Moving back to Scotland from Norway.

Hi and welcome to Expat.com Andy!

Hope the forum will be able to help you out.

Regards
Armand

Trigger: 1 million NOK for 2 months work is a lot man!

And yes you can make the money stretch a lot more in the UK, it's only when you take money out of the country that you feel their worth.

So what if your wife doesn't have a job in the UK when she is married to you? You can see in Asia , be it China, India or the Middle East, most or at least many women dont work and it's common for husbands that are software engineers, doctors and lawyers that their wives dont work .... it is high status and shows the man earns well enough, and this surely qualifies in your case and you can fly into Norway for work!

Remember the average income for 2 or perhaps even for a household of 4 in the UK is lower than 1 million NOK a year.

But you are going to miss the Western fjords and mountains of Norway

Thanks for the reply's.

New_in_Norway, I wish it was for two months work, in reality its more like 100 days a year and I really cant complain at that! I love my job and have no intentions of working anywhere else but if I can live in my homeland and build a house there why not? My Wife never had to work before coming to Norway so it will be good if she goes back to not working or part time again.

It would be nice to hear from someone who has done this already? Get a heads up on the do's and dont, in's and outs. Maybe its not worth it at all and I should be happy with what I have here?

Cheers!

I think you should be very happy with what you have there - 1 mil NOK a year is still good for 100 days of work, and if you both earn there then even better.

But do something about the tuition fees because universities dont have them , so maybe a normal public school rather than an international school?

But it's not impossible for your family to be relocated back to Scotland while you go to Norway for work- whatever way you do it it seems the tuition fees is the only problem  

You can always move back home after 2-3 years, but whatever you do - do not give up your gold mine that you already have! (At least not until you find a bigger one)

trigger_andy wrote:

Thanks for the reply's.

New_in_Norway, I wish it was for two months work, in reality its more like 100 days a year and I really cant complain at that! I love my job and have no intentions of working anywhere else but if I can live in my homeland and build a house there why not? My Wife never had to work before coming to Norway so it will be good if she goes back to not working or part time again.

It would be nice to hear from someone who has done this already? Get a heads up on the do's and dont, in's and outs. Maybe its not worth it at all and I should be happy with what I have here?

Cheers!