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I'm tearing up here...

I prefer the Fozzie Bear version.

Rags - Are you married? If so to an American?

Just curious as many of us are, which is how we were able to live in the US.

Did you get time to read the Wiki yet? Any useful suggestions there?

Good luck with the Welding business in the US, if thats what you choose to invest in.

FYI
House taxes $4000 + per year
Health Insurance - $0 - no copays etc - exceptional employer and really not the norm

Seattle is quite expensive

Aye, we're stumping $400 for a meh family plan. Was payihng $65 for a decent family plan when I was working which included dental.

said the cow to the moon...

Was taking about this the other night, somebody who has a friend, annurism?, $1.5m.

Be some years before she will be eligible for Medicare, policy has a $2m lifetime limit and she need to go back for a futher opp.

So in her case premium is a bit irrelevant.

In case there's a search at a later date....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aneurysm

He obviously is , I'm pretty convinced he is winding us up because he didn't receive the kind of responses he is hoping for. At least its a good laugh, well it is for me anyway

our property tax is more like $6000 per annum. and we contribute $250 'ish to the employers medical insurance for the family.

Property tax will range from $0 to $1million or more depending on where you live, your house and how many houses you own.

Health insurance will range from $0 to $50,000 per year or up depending on how you get it, what you get, where you live and what your medical history is. You also may not be able to get insurance in which case you would probably want to budget about $1000 a year if you are healthy and are at an extremely low risk for injury or illness with about a $100,000 (you may want to have more) emergency fund in case you have to actually have something done.

The best place to live is the dumbest question imaginable given the fact that the US is around 4 million square miles and differs vastly. What's best for me is probably very different to what's best for you.

Unfortunately there can be no better answers given because you seem intent on doing things backwards and acting like a tool which means it's impossible to narrow things down and give you advice that might actually be helpful.

Oh dear... I seem to have arrived a bit late.

Rags... you should ignore anyone who isn't trying to help you. If you ask me your questions, I will be sure to give you some good answers.

Ian

Creep....

Sanctimonious creep to be precise.

Yeh reading it again, yeh I will go with that...

You should Pre Qual for a Visa first. Save on the diserpointment unless you teach or nurse, the two easiest ways in.

As mentioned before !!!