I'm just looking for some support/advice/anything.
I am a New Zealand RN who has been working in Australia for just over 3 years. I am married to an American who wanted to go home so we started the whole process a year ago.
I passed NCLEX and then we found out DH had to go back to the US to get a job so he could sponsor me, as he has no family who could do this. So he leaves in 3 weeks, back to Maine and I will continue working while we wait for my visa to be issued.
I just feel so alone in this whole immigrating process. I realise that it's different for me because I don't have to wait for retrogression and all that, but moving so far away from home is just scary.
The ED position I was hoping for couldn't be held for me because I wasn't sure when I was arriving, so I have to start applying for jobs again. The uncertainty of not knowing when or where I can get a job is unsettling.
Anyway, I know there are quite a few English RNs who have moved to the US and I just wanted some reassurance that all will be well. Or that emigrating is just stressful for everyone and it passes as you settle down in your new country. Or being separated from your husband is hard but you cope.
Thanks in advance for anything you have to offer, I do appreciate it.
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I just wanted to update everyone who replied to my original post.
I applied for 2 positions and both jobs wanted me (goodness knows why). I accepted the position I really wanted, in a Level 1 Trauma Hospital, then they came back and offered to pay my airfares AND give me temporary accommodation while we look around and find a house.
I also received my visa. I fly out next week to finally by with my beloved after almost 3 months apart.
What a hard road this has been, I'm so glad it's almost over.
I arrived a month ago but I haven't been able to start work because my SSN never arrived. Department of Homeland Security were supposed to send it to SSA but they didn't, so I have another week off. Bureaucracy is incompetent everywhere in the world it seems.
On the upside I'm really liking Vermont so far, the weather is quite changeable but not much different from Auckland weather and it's very green and lush.
I can't wait to start work (does that make me a nutcase)?
Thanks for all your support, the whole process of moving countries can be a lonely one that not everyone understands. I found a good website though on culture shock and some of the stages and emotions people experience, so I know I'm not alone in just feeling unsettled.
suehp
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Congratulations to you