I am mulling over a move to LA and have some questions
Jan 8th 2010, 6:07 pm
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I am mulling over a move to LA and have some questions
Hi all. The missus could have a too-good-to-turn-down chance to move to LA with work (she is Canadian) and I've got a few question maybe you guys can help with.
Am I going to find it any easier as a Brit to immigrate with a Canadian spouse? I've only just started looking into things and it looks like I might have to be a resident for 3 months before I start to work? We are in the Netherlands right now and my company here does have a small office in LA and they said they can try and make things work for me, is that the better way to go?
Of course the most important thing to me is my pet rabbit Basil. I'd really like to take him with me. Pretty much every link I've found on google wants me to buy an immigration guide for $50 so does anyone have any advice? Is there a quarantine period or is it all just paperwork.
Finally I love an outdoors life which is why I like Amsterdam. I cycle everywhere and hate driving places. I'm worried that LA is going to be a concrete jungle and not really be for me, but some people have mentioned places like Santa Monica are better than downtown LA. Can I still live a European way of life and get away with it
Any help will be really appreciated, thanks!
Am I going to find it any easier as a Brit to immigrate with a Canadian spouse? I've only just started looking into things and it looks like I might have to be a resident for 3 months before I start to work? We are in the Netherlands right now and my company here does have a small office in LA and they said they can try and make things work for me, is that the better way to go?
Of course the most important thing to me is my pet rabbit Basil. I'd really like to take him with me. Pretty much every link I've found on google wants me to buy an immigration guide for $50 so does anyone have any advice? Is there a quarantine period or is it all just paperwork.
Finally I love an outdoors life which is why I like Amsterdam. I cycle everywhere and hate driving places. I'm worried that LA is going to be a concrete jungle and not really be for me, but some people have mentioned places like Santa Monica are better than downtown LA. Can I still live a European way of life and get away with it
Any help will be really appreciated, thanks!
Jan 8th 2010, 6:15 pm
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No idea mate but I love Basil 
Jan 8th 2010, 6:24 pm
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Basil certainly is a cutie 
We had a pet rabbit in the UK, but we decided not to bring him over to the US - rabbits being such potentially stressy little creatures, we decided it was probably best not to subject him to the trauma of a long flight.
We had a pet rabbit in the UK, but we decided not to bring him over to the US - rabbits being such potentially stressy little creatures, we decided it was probably best not to subject him to the trauma of a long flight.
Jan 8th 2010, 6:28 pm
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Jan 8th 2010, 6:33 pm
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It could well have been the trauma of the change - when we re-home Fluffy (original name, huh!) with my friend we passed over all his kit, including a pretty tatty hutch. My friend told me they bought a smart new one and Fluffy simply wouldn't take to it - went off his food and started loosing his fur! In the end, they moved him back into his tatty hutch and he was fine!
They really don't like change...
Jan 8th 2010, 6:35 pm
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Oh no - that's so sad...
It could well have been the trauma of the change - when we re-home Fluffy (original name, huh!) with my friend we passed over all his kit, including a pretty tatty hutch. My friend told me they bought a smart new one and Fluffy simply wouldn't take to it - went off his food and started loosing his fur! In the end, they moved him back into his tatty hutch and he was fine!
They really don't like change...
It could well have been the trauma of the change - when we re-home Fluffy (original name, huh!) with my friend we passed over all his kit, including a pretty tatty hutch. My friend told me they bought a smart new one and Fluffy simply wouldn't take to it - went off his food and started loosing his fur! In the end, they moved him back into his tatty hutch and he was fine!
They really don't like change...
Jan 8th 2010, 6:38 pm
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Re: I am mulling over a move to LA and have some questions
Hi all. The missus could have a too-good-to-turn-down chance to move to LA with work (she is Canadian) and I've got a few question maybe you guys can help with.
Am I going to find it any easier as a Brit to immigrate with a Canadian spouse? I've only just started looking into things and it looks like I might have to be a resident for 3 months before I start to work? We are in the Netherlands right now and my company here does have a small office in LA and they said they can try and make things work for me, is that the better way to go?
Of course the most important thing to me is my pet rabbit Basil. I'd really like to take him with me. Pretty much every link I've found on google wants me to buy an immigration guide for $50 so does anyone have any advice? Is there a quarantine period or is it all just paperwork.
Finally I love an outdoors life which is why I like Amsterdam. I cycle everywhere and hate driving places. I'm worried that LA is going to be a concrete jungle and not really be for me, but some people have mentioned places like Santa Monica are better than downtown LA. Can I still live a European way of life and get away with it
Any help will be really appreciated, thanks!
Am I going to find it any easier as a Brit to immigrate with a Canadian spouse? I've only just started looking into things and it looks like I might have to be a resident for 3 months before I start to work? We are in the Netherlands right now and my company here does have a small office in LA and they said they can try and make things work for me, is that the better way to go?
Of course the most important thing to me is my pet rabbit Basil. I'd really like to take him with me. Pretty much every link I've found on google wants me to buy an immigration guide for $50 so does anyone have any advice? Is there a quarantine period or is it all just paperwork.
Finally I love an outdoors life which is why I like Amsterdam. I cycle everywhere and hate driving places. I'm worried that LA is going to be a concrete jungle and not really be for me, but some people have mentioned places like Santa Monica are better than downtown LA. Can I still live a European way of life and get away with it
Any help will be really appreciated, thanks!
Jan 8th 2010, 6:39 pm
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Hi all. The missus could have a too-good-to-turn-down chance to move to LA with work (she is Canadian) and I've got a few question maybe you guys can help with.
