Hi there, I am currently living in Melbourne Australia with my wife and kids and we are thinking of moving to Orlando to be closer to family. but I'm now not so sure it would be such a good move as the American economy is now shot to bits and our Australian economy is very strong. I feel we could be jumping out of the frying pan and into the fire, so what do you think? any input would be greatly appreciated.

http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=585898

Read, if you think you still have a chance of a visa then come back and discuss. Otherwise you won't be moving to the USA anytime soon (unless you're a US citizen and haven't told us).

We would be coming in on an E3 visa as my wife is a nicu nurse.

Did she pass her NCLEX?

Have a read of previous threads on nursing...it's not likely a quick thing...but there's plenty of info on nursing already, especially in that area so you should be able to get some idea.

And a previous discussion on the same subject is still open:
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?p=9492963