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one way to get around the cell phone deposit is to have your present phone put onto pay as you go, if its compatible with the usa this may be an option, especially if you dont use it loads. dont forget to get it unblocked though before you leave.
with regards to pay, is that after your health insurance deduction madwife?
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one way to get around the cell phone deposit is to have your present phone put onto pay as you go, if its compatible with the usa this may be an option, especially if you dont use it loads. dont forget to get it unblocked though before you leave.with regards to pay, is that after your health insurance deduction madwife?
Yes but I only had 1 child on my medical insurance with work.
Dont forget to take the short term disability it is only $17 every two weeks and pays out $550 if you are off sick.
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Realistically bring as much money as you can. Deposits are required for utilities but will depend on area I will give you a rough guideWater=no deposit
Gas=$180
electricity$200
TV,phone etc=$200
Driving licence $10
Cell phones with verizon $400 per phone, but if you wait 6 months then nil
Car at least a deposit of$5000
Car insurance ? $200 up front.
You get paid every 2 weeks average for 36 hours $1200 after take outs.
Hope this helps
I agree bring as much as you can if for no other reason than that it will be stressful enough without worrying about money too.
Ithink our deposits were fairly similar, returned after a year with interest, we bought pay as you go cell phones when we first arrived then got t mobile ones 5 months later with no deposit, we now 2 yrs later all have a t mobile family plan( 2 adults 2 kids)
We had already bought a car through Autosource but had to pay about $2000 in taxes and licence plate i think,
I don't think we paid car insurance up front but set up a monthly direct debit.
My OH bought a truck but just put $1000 down, it wasn't particularly expensive though.
I like Madwive brought home approx $1200-1300 after deductions for
health insurance $550 per month and i also took out the insurance against not working for a significant time.
The first year we were here when we did our taxes we got a lovely tax rebate as between us we hadn't earned that much, so its worth keeping that in mind too.
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Realistically bring as much money as you can. Deposits are required for utilities but will depend on area I will give you a rough guide
Water=no deposit
Gas=$180
electricity$200
TV,phone etc=$200
Driving licence $10
Cell phones with verizon $400 per phone, but if you wait 6 months then nil
Car at least a deposit of$5000
Car insurance ? $200 up front.
You get paid every 2 weeks average for 36 hours $1200 after take outs.
Hope this helps