I want to move to Clearwater, Tampa or Orlando Florida. Help!
Mar 22nd 2016, 5:54 pm
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Mar 22nd 2016, 6:21 pm
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Re: I want to move to Clearwater, Tampa or Orlando Florida. Help!
Ok, no I would definitely view the place first. thank you so much nutmeg. I didn't know that about retirement until you all told me. Now I understand.
Mar 22nd 2016, 6:28 pm
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Ok sorry guys. I'm a bit slow on here. For some reason I see messages popping up all of a sudden from different places it seems. Then it asks me to login all the time. Having to scroll up and down to make I've not missed anyone 
Mar 22nd 2016, 6:32 pm
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I have not found any m� jor issues with US toilets.
I h� ve friends with a condo in Florida, they seem to visit about 4 times a year, family and friends use it. Management comp� ny also let it out but after the fees the contribution is pretty small.
They bought it cash, might say max money, so no biggie.
I h� ve friends with a condo in Florida, they seem to visit about 4 times a year, family and friends use it. Management comp� ny also let it out but after the fees the contribution is pretty small.
They bought it cash, might say max money, so no biggie.
Ok boiler. Do you mean your friends don't make much money after the fees?
Mar 22nd 2016, 6:35 pm
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Re: I want to move to Clearwater, Tampa or Orlando Florida. Help!
You might want to go back to the start of the thread because it had been quite busy, and almost frantic at times, and you might have missed some posts, especially near the bottom of one page when posts start appearing on a new page - there are 15 posts per page.
Mar 22nd 2016, 6:41 pm
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Just about everyone on here has gone through the process of entering the US to live and work legitimately on one visa or another. It's not until you go through the process that you fully understand how difficult it actually is to move here legally, so what seems like negativity is just realism unfortunately.
If your long term goal is to retire to Florida, unless you are very wealthy that seems an unlikely scenario for you as you haven't given any information which would suggest that you are eligible for a visa. Unlike the EU countries, a British citizen can't up sticks and move to the US unless they qualify for one of the visas.
There's nothing to stop you buying property, of course, but as others have pointed out there are some major pitfalls involved with owning a house in another country and leaving it empty for more than half of the year, not least of which is ongoing maintenance. Without a means of moving to the US to occupy the house, I'd think very carefully about whether or not you want to take on the risks.
Good luck with whatever you decide!
If your long term goal is to retire to Florida, unless you are very wealthy that seems an unlikely scenario for you as you haven't given any information which would suggest that you are eligible for a visa. Unlike the EU countries, a British citizen can't up sticks and move to the US unless they qualify for one of the visas.
There's nothing to stop you buying property, of course, but as others have pointed out there are some major pitfalls involved with owning a house in another country and leaving it empty for more than half of the year, not least of which is ongoing maintenance. Without a means of moving to the US to occupy the house, I'd think very carefully about whether or not you want to take on the risks.
Good luck with whatever you decide!
Mar 22nd 2016, 6:47 pm
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Re: I want to move to Clearwater, Tampa or Orlando Florida. Help!
Mar 22nd 2016, 6:47 pm
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Haha! I'm a female. My name is May but spelt Mai. I'm not sure what this OP is your all talking about?
Mar 22nd 2016, 6:50 pm
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OP means 'original poster' i.e. the person who started the thread (in this case, you!)
Mar 22nd 2016, 6:50 pm
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Ah yes. I have many friends with O1 visas. I'm not looking at going back to that type of work. I don't want to work in Florida. I just wanted a holiday home. Do you mean the O1 visa would help with buying a property wintersong?
Mar 22nd 2016, 6:55 pm
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Basically, in order to move here permanently at any time in your life, including after retirement, you'd have to qualify for a visa through work (your option here is O1) or through family (if you have no US relatives and are not planning to marry a US citizen, you won't be able to do this) or through investment (requires a LOT of cash). If none of those pathways are suitable for you, your only option is always going to be as a visitor, not as a resident.