Hello All,

I am new to this site so not totally up to speed with how it works. However, with my current job, I work in U.S. timezones and am looking at the possibility of moving out there. Boston/East coast are particular areas of interest for me for now, but I was looking to speak to British people currently living out there to get some advice on a number of things, from cost of living, to applications to live here etc etc.

Is anybody able to drop me a message?

Appreciate any advice you can give

Kind Regards,
Matt

You need a visa to live and work in the US. Despite it's reputation, the US is extremely difficult to get a visa for, and impossible if you do not meet any of the prescribed routes.

Check out this link, and come back with questions:

https://britishexpats.com/wiki/Pulas...ork_in_the_USA

First question anyone is going to ask is
What visa are you getting? No visa, no move.

Thank you for that!

My company has two registered offices in the U.S. despite our HQ being in the North of England. We currently work with 18 U.S. customers and my boss is based over in the U.S. as well. I have no spouse/children either.

For now, a permanent move is not something I am considering, but 1 to 2 years is. Who knows what will happen after that.

Where do you think this puts me?

Sounds like you need to have a conversation with your employer..... and you might want to consider match.com

Do you have any advice on recommended places to live? Florida, South & North Carolina are particular places of interest.

Do you have approximate monthly costs for those kind of areas? Ideally I'd like to rent with another person to split rent/bills 50/50.

I'm moving to Boston in a few weeks, and can tell you that it looks like the cost of living will be terrifying - you'd need a really good relocation package or big salary increase to give you an equivalent standard of living to what you have in the UK. It's incredibly pricey! You've mentioned lots of different places, but where are the two offices your company has?

But as above, it's putting the cart before the horse really worrying about where to live before you sort the visa side of things. You need to see if you're eligible for a visa (start here), if your employer is prepared to sponsor you (large cost to them), and where they'd want you to be based and what they'd be offering you if so. Once you know all that, and you have an idea of your US salary and where you'd be working, you can then sort out where to live.

Best of luck.

If your company has offices in the USA then you need your employer to start looking into whether or not they'd be willing to fund, and your role able to match, the L1A or L1B Visa type. These would cover 3-7 years and provide a potential route to a Green Card if your view on permanency was to change.

The further South you move passed Washington DC, the lower your cost of living is likely to be. Plenty on here seem to have chosen North Carolina - some decent sized cities and plenty of rural, plus a coastline. Weather has a mix of the hot summers, but a bit more of the seasons that you start missing as you hit Georgia (if you like the hot and sun, Georgia is a decent option). Florida is a no State Income Tax place, but cost of living can increase rapidly as you hit the City locations, especially with Home Insurance prices thanks to the weather in Summer/Autumn. It's going to spend on what type of place you like to live in - party central? oldy woldy charm? open spaces? walking to restaurants/bars?

I suppose the Green Card lottery is still always an option if you are from Northern Ireland or have a different country of birth?

Our family income is now 300k and we can finally relax financially. MA is great but is growing and cost of living will exponentially go up

The Carolinas are relatively moderate cost-wise, but still very variable with the Charlotte and Raleigh areas being more-to-very expensive, though still nothing like NYC or Boston. I was married when I arrived, but I don't think sharing accommodation is a big thing down here, unless your a student, recent graduate, or flat broke.

Oh, and if you're unattached, be prepared to fend off the women, as they are attracted to a British accent like a moth to a flame. .... I still get comments about once a week, 90% from women, and I've been living in NC for 20 years!

Strangely, i have been here for 11 years, still have my British accent and am certainly not beating off the admirers. I imagine Pulaski looking a bit like Paul Newman, as the alternative is that i look a bit like Shrek (no offence to Ogres).

Yup. When I was younger, I was hit on constantly by women & men, some Americans seem to think a British accent sounds gay. (I’m not, as it happens.)

I can't imagine why you imagine I look anything like Paul Newman. It's not like I haven't left a clue in plain sight, though thankfully I am rather less jowly.

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