Things to take care of before the move

[rjm_cmyk 75]

A few financial things

1) Depending on age/your circumstances it may be worth him continuing paying NI contributions. Certainly for me it means a cheap way of getting the pension benefits.

2) Make absolutely sure that all credit card and other financial agreements are completely cancelled (assuming he doesn't want them) and not just dormant.

3) Make sure the revenue knows of the change in status

[Rebecca Jo 1,962]

You should really get him keep his UK bank account open this will help to maintain his UK credit rating. If for any reason heaven forbid you had to come over and relocate in the UK it will help you if you have a credit rating here. It would be useful if you did occasionally use the account. My bank advised you need to have a UK address to lodge against the account but you can have also have a correspondence address which will of course be your US address. You don't necessarily have to add his sister to the account he can use it from the US with online banking.

..........any UKC moving away from home needs to know what faces them if, heaven forbid, they should consider returning to the UK with their US spouse.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/372449-before-you-permanently-move-to-the-us/

Edited April 4, 2013 by Rebecca Jo