January!
5 days ago
I already have my plane ticket! I’m arriving in London on January the 9th.
I really really can’t wait :D
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How to move to London
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I LOVE ITTTT!
 "it is absolutely freaking 100% amazing."
How I did it: I'm currently living in London on a study abroad program through my university. I applied and worked my ass off. And here I am, living in a flat right up the road from Saint Paul's! :) Lessons & tips: Keep up your GPA, save all of your money, and never ever get put down. Resources: University study abroad office
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Have declined Belfast due to an unforeseen change of circumstances and am reapplying to Universities in London.
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I really want to move to London and the greatest thing about it is, when I’m eighteen and I’ve finally graduated I’ll have the chance to move there and live with my best friend Alec. I’m really, really looking forward to it and he’s as excited as I am.
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Here I am, 108 days away from flying over with my 2 dogs to meet my partner who’s been in London for a month already. I stayed behind due to the dogs and their quarantine of 6 months. We sorta saw it coming, jobs were going away at his work so he contacted the competition and got hired. Now I’m left behind to tend to all kinds of fun things like getting the house ready for renting, we can’t sell it in this economy and make any profit.
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I’ve been trying to find a way to move here off and on since I first visited in 2002. I have somehow managed to live in England for probably a total of 1 year since then with the help of study abroad programs and my English boyfriend, but never in London. I use to scan the UK VISA section for hours…UK Yankee…trying to find some way. Highly Skilled Migrant…nay…and the laws keep on getting more stringent. Here and now…perhaps its meant to simply be a once held American girl’s dream.
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