When did you tell your employer you're moving?

[canada_socks 97]

I gave like four months notice pretty much lol! My bosses pretty much knew it was coming. I wanted to give them as much notice as possible so they could prepare for filling my position (I was an assistant manager at a McD's).

[Stuart and Thea 95]

I gave my employer notice that I might be giving notice after my interview. I have a really good relationship with them, and would feel bad only giving them two weeks notice when I've known for a year that I was going to be leaving them. This gives them time to interview people, and they know not to offer employment to them before I give them the go ahead. I also get to train my own replacement, something that I really appreciate being able to do, because I worry about leaving them in the lurch with no one to take over for me!

I would say that if your rapport with your boss is like mine (they're flying in to the US to come to my wedding in December even, shutting down the whole doctor's office!) then do what you can to help them make the transition smooth. I told them when I got my interview date. Until then, there really was no workaround date so I kept it quiet.

If your rapport is not like that, and you need to ensure that you have a job, in case of the worst case scenario, then yes, don't tell them until you have that visa in the bag!

(and if you hate them, phone them from the airport in the US after your plane lands and tell them you won't be in for work in the morning...)

[Colleens 40]

I started talking to my boss while we were still waiting for the I-129 to be approved. They were beginning to work on another round of layoffs, so I was able to work it out that I got laid off and recieved a nice 6 month severance package. They actually outsourced my job to a LCC (low cost country) so I had to train my successor. It worked out well for me!