Originally Posted by Nutmegger

The CP was there when I was doing my visa, many many moons ago!

Originally Posted by Pulaski

I am not sure what sort of "Brewpub" there would have been in Virginia 30 years ago as the craft beer explosion was still fifteen years away, and bars, meaning "serving alcohol but not meals" are not legal in VA anyway.

I suspect that what you were heading for was more of a roadhouse or honky-tonk than what we would understand today as being a "brewpub".

Originally Posted by robtuck

To Georgette, without getting too personal, if you've been living on less than he'd be earning (take home) state side, and you are within spitting distance of the big smoke in the UK, you will probably be ok, especially if he can argue a good case for being paid at the higher end of the bracket you mentioned in your research. If he is in Management then it would seem likely they'll come back with a recommendation for an L1A Visa - the company will need to employ lawyers to submit the application for them. You'll have a pain the arse form to complete which will ask you questions like, have you ever been involved prostitution (I assumed answering No was more likely to get you in, but who knows), and you'll have to outline the responsibilities of what he does today and what he will be doing in the role. If they go down the L1A route, they'll be looking for lots of descriptions about Directing other people to do the work or having Executive style responsibilities over budgets for example.

As per Pulaski's note, treat it like an entirely foreign country, because it is, they just use some of the same words - assuming you end up taking the leap. The line in Pulp Fiction from Travolta around it being the little things is true, but go in with the right mindset and it can be fun.

Originally Posted by Georgette

We currently live on a lower wage than what he would be earning out there, our left over disposable income would be more in USA (after everything i have budgeted for)

Originally Posted by Ozzidoc

Have you looked at childcare costs in the area that you are planning on living in?
Some parts of the country are astronomical. I'm on the west coast and was paying $1500/mo for a while.

Also, when your husband is negotiating his salary/package, he needs to be aware that it's OK to be talking about large figures. eg if he's on "60" now, saying the words "142" might sound like an outrageous number. The company isn't doing him a favour - it is he who MAY be able to help it out at potentially great personal cost and disruption.

Originally Posted by Georgette

Ive looked at a few day care's around the area, looks like 3 days would cost around $1000 per month, when i eventually get a job i would hope to take home $1500 ish so still making $500 extra a month. Also yes the high numbers do make us fee like we would be asking to much but we have to remember the exchange rate makes it seem more as well. The worst thing that can happen i suppose is they say no

Originally Posted by christmasoompa

I'd wait and see what they offer first. They may be offering more than you're expecting! So I'd get them to show their hand first personally and then you can negotiate up from there if needed. There's a general rule that's been quoted on here before for getting the same standard of living in the US as in the UK, I've got a vague recollection it's 2.5 times the UK figure i.e. if he's on £50k in the UK, he'd need $125k to give a similar standard in the US. But that is a very vague rule, obviously it will depend on things like the area you're moving to, the medical package offered, etc, etc.

I'm afraid I have no idea on your figures, but others will be along once the US wakes up to help you work out if they're about right or not.

Originally Posted by Georgette

Ive looked at a few day care's around the area, looks like 3 days would cost around $1000 per month, …..

Originally Posted by Georgette

So the kind of houses i have been looking at are within a community, the ones with like pools and tennis courts that put events on every month. I assumed these kind of neighbourhoods would be on the safer side? Obviously i have a 1 year old and safety/crime is something i am worried about, there would be times my husband has to travel to the other sites that are being developed in other states and i wont always go with him so i need to feel safe on my own.

Originally Posted by Pulaski

That sounds very cheap - maybe what is known as "in-home daycare", which you may or may not be comfortable with. Or it may be the subsidized rate that is available to those on low income.

We were paying over $1,000/wk (5 days) seven years ago, and having looked at other daycare's the starting point for any facility we would have been comfortable for our daughter, was $800/wk ten years ago …. in an area where costs are much lower than DC. Dependent on income the $1,000/wk facility could have cost some one on low income less than $250/wk, so you can imagine what the unsubsidized rate for your $1,000/mth might be, and honestly around $1,000/3 days - $1,500/wk is what I was expecting to find for childcare in DC. … I just Googled "daycare Washington DC" and the results are coming up with figures "from …" which makes me think they are the subsidized rates being quoted.