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Things are going to be tight on your salary alone.

Plan on your wife taking at least 6 months to find a job and earning $0 during that time.

Plan on spending at least $10k of your savings in the first few months on one time startup costs.

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Previous thread that covers the topic. :nod:

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My previous comments on the topic ... :sneaky:

http://britishexpats.com/forum/showp...1&postcount=43

Re: "Failing to plan is planning to fail" - so here is mine
 

I remember reading that. Apparently you didn't remember writing it! :lol:

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I just felt like saying it again ...:p

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I would be worried if my wife took 6 month to get a job! She already has a few people to meet to talk about work.

we will have about $5k-$6k cash for various costs in first few months. Our 2 months apartment has already been paid for by work anyway to that should help.

Thanks for that Pulaski. Probably should have linked that at the start!

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Wouldn't surprise me with all the long term unemployed.

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Added that a EAD has an expiration date, it does tend to scare off HR people, even if it is a renewable document.

But fair play if someone gets a job lined up quickly, that's good going.

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Depends on the demographic. Unemployment is higher in women than men, higher in "minorities" than white, higher in unskilled than professional, higher in young and close-to-retirement than mid-career. The long term unemployed are concentrated in certain overlapping groups from the above list.