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Trinidad & Tobago: Moving to Trinidad...Red Alert!!!:

Trinidad is a unique little nation. My impression is they only foreigner they like, is the tourist they are charging 3 times what a Trini would pay. I spent several years there working, if I didn't have a Trini company behind the work permit process, I would have never gotten one. The problem you are having is that you are trying to do things legitimately. Getting anything done within their system requires knowing someone, and that person will need to "pay" additional expenses that you won't get a receipt for. Takes about a week after you find that someone, then there is the visa process which is about as frustrating. I haven't heard any mention of a visa in your posts. Once/if you get a work permit, then you have to get a visa.

Trinidad & Tobago: Moving to Trinidad:

You might be a US citizen, but your wife isn't the only one that is Trini. Your statement is just like a Trini talks, barely understandable.

Trinidad & Tobago: Moving from US to Trini:

The friends I have in TT with children all send them to private schools and then to foreign colleges. I can't believe that they would spend that kind of money if the Trinidad schools are "excellent" as the previous poster indicated. I personally lived there a few years and was not impressed by the high school and college graduates that were educated there when they interviewed for employment with us.

Trinidad & Tobago: Living in Chaguanas:

There is a townhouse complex within Lange Park that is nice. It is a gated complex with a pool. Not to many expats living in the Chaguanas area and depending on which way you are traveling to work, traffic can be absolutely horrible. Given a choice I wouldn't live in Chaguanas at all.

Trinidad & Tobago: Relocation:

Never in a million years would I want to deal with that place again. But, to each his/her own. Good luck getting any cooperation from any government agency with your request. Unless you know someone, getting anything done is almost impossible. Just getting a drivers licence took me months of frustration, getting cable TV turned on took 3 months. It is a very different view when you are a foreign visitor, than actually trying to live there. My only advice would be to contact potential employers, if you get someone interested they would be your best advocate in the process. Most of the businesses are very familiar as the local labor force there is almost worthless.

Trinidad & Tobago: USA pensioner wants to retire in Trinidad. Part two:

You originally said you wanted to move to Trinidad. Nothing was said about Tobago. Trinidad & Tobago could be on different planets they are so different.

Trinidad & Tobago: Usa pensioned retiree wants to live in trinidad:

Good luck. The immigration process is lengthy and frustrating. My question would be why Trinidad. Housing is expensive, food the same. A vehicle will cost you a fortune. I would suggest you visit, and possibly go to the embassy there in POS. It would not surprise me a bit if the TT government would want to impose their ridiculously high income tax on your pension, for the "privilege" of living there.

Trinidad & Tobago: Assalyum:

The ileagals drive the unskilled labor wage even lower. They do not benefit the economy they are working, they don't pay any taxes so they are actually taking away from the community.

Trinidad & Tobago: Business:

You posted before about getting a visa. You should worry about that first. It is going to be very difficult for you to just "move" there without having a company willing to sponsor you. You also posted about wages for low skilled workers. The government of Trinidad limits the amount foreigners it allows in to work to allow more Trini's to be employed, which I agree with. So unless you have an expertise that they need and don't already have on the island, they don't want you there. The economy is in bad shape in Trinidad, wages low, unemployment high. The odds on you getting a visa to go to work there is slim, much less open a business.

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