We're considering moving to Canada (Nova Scotia) for a period of min one year, possibly up to 18 months, in order to get Canadian citizenship for our kids.
DP is Canadian, but it's not straight forward. It's a long story but essentially only way to get citizenship is for DP to sponsor us all to move there, and then apply for citizenship on arrival, and live there while the application goes through.
We own a holiday cottage there, close to where DP grew up, so we have a place to live.
We really do want the boys to have Canadian citizenship - but it's a lot of faff just for a year right??
Work isn't TOO much of an issue, I could take a sabbatical and DP could more or less work from home. One way or another we could make it work I think for a fixed period of time.
The advantages seem clear - getting citizenship, adventure, new friends, new experiences, living close to nanna and grampy, skiing, sport, outdoors, cleaner air, living on the lake....
But then I come over all middle-class angst-y and worry about them loosing their place at their school here in London, and the logistics feel insurmountable sometimes.. ..
The earliest we'd do it would mean the kids would be going into Y5 and Y2.
I know that in the context of their whole lives, this will be a tiny portion and they're young and resilient and adaptable. But I worry about the disruption.
Would the kids be ok???
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would you move overseas with primary age kids just for 12/18 months?
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flipflopson5thavenue · 21/01/2020 11:40
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