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AIBU to ask if you have/intend to emigrate from the UK?

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wanderingcloud · 21/03/2019 10:28

Just that really!

We move to Egypt in August and we are buzzing with nervous anticipation! Most important stuff is sorted for us now so just patiently waiting to get on the flight out.

Would love to hear from others who have done it. Where did you (or will you have) moved to?
How have you found it so far?

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Cobblersandhogwash · 03/06/2019 12:09

Leaving for Luxembourg in August. I can't wait to leave the U.K.

There are many things I love about the U.K. but Brexit has shown me a really ugly side and both dh and I want to get out.

We hope to stay in Luxembourg for at least four years.

I've lived abroad a lot (Middle East and North Africa) as a child and then in Japan for three years as a young adult.

I would totally consider citizenship of another country if I loved it enough.

managedmis · 03/06/2019 12:14

Do you get more annual leave in Canada than in the US? I've never been to Canada but can imagine the lifestyle is wonderful.

^

I live in Canada and get 4 weeks.

BlamesFartsOnTheNeighbour · 03/06/2019 12:39

Been in France 22 years, married a Frenchman, French kids. Toying with the idea of applying for a job in Quebec.

BlackPrism · 03/06/2019 14:13

We hope to in the coming decade. Not forever but for a few years. We're interested in NZ/Aus, Canada, the US, France and Japan

Novia · 03/06/2019 14:13

I moved to Spain initially for a year (just after the Brexit vote) and now we are approaching our third. I never thought I would ever leave my friends and family in the UK, and it has been hard at times (though more for me than the rest of the family). My kids are now totally bilingual and really happy in a semi-private school with half the class size of the UK. It's a very nature-driven life, lots of outdoor sports and sunshine. I feel that there is a far better work/life balance here - the only negative for me is the blazing summer and missing my family. But flights are cheap and frequent so we get home lots to see the grandparents, etc. Luckily we got the kids Spanish passports when they were born (Spanish husband) so I'm the only one at risk of not being able to stay, though I have a good job and pay my tax in Spain, so they shouldn't kick me out! I seriously don't know if we will ever go back now, especially with the ongoing political buffoonery! I feel that staying would give the kids more opportunity long-term than a post Brexit-Britain.

BlackPrism · 03/06/2019 14:20

I would never ever move to the ME though

Witchesandwizards · 03/06/2019 15:12

We are moving to Auckland in September/October.
Very mixed feelings - guilt about leaving my parents, excitement about a house with a pool, warmer weather, beaches and fresh air for the kids, and this weekend absolute terror at leaving my life here.
We went to Twickenham yesterday to watch England vs Babarians and I cried during the national anthem Confused

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