Be prepared for lots of people telling you they are Irish and then repeating lots of annoying Irish stereotypes, like they are extremely lucky, drink a lot, have terrible tempers and hate the British. Just play along.
Be prepared to receive a lot more attention from the opposite sex when they hear your accent.
Ignore the people saying you need to make 200k. That’s just hogwash. The median household income is about 70k.
As someone else has stated your taxes should be easy to do with TurboTax except that the terminology can be really confusing at first.
Make sure that you have health insurance. I can’t stress this enough. Being from Europe you get lulled into a false sense of security where healthcare is basically free and no-one really thinks about it much. In the US an overnight stay at a hospital can cost 10-20k without insurance and even with insurance you may have to meet a deductible of many thousands of dollars before insurance kicks in. A serious medical situation can bankrupt you, without insurance. When you go to the doctor they will want to see your ID, your insurance card and your credit card before anything else.
Unless you live in a few big cities, you will definitely need a car. Since you will have no driving record, insurance history or credit score you might find car insurance really expensive at first.
Passing the driving test in the US is trivial, but as you are probably aware they drive on the wrong side of the street, which can take a little getting used to. Just be a little more careful than normal when turning left to make sure you don’t turn into oncoming traffic. Also be careful as a pedestrian crossing the street, you WILL look the wrong way
Be prepared for lots of people telling you they are Irish and then repeating lots of annoying Irish stereotypes, like they are extremely lucky, drink a lot, have terrible tempers and hate the British. Just play along.
Be prepared to receive a lot more attention from the opposite sex when they hear your accent.
Ignore the people saying you need to make 200k. That’s just hogwash. The median household income is about 70k.
As someone else has stated your taxes should be easy to do with TurboTax except that the terminology can be really confusing at first.
Make sure that you have health insurance. I can’t stress this enough. Being from Europe you get lulled into a false sense of security where healthcare is basically free and no-one really thinks about it much. In the US an overnight stay at a hospital can cost 10-20k without insurance and even with insurance you may have to meet a deductible of many thousands of dollars before insurance kicks in. A serious medical situation can bankrupt you, without insurance. When you go to the doctor they will want to see your ID, your insurance card and your credit card before anything else.
Unless you live in a few big cities, you will definitely need a car. Since you will have no driving record, insurance history or credit score you might find car insurance really expensive at first.
Passing the driving test in the US is trivial, but as you are probably aware they drive on the wrong side of the street, which can take a little getting used to. Just be a little more careful than normal when turning left to make sure you don’t turn into oncoming traffic. Also be careful as a pedestrian crossing the street, you WILL look the wrong way
That’s all I can think of for now.
Good luck and welcome to the USA.