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phillipcoutts New member

Member since 12 January 2025

phillipcouttsNew member12 January 2025 22:34:35

Hi everyone,

My name is Phil, and my wife Jan, our 3-year-old dog Lenny, and I are in the process of moving to Scotland around mid this year. We're incredibly excited about the adventure ahead, but I won鈥檛 lie, we鈥檙e also a bit scared of the big move! We鈥檙e complete newbies here on the forum, and to be honest, we鈥檙e not quite sure where to start. We鈥檙e looking for any advice, especially when it comes to finding jobs and accommodation.

If anyone has any tips or experiences to share, we鈥檇 love to hear from you! Looking forward to connecting with other expats and getting a feel for life in Scotland.

Thanks in advance for your help!

Bhavna Team

Member since 01 June 2015

BhavnaTeam13 January 2025 00:36:18

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@phillipcoutts

Hello and welcome on board !

Please note that I have created this new thread from your post on the Scotland forum so that you may better gather some information,

While waiting for members to reply, feel free to read the Living in Scotland guide for expats for some infos.

All the best

Bhavna

Cynic UK / Netherlands Expert

Member since 15 September 2015

CynicUK / Netherlands Expert13 January 2025 07:46:46

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Hi and welcome to the Forum.

You haven't mentioned it, so I'm assuming you have sorted out your visas; if you haven't and need them, the UK Gov website is the first port of call in your journey; this link will take you straight to the relevant section.

Jobs - you haven't said what you do, so my advice is to join LinkedIn and reach out to your peers already working where you are aiming to live and ask them who is hiring, where and how much they're paying, then you will know if you can afford to make this jump.

Accommodation - always difficult from long range; my advice is to use something like AirBnb to find something for when you first arrive, then you can start to look for something permanent once you get here; this will take you straight to their website.

Dogs - this will take you to the UK Government website that deals with this matter.

Last point - watch out for scammers.

I hope this helps.

Cynic

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