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Hi there. Short time viewer, second time poster.
Firstly, congratulations on a well balanced forum with some great people. Certainly wasn't a difficult decision to join and start posting.
Well, here goes:
The Fiancee and I are moving to America. We both work for a subsidiary of an American company. They want me to go and work over there in a senior position and will find Elizabeth a job also. It's likely I'll be going on an L1A visa.
It's a fairly short notice thing but the issue of me going to work in the USA has cropped up every year since I've been with the company (5 years) so we've thought about it before. The time's right career-wise, so we're taking the plunge while we're still young enough to bounce back if things don't work out. I'm 33 and she's 35.
To further complicate things, we're getting married at the end of January and are going to move the week after.
We'll be moving to Michigan, specifically somewhere commutable to Wixom. There are some small lakes around there that look nice and I've got one week a month over there for work from now until January during which time I'll be doing a recce on the area.
I'm originally from Blackburn and moved to the Cambridge area about 5 years ago, so I know what it's like adjusting to a vastly different culture
We haven't got any kids and have no plans to start a family for the forseeable future.
We've got 3 cats, which will be coming with us. We'll be getting their rabies jabs done in a couple of weeks.
I love motorbikes (haven't got one at the moment, but used to have a Fireblade), Mountain Bikes (Trek Liquid 55 that's coming with me) and we've both just taken up sprint triathlons as a hobby.
I'll be posting some specific questions in the forum this week, so see you there
Neil.
Firstly, congratulations on a well balanced forum with some great people. Certainly wasn't a difficult decision to join and start posting.
Well, here goes:
The Fiancee and I are moving to America. We both work for a subsidiary of an American company. They want me to go and work over there in a senior position and will find Elizabeth a job also. It's likely I'll be going on an L1A visa.
It's a fairly short notice thing but the issue of me going to work in the USA has cropped up every year since I've been with the company (5 years) so we've thought about it before. The time's right career-wise, so we're taking the plunge while we're still young enough to bounce back if things don't work out. I'm 33 and she's 35.
To further complicate things, we're getting married at the end of January and are going to move the week after.
We'll be moving to Michigan, specifically somewhere commutable to Wixom. There are some small lakes around there that look nice and I've got one week a month over there for work from now until January during which time I'll be doing a recce on the area.
I'm originally from Blackburn and moved to the Cambridge area about 5 years ago, so I know what it's like adjusting to a vastly different culture
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We haven't got any kids and have no plans to start a family for the forseeable future.
We've got 3 cats, which will be coming with us. We'll be getting their rabies jabs done in a couple of weeks.
I love motorbikes (haven't got one at the moment, but used to have a Fireblade), Mountain Bikes (Trek Liquid 55 that's coming with me) and we've both just taken up sprint triathlons as a hobby.
I'll be posting some specific questions in the forum this week, so see you there
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Originally Posted by britvic
Welcome Neil
That name was the first love of my life ![Embarrassment](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/redface.gif)
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you mean you can remember that far back
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Originally Posted by TruBrit
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Originally Posted by britvic
We all remember our first love dont we ![Smile](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif)
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Originally Posted by BrewMonkey
Nanette Newman. But I don't like to talk about it now.
p.s. Thanks Manc. PM'd you back.
p.s. Thanks Manc. PM'd you back.
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Hi. What a gentleman! If all newbies were like you ![Smile](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif)
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Firstly, congratulations on a well balanced forum with some great people. Certainly wasn't a difficult decision to join and start posting.
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Originally Posted by TouristTrap
Hi. What a gentleman! If all newbies were like you ![Smile](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif)
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yes welcome and I echo what touristtrap said.
good luck and I hope you settle in quickly.
good luck and I hope you settle in quickly.
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Originally Posted by britvic
We all remember our first love dont we ![Smile](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif)
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Welcome to the site.
Any questions just ask away, I'm sure one of us will have the answer
Any questions just ask away, I'm sure one of us will have the answer
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Welcome to the site.
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