Don't be afraid to google. And leagal's advice is spot on. Tier 2 work visas are extremely hard to qualify for. Does anyone know of a list of American companies (especially IT/Computer) that have offices in England?

thank you both! Use the UKBA site to determine your eligibility. Restrictions are high for immigrants.

I am forced to agree with the so called "disillusioned parent" noting the schools many deficiencies. Our experiences have been quite similar. We have been very disappointed with the school's poor administration and leadership. The teacher standards is also quiet a mixed bag. The overall quality of teaching and administration should be quite higher given the exorbitant fees. This report to me is a sound reflection of ACS Hillingdon International School where many students follow an international education not an American one. This school welcomes all students and offers as many opportunities to as many students as is possible. Where else in a HS would you be able to follow IB MYP, IB DP, AP, and Honors programmes? Rather than listen to the rant of a disillusioned parent who may have an axe to grind and who is wrongly using this forum to vocalise, I would encourage any parent to go and see the school for itself. Accepting all students on an IB programme means there might be failures - why else would results drop? This tells me this school is giving every student who wants to do IB the chance to.

Laywyer.

Thanks so much. This is very helpful. As for moving companies, much depends upon how much you have to ship. Look up International Move and speak to companies with representatives in OR. Get quotes on packing/shipping quotations and do it yesterday. You're looking at a long transit time of either a long ocean voyage or land ship across part of the US and then an ocean ship. Of course, if you're just bringing the clothes on your back (many do), it will be simpler and some air freight costs will need to be investigated. Zoopla, Rightmove, Findaproperty - all are but 3 examples of online aggregators of property available in the UK. Note that estate agents can only represent properties on their books and not what's on the market. Thus signing up with multiple estate agents in the area your looking for is important. If you're looking at the massive LONDON market, try COMMUTEFROM (it's a web site) to get ideas of times to travel from point A to point B when considering a living location versus your work location. You'll really need either: A) Short term (1-3 months) accommodations already sorted, or B) A 1 week house hunting trip 4-6 weeks before your move. With "B", you need to pray that finding the property you can handle at the price point you want will all come together in the week that you have to search the market. In some parts of the country, things come on and off in hours. We missed out on property that came out on Zoopla on a Sunday morning and, by mid-day, it was gone. You'll also need a UK bank account and a letter from your employer telling a prospective landlord that you've got a job, etc. You'll also need a passport with the correct Visa indicating that you're able to live and work in the country too. There may be something else I'm missing, but those are the immediate ones that come to mind. Of course, this is VERY generic advice. 3 months is not very much time, but it's doable. If your Visa is in order, that gets you off to a great start. If you have a bank already sorted, you're 2 steps ahead. The difference between Medford and the UK is quite a large one. Hopefully, you've done a lot of travelling in your past. It would be most advisable to have a relo company to help you with things like "getting stuff when you don't have credit" (e.g., mobile phone, hooking up your utilities), "navigating government concerns" (e.g., setting up council tax, notifying the Embassy about where you are), and "taxation issues" (e.g., you get to file/pay in the UK and and the US now - fun, huh?). The list of things to know is large and an expert to rely on in the early days can help you make certain that you don't make a mistake out of ignorance or become too frustrated. These little things, individually, aren't that tough; but, altogether, they can be daunting and a distraction from doing the job you're asked to do when you arrive. Hope that this starts you off in the right direction.