Am I going to find it any easier as a Brit to immigrate with a Canadian spouse? I've only just started looking into things and it looks like I might have to be a resident for 3 months before I start to work? We are in the Netherlands right now and my company here does have a small office in LA and they said they can try and make things work for me, is that the better way to go?
Any help will be really appreciated, thanks!
Am I going to find it any easier as a Brit to immigrate with a Canadian spouse? I've only just started looking into things and it looks like I might have to be a resident for 3 months before I start to work? We are in the Netherlands right now and my company here does have a small office in LA and they said they can try and make things work for me, is that the better way to go?
Any help will be really appreciated, thanks!
My husband came over on an L1A visa and I was able to apply for an EAD (Employment Authorisation) as soon as got here - I couldn't work until I had that.
Jan 8th 2010, 6:47 pm
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Despite being cute the rabbit is a tough cookie because he's been bought up free-range, not hutched. I'll talk to a vet and see if the journey is going to be too much for him. Has anyone downloaded on of these pdf pet immigration guides though? Should I be paying for it?
Ray, I am hoping that her company might handle the immigration paperwork and get me in too. I guess I'll just have to wait and see.
Ray, I am hoping that her company might handle the immigration paperwork and get me in too. I guess I'll just have to wait and see.
Jan 8th 2010, 6:54 pm
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Despite being cute the rabbit is a tough cookie because he's been bought up free-range, not hutched. I'll talk to a vet and see if the journey is going to be too much for him. Has anyone downloaded on of these pdf pet immigration guides though? Should I be paying for it?
Ray, I am hoping that her company might handle the immigration paperwork and get me in too. I guess I'll just have to wait and see.
Ray, I am hoping that her company might handle the immigration paperwork and get me in too. I guess I'll just have to wait and see.
This might have some info its for the EU not just the UK.
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_wel...t_travel.shtml
Call the Airline most importantly to see if Basil can fly with them.
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Jan 8th 2010, 7:15 pm
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Am I going to find it any easier as a Brit to immigrate with a Canadian spouse? I've only just started looking into things and it looks like I might have to be a resident for 3 months before I start to work? We are in the Netherlands right now and my company here does have a small office in LA and they said they can try and make things work for me, is that the better way to go?
Jan 8th 2010, 7:27 pm
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Thanks for the reply Bill. She is an advertising creative, an award-winner and one of the worldwide leaders in her field and has a masters in her profession. I don't know if there are visas most suitable for that because I'm only just looking into it myself.
On my side, I am university educated and I'm a video editor. I have some decent credits to back me up and my company is in the same field, advertising and post production. Can you put me in the right direction for info on the L1 visa?
On my side, I am university educated and I'm a video editor. I have some decent credits to back me up and my company is in the same field, advertising and post production. Can you put me in the right direction for info on the L1 visa?
Jan 8th 2010, 7:37 pm
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Thanks PG
Jan 8th 2010, 9:10 pm
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Re: I am mulling over a move to LA and have some questions
Hi all. The missus could have a too-good-to-turn-down chance to move to LA with work (she is Canadian) and I've got a few question maybe you guys can help with.
Am I going to find it any easier as a Brit to immigrate with a Canadian spouse? I've only just started looking into things and it looks like I might have to be a resident for 3 months before I start to work? We are in the Netherlands right now and my company here does have a small office in LA and they said they can try and make things work for me, is that the better way to go?
Nope it makes no difference what your nationality is to USCIS you're either foreign or you're not. The only thing Canadians have that Europeans don't immigration wise, is their qualifications are readily recognized here (healthcare qualifications aside)
Of course the most important thing to me is my pet rabbit Basil. I'd really like to take him with me. Pretty much every link I've found on google wants me to buy an immigration guide for $50 so does anyone have any advice? Is there a quarantine period or is it all just paperwork.
Finally I love an outdoors life which is why I like Amsterdam. I cycle everywhere and hate driving places. I'm worried that LA is going to be a concrete jungle and not really be for me, but some people have mentioned places like Santa Monica are better than downtown LA. Can I still live a European way of life and get away with it
Well from having friends that moved to LA it is pretty much a concrete jungle but not like New York. Lot of low to medium density development as far as the eye can see. Nothing in the way of nature outside the shores and parks
Any help will be really appreciated, thanks!
Am I going to find it any easier as a Brit to immigrate with a Canadian spouse? I've only just started looking into things and it looks like I might have to be a resident for 3 months before I start to work? We are in the Netherlands right now and my company here does have a small office in LA and they said they can try and make things work for me, is that the better way to go?
Nope it makes no difference what your nationality is to USCIS you're either foreign or you're not. The only thing Canadians have that Europeans don't immigration wise, is their qualifications are readily recognized here (healthcare qualifications aside)
Of course the most important thing to me is my pet rabbit Basil. I'd really like to take him with me. Pretty much every link I've found on google wants me to buy an immigration guide for $50 so does anyone have any advice? Is there a quarantine period or is it all just paperwork.
Finally I love an outdoors life which is why I like Amsterdam. I cycle everywhere and hate driving places. I'm worried that LA is going to be a concrete jungle and not really be for me, but some people have mentioned places like Santa Monica are better than downtown LA. Can I still live a European way of life and get away with it
Well from having friends that moved to LA it is pretty much a concrete jungle but not like New York. Lot of low to medium density development as far as the eye can see. Nothing in the way of nature outside the shores and parks
Any help will be really appreciated, thanks!
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