Originally Posted by Manc (Post 7299082)

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He's sorted.

no need to press the issue.

Originally Posted by lansbury (Post 7298673)

but in the meantime its been a very interesting discussion about nothing :confused:

Originally Posted by Rete (Post 7299096)

Those are the best discussions. You can go off on a tangent and no one is the wiser.:thumbsup:

Originally Posted by meauxna (Post 7299122)

Certainly our OP isn't any the wiser..

Originally Posted by dunroving (Post 7299020)

116 responses, not bad for a first post, though! :rofl:

Originally Posted by Lord Lionheart (Post 7299137)

It happens every time in a "nah nah, we have a visa and you don't" style :zzz::rolleyes:

Originally Posted by Cape Blue (Post 7298911)

Well I'm persuaded - it must be terrible being a white hetro male in the UK and not able to get a fair shot at anything in life.

Originally Posted by meauxna (Post 7299087)

You believe everything you read on the internet? :rofl:

Originally Posted by br1t29 (Post 7300598)

You're coming of a like a bunch of old ladies.

Originally Posted by penguinsix (Post 7295528)

You should understand that we get someone like you pretty much every day on this board, and with every single case people ask 'what is your visa' first to save us all, and quite possibly you, some frustrations. People are asking about the visa for a variety of valid reasons, including:

1) You've been told by an 'immigration counselor' or some other fellow that 'getting a visa is easy, just send me £500 and I'll get it sorted for you' which is never the case and people get ripped off. They prey off of 'pub-room' stories about 'this guy who went to the US without a college degree and was welcomed with open arms and given a job in a week' or 'that gal on Eastenders moved to the US so I can too'. People being direct and upfront is an effort to save some people this financial loss and rumor-mill belief about the ease of entry to the US.

2) You may think being British or being in the EU somehow entitles you to some 'special relationship' entry to the US, which it does not.

3) You really haven't thought through all the visa issues thoroughly, for example you have no idea what 'retrogression' is and how it might apply in your case. You may think you can buy a investors visa but are then talking about buying a house for $200k when that is the bare minimum you have to invest to even be considered for some visas. You might be under the impression that your wife will be able to work under the visa you are considering, which is often not the case. People who have been there done that would be certain to offer you some advice.

4) You're just thinking of coming over on the VWP, breaking the law and disappearing, which would upset, to no end, the millions of folks who wait their turn and obey the rules.

5) You're just a troll having a go at people (believe it or not, we get those too)

So don't get too upset when people ask what your visa is before going into depth about the cities you have 'selected'. If you would answer the visa question honestly you'd get more than your fair share of replies about the area, including from people who are in that area or have done similar moves (just look at the other thread from yesterday about a person moving to Kirkland Washington--she mentioned her visa/job situation from the get go and got scads of good replies).

So if you want some honest answers, give us some honest information and you'd be surprised how many people here will try to help.

Good luck with your decision.

Originally Posted by kevindj (Post 7294493)

me and the wife are looking to get out of the uk,we are in our early 30's and have a 4 year old daughter, the places that have been put to me are:

brownsville, texas
lousiville, kentucky
tulsa ,oklahoma
augusta ,georgia

now if anyone has any advice on any of these places that would be great, we currently live in cardiff in the uk so we are looking for a low crime area, the last thing i need right now is to move somewhere where i'm gonna have to watch someone with a gun slay my family in front of me:), my wife is a hairdresser and my work is internet based so i don't think we would have any problems with work, i have been looking at property in tulsa and it looks good so we may travel there next month to have a proper look.

the property there is so much better that here and want to find out more about the lifestyle our current 3 bed semi is going up for £200,000 so we'd be looking at property around $200-250,000 usd

Originally Posted by kevindj (Post 7294917)

why everyone is so concerned about the visas we have is beyond me! thanks for all your concern but i got it sorted, i have no need to discuss the how where's and when's of our visa's and permits, all i wanted to know was what the areas were like so far only 1 person has managed to answer without questioning visa's

Originally Posted by veryfunny (Post 7300622)

Apart from getting shot, what do you dislike?

Originally Posted by tonrob (Post 7295284)

What flavour?