What made you decide to bring your fiance/spouse/etc. to the U.S. instead of relocating to his/her native country?

[GJen 9]

What made you decide to bring your fiance/spouse/etc. to the U.S. instead of relocating to his/her native country?

[kaffy 2]

We tried it, didn't like it and so now we're here

[faryan 4]

I will attempt to answer for my USC hubby

He likes it here in my country, but we thought since he just has one year job experience (it was less than a year when we filed) he will have a tough time getting into entry level job here coz there's tonnes of IT engineers graduating every year. Even if he does get a job, he will only get a local pay level which will be enough to live comfy life, but wont be enough to pay for his student loan and whatnots back in the US as well as maintain a household here. Well, maybe just enough, but we'd have to live at my parents' forever! Unless of course he has years of experience in a specialised field. Thats a different story

[TBoneTX 45,309]

I read that 90% of all accidents occur within 10 miles of home, so I wanted to get her away from there as soon as possible, si man.

[Penguin_ie 5,993]

We did both.

When we first decided to get married, I didn't want to leave my country (Ireland), because I like it a lot and also because we were planning on children, and the medical care is cheaper there and there is 26 weeks paid maternity leave. So he came over to Dublin to live. Once we had the twins, we decided it would be better to move to the USA as we felt it would be a better place for the kids to grow up, it is more aligned with our religious and moral values. Plus we could afford a four bedroom house here with the price we got for one one bedroom flat in Dublin.

[Laura+Tom 2]

I will answer for my USC fiance. He's military so we have to go to the US. I go where he goes. If he wasn't military we would probably still go to the US. He hates the UK weather, it's too expensive to live here, and I'm starting to dislike it here too (though I will miss it).

[DairyFarmer 1]

For us it is the farm. Its kind of hard to move. Not that I haven't suggested farms in other locations too.

[amberdima 6]

job opportunities, weather, language barrier (i know 0 russian), freedom- USA! USA! USA!

[Dr. Obvious 49]

I moved to Germany first and we got married there, because it made far more sense at the time. For me to immigrate to Germany was far, far less hassle than it was for me to bring my husband over here on a K-1.

As soon as Germany outlived its usefulness and immigration to the US became easier (DCF->IR-1), we moved back to the US.

[rebeccajo 14]

My son was still young and at home. Plus my parents are still living.

My husband has only a brother remaining in Northern Ireland.

Family was the single deciding factor for us.

[Big Papa Zone 93]

She's got kids, so that was always gonna be that really. And tbf, I prefer the lifestyle over there, although I will miss Birmingham (much more so than anywhere else I've lived, actually).

[Ellie-and-David 38]

There would be to much pressure on me to support Dave in this country as he is a carpenter and at the moment his industry is not exactly thriving. It's so expensive here, and even though I have a good job, I couldnt support both of us.

Over there we have a fighting chance. We could both have very poorly paid jobs and survive far better than on one well paid job here.

And also....

The weather here is pants. The only things i'll miss here are my friends and family and galaxy chocolate.

[Tracy 0]

I did move to Canada and lived there for almost 4 years but as Wacken said above once immigration became easier DCF ----IR1 we decided it would be better job wise for us to come back to the US. Plus I have a sick mother and wanted to give my sister some help in that area

[HighwayStar 0]

In our case, the reasons are many, and some of them have already been mentioned by the previous posters. My husband doesn't speak Italian, and even if he did, Italy's job market is not one of the best. He has a good job here, and good career prospects with the company he's with. Moreover, he has three children from a previous marriage, and I didn't want him to burn his bridges. I, on the other hand, in spite of having a bulletproof gov't job in Italy, was not happy at all with it, and would eventually have had to choose a posting abroad anyway in order to support my husband and possibly his kids. Life in Italy has become more and more expensive over the past few years, and the wages haven't followed suit.

I also had some more personal reasons for leaving - wanting to turn a new page in my life, and starting over, even at my age (48). My parents are both dead, and I have very little family left. I've lost a lot in the past few years, and wanted a new start for both of us.

[Mononoke28 135]

One word: $$$$$

We can find better job opportunities here in the US than in Colombia.

Diana