Decision to make : Cayman Islands

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A company reached out to me a couple weeks back. Regarding a pretty good opportunity. I sent across my CV and received a call from the firm a few days later.

Long story short. I had an interview with the hiring manager last Thursday. The following Friday night I received a call to say they want me to join!

So what's the problem? Finding work for the other half.

My girlfriend currently works in childcare. And is on a very good salary. So far were unable to find anything relatively good out there for her..... Perhaps we're looking in the wrong place.

Why doesn't she just stay with me and chill whilst looking for work? This is apparently illegal out there. She could come with me on a visitors permit. However, as a visitor you're not allowed to look for or accept any job offers.

Being married would make things a lot easier. As she would then be able to jump onto my work permit. We're not a fan of this idea.

Anyway, I need to give the employer a decision today. I'm going to ask for a little more time as we couldn't do much over the weekend. The other half has been speaking with her contacts, to find leads... So just waiting to see what happens.

Keen to know whether any of you have found yourselves in a similar situation. What (if anything) did you do?
 
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randomshenans said:
Get married, move there. Enjoy. I know people there, love it. If you don't like it, come back. Sorted. Great chance while you're young and fairly free from responsibility.
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Not an option.

  • One because I'd rather not simply get married to get a job
  • Two I'm not sure whether I want to get married
  • Three shes going through a divorce......
 
booyaka said:
Go without her for 3 months and see how job goes?
Sounds like a great opportunity - As other say - if it's so serious a relationship and you really want to go, then either she goes with you and you get married, or go on your own for a few months and see what happens.
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Neither of us think that being apart from each other for that long would be a good idea. Things can be a little hard at times as it is.... With me currently living in Cardiff and her in London.

Anyway I was on the phone to the hiring company again last night. Just waiting for them to say something... Anything that would help me make a decision there and then. And I got nothing. I've woken up this morning with the plan to decline the position. I've told the other half this.. Thinking that she would be relived....... Wrong. She's now turned this into "You're making me feel like I'm holding you back" lol

I cant win!
 
Trifid said:
Will your salary support the both of you? She could come over as a visitor and perhaps pick up casual internet based work (people by the hour etc) to provide some additional income while considering your options. You never know, you might not like it out there!
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Visitors arent allowed to look for work.

Yes I could support her. But then she'd have to leave after 3 or 6 months anyway.
 
So the plan was to give them a decision last night. I still havent emailed them.

Got into a lengthy, and somewhat heated discussion with the other half. Being accused of being selfish and potentially breaking her heart :)
 
Huge twist. After two weeks of arguments.....

In short.... It looks as though the other half may have secured something really good out there. So we're both feeling really positive!

Next step - try to bag our work permits
 
mid_gen said:
But in Hong Kong you can get away with living there on a visitor visa for years if you're a white European....I doubt Cayman turns a blind eye to that sort of thing.

I do know some people that live on Cayman...hell of a lifestyle. What are the chances of you regretting moving versus regretting not taking the opportunity?
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I'm pretty certain I'd regret not taking on this opportunity. I need to at least try my luck out there for 6 or so months.
 
Right, where to begin?!

It seems like I've been out here for months, when intact it's probably only been around 3 weeks. So what's the latest?

  1. We've finally found a place to rent. I nice ocean front two bed condo / apartment in a fairly quiet part of the island. It's costing me a little over two ground (inc bills) to rent this place.... About a grand more, than my place in Cardiff.
  2. Work is going okay.... To be honest I'm still trying to work out whether this was the right move or not - this will probably take a month or two.
  3. My girlfriend came out here with me. She's currently away touring south America for about a month. She hasn't found work on the island yet.... But is receiving some very interesting offers back in Europe and the Middle East!
How am I feeling overall? I have mixed feelings right now. I'm happy I agreed to come out here, but frustrated at how slow and expensive things are here.

The customer experience within the local Banks here, is slow.... So slow that it can take weeks to setup and open an account.... And then there are the charges, which I won't go into right now.

And then the cost of living.... Now I'm on a fairly decent wage here. So I can only imagine how the low income earners survive. Pretty much everything costs twice as much - compared to UK prices - I've never experienced anything like it.... Makes me laugh and cry at the same time.
 
Apart from all that..... The food is fantastic, the beaches are great, water is crystal clear and between me and you.... The women out here (and in Miami)......
 
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