Moving from UK to USA with my 15 year old son
Nov 5th 2011, 9:26 am
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Re: Moving from UK to USA with my 15 year old son
Thank you for your reply - it was very helpful. I have all of my children's school reports, so that'll hopefully deal with the transcript issue.
We are also intending to come back to England,as much as possible, so we can visit friends and family.
Luckily, both my boys are keen at sports, so from what you said, that is very positive!
Thanks again.
We are also intending to come back to England,as much as possible, so we can visit friends and family.
Luckily, both my boys are keen at sports, so from what you said, that is very positive!
Thanks again.
What others have said about the visas is also very important.
Nov 5th 2011, 9:40 am
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Re: Moving from UK to USA with my 15 year old son
You don't say whether the children are also your partner's and thus already US citizens. If they're not, then it makes things more complicated in terms of whether they'll be able to work, even in a part-time job, on whatever visa they are coming over on.
The biggest issue you're probably going to have to deal with is the education of your children. If they are thinking of going to college, then you need to think about whether their UK education can transfer to fulfilling whatever requirements are needed here. There is no equivalent to GCSEs, for example, and much more emphasis is placed on what classes you have taken, and what grades you have got, over a period of years. The closer you get to college age when your children move, the more tricky it becomes. But if you use the search function, you'll see that people have done it.
The biggest issue you're probably going to have to deal with is the education of your children. If they are thinking of going to college, then you need to think about whether their UK education can transfer to fulfilling whatever requirements are needed here. There is no equivalent to GCSEs, for example, and much more emphasis is placed on what classes you have taken, and what grades you have got, over a period of years. The closer you get to college age when your children move, the more tricky it becomes. But if you use the search function, you'll see that people have done it.
My goodness, it's all so confusing! I would have thought, what with so many people moving to and from USA, it would be a bit more straightforward i.e. converting grades etc. I am all for letting my son finish his GCSEs here in England and then move to USA afterwards, but it's not that straightforward.
As he's 15 (born in 1996), in the UK he is in Year 11; I am presuming that he would go into 10th Grade in USA, if he started in a school before the end of this school year. Can anyone confirm to me, what is the final year in a USA high school (in UK it is at age 16 in Year 11 and then they can stay on to the 6th form to do A levels)?
By the way, my partner is a US citizen.
Thanks.
Nov 5th 2011, 9:43 am
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Re: Moving from UK to USA with my 15 year old son
[QUOTE=Sally Redux;9716702]My kids were a bit younger. I met someone whose daughter was 16 when they moved, and she said she had to try to get the work done in the UK recognized by the school here as being of the same standard, so that it could be shown on the transcript.
Do you know how the 16 year old daughter got on, in USA?
Do you know how the 16 year old daughter got on, in USA?
Nov 5th 2011, 9:45 am
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Thank you for that information - I will contact my sons school in the UK to get that information.
Nov 5th 2011, 9:50 am
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My kids were a bit younger. I met someone whose daughter was 16 when they moved, and she said she had to try to get the work done in the UK recognized by the school here as being of the same standard, so that it could be shown on the transcript.
Do you know how the 16 year old daughter got on, in USA?
Do you know how the 16 year old daughter got on, in USA?
High school generally runs from grade 9-12, age 14-18.
Nov 5th 2011, 9:52 am
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Nov 5th 2011, 9:59 am
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Nov 5th 2011, 10:03 am
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Re: Moving from UK to USA with my 15 year old son
We will be doing the opposite and moving one school age child to UK. My middle one is grade 12 right now, here they have to pass an exit exam (which was super east according to both my boys) and have earned enough credit points to graduate (each class is a set number of points so if they attend regularly and pass the classes they get to graduate)
Nov 5th 2011, 10:08 am
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Re: Moving from UK to USA with my 15 year old son
Check out the cost of college a) in the US if the children are not USCs or Green Card holders, and b) in England if you don't meet residency requirements.
They are both huge amounts of money and you can quite easily be stuck with not qualifying for cheaper fees in either country.
Nov 5th 2011, 10:17 am
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You will have to be married if you want to live in the US. You don't say how old your youngest is but you will probably need written permission from their father to leave the UK.
Nov 5th 2011, 10:21 am
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My youngest son is 12 years old and yes, I have written permission from their father to leave UK.
Nov 5th 2011, 10:36 am
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