is the place where you spent your childhood, and your earliest memories were formed.
Forum: USA
Jan 27th 2013, 12:04 pm
Replies: 169
Views: 15,643
Posted By Kilty

Re: Cities in America that make you feel at home?

More Irish than English I'd say.
Forum: The Rovers Return
Jan 20th 2013, 4:26 am
Replies: 105
Views: 19,959
Posted By Kilty

Re: Things I've learned Since Being Back in the UK

"Scots - we arra people - and we'll stick the heid on you if you disagree"
Forum: Europe
Jan 19th 2013, 2:49 am
Replies: 69
Views: 10,021
Posted By Kilty

Re: Getting the F out of the UK

Move to Romford and apply for a shotgun certificate.
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Aug 12th 2012, 5:55 pm
Replies: 35
Views: 4,700
Posted By Kilty

Re: Questions on returning to UK after 23 years

How have you arrived at a valuation of your house? I ask because people often overestimate the value - yes, still! And internet tools such as Zillow are, well, of limited utility.

If you haven't...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Jan 21st 2012, 5:33 am
Replies: 26
Views: 8,168
Posted By Kilty

Re: E2 Visa Granted

This is my main business, and in California too. I started after I was a USC, so I can't really comment on the visa aspects, but my main pointers on the business side would be:

1) This is a golden...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Jan 16th 2012, 5:45 am
Replies: 10
Views: 1,762
Posted By Kilty

Re: E2 Visa any advice?

If the U.S./U.K. property investments are to generate a living for your family, you'll need to look carefully at what sort of cash-on-cash return you can expect. Realistically.

Otherwise, I have...
Forum: USA
Jan 16th 2012, 5:18 am
Replies: 27
Views: 2,647
Posted By Kilty

Re: Dog, School & Moving To Florida

Which is to say, higher returns but also higher expenses and more intensive management. Not a passive investment.
Forum: USA
Jan 16th 2012, 4:42 am
Replies: 27
Views: 2,647
Posted By Kilty

Re: Dog, School & Moving To Florida

Well, I did an MBA at a business school in the US (student visa), then worked for a US bank (H visa to green card in 2 years), before going into business for myself developing student housing in CA,...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Jun 8th 2011, 6:27 am
Replies: 10
Views: 7,926
Posted By Kilty

Re: Refused a J1 Visa due to Drink Driving

Can I ask which physician conducted your medical?
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Feb 1st 2011, 1:59 am
Replies: 11
Views: 1,048
Posted By Kilty

Re: Citizenship application

That's right. We kicked some Yankee butt!
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Jan 20th 2011, 10:14 am
Replies: 43
Views: 4,487
Posted By Kilty

Re: DUI trouble

I attended my own immigrant visa interview in 1993, wearing a kilt.
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Jan 19th 2011, 10:58 am
Replies: 43
Views: 4,487
Posted By Kilty

Re: DUI trouble

My understanding is that they refer applicants with a history of DUI to a panel physician (and possibly also a psychiatrist) to determine if there is alcoholism. If the physician finds there is, the...
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