Comments on: What are the firsts steps to moving to London from the US? http://uk1page.com/london/what-are-the-firsts-steps-to-moving-to-london-from-the-us/ All About Visiting London Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:29:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: The Shadow http://uk1page.com/london/what-are-the-firsts-steps-to-moving-to-london-from-the-us/#comment-117 The Shadow Thu, 27 Nov 2008 23:40:16 +0000 http://uk1page.com/london/what-are-the-firsts-steps-to-moving-to-london-from-the-us/#comment-117 Apleyden is correct, but I would make one additional suggestion. Your first step should be to contact the British Embassy or the nearest consulate to verify visa requirements and any other legalities. If you can't get permission to stay for a year and, if necessary, to work, then nothing else that you do will matter. Message boards can be helpful and you may get some good information. However, I would not rely on them for visa or residency advice. Much like Yahoo Answers, anyone can post to a message board - even if their information is completely wrong. Apleyden is correct, but I would make one additional suggestion. Your first step should be to contact the British Embassy or the nearest consulate to verify visa requirements and any other legalities. If you can’t get permission to stay for a year and, if necessary, to work, then nothing else that you do will matter.

Message boards can be helpful and you may get some good information. However, I would not rely on them for visa or residency advice. Much like Yahoo Answers, anyone can post to a message board - even if their information is completely wrong.

]]> By: apleyden http://uk1page.com/london/what-are-the-firsts-steps-to-moving-to-london-from-the-us/#comment-116 apleyden Tue, 25 Nov 2008 08:04:41 +0000 http://uk1page.com/london/what-are-the-firsts-steps-to-moving-to-london-from-the-us/#comment-116 Well the first thing you need to sort out is the legality of being an American in the UK. Your visa waiver that you get at the airport is only good for 90 days, and you will not be able to work while over there. You'll have to prove you have a ticket home and the resources to survive while there or you'll get turned back at the immigration desk and sent back home. Why don't you take a look at the US expats in the UK messageboard and get some ideas from them. It's going to take a bit of planning. You might consider taking a year and 'studying abroad' so you do a few days in school and then a few days goofing off around Europe with your classmates. Probably a few people who have done the same thing. Well the first thing you need to sort out is the legality of being an American in the UK. Your visa waiver that you get at the airport is only good for 90 days, and you will not be able to work while over there. You’ll have to prove you have a ticket home and the resources to survive while there or you’ll get turned back at the immigration desk and sent back home.

Why don’t you take a look at the US expats in the UK messageboard and get some ideas from them. It’s going to take a bit of planning. You might consider taking a year and ’studying abroad’ so you do a few days in school and then a few days goofing off around Europe with your classmates. Probably a few people who have done the same thing.

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