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jennie jarra (82.38.247.146) -

myself and my daughter are going to move to tunisia, i am marrying a tunisian man. i need any advice that people can offer, where to find a job, any connections to english people out there, info about visas etc, any help would be much appreciated, thank you x

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Reply #1 Mariela from Austria -

dear jennie

i am from austria and i will move to tunisia too. my boyfriend is from tunisia/hammamet and we are planning right now the moving. did you get already answer or informations about it.

i am still searching and i would really like to share with somebody else like with my situation.

Reply #2 Tammy (66.182.214.43) -

Hello Jennie,

My situation is different. My husband and I are Americans entertaining the idea of moving to Tunis. I am very leary of the move not knowing how many English speaking woman I could socialize with. We speak manily English/some Spanish. How long have you lived there now? I am grasping for advice and guidance, and any of this would be very much appreciated. Thanks!

Tammy

Reply #3 Marija from Skopje, Macedonia -

My finace is from Sousse, I am a croatian gril, living in macedonia.

He wanted to move here, but my government seems to thing he is part of the taliban for no aparent reason.

Now we are contemplating moving to Tunisia.

I am an MBA, doing my PhD in Germany at the moment, teaching at university and working for an oil firm.

I dont speak french or arabic, i do speak 6 languages which probably won't help me (dutch, german, eng and all the balkan ones)

We really love each other and we want to make this work, we have been apart for 10 months and it is getting harder and harder to live without one another.

What do you think about me moving there?

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Reply #4 pauline (195.93.21.40) -

I lived in Tunisia for 4 years but had enough money to rent 8 apartments and lease them to tourists. I met and married my Tunisian husband from Sousse. After our marriage we came back to England and he changed. He didnt want to work became violent and abusive. He thought the money and life would be easy here not that he would have to work hard like everyone else. He was here five years, the worst of my life. I ended up having stitches in my face and arm where he threw a glass at me.I made him leave and phoned the police. He thought he could get his visa without me and didnt contact myself or my daughter for 7 months. I had to move as I was scared of him. the british government deported him back to Tunisia. I also have a friend who is also married to a Tunisian and she is having the same problems. They all say they are different from the rest, and then they change. I just want you to be very careful. I know you wont listen as I wouldnt when I was told about things like this. I am not telling you these things to be nasty just think about what you are doing. It is not the same living there as going on holiday, unless you have lots of money. It will be hard to find a job unless you speak the language. Let me know how you get on. I was with mine for 8 years, he was ok until we moved here. Good luck anyway. you will need it.

Reply #5 Riadh from Tunisia -

jennie jarra

you will find a job in Tunis you will find Quickly cause you Are English

For Meeting People You Have The cultural center in The Consulate of Your Country You Can Meet many People Right There

Marija from Skopje, Macedonia

if the police of Tunisian know that your government seems to thing he is part of the taliban "

you will have many problems with Police

pauline

it's very tragic your History :(

yes Many Tunisian want to marry with a tourist just for having Visa

but don't all i know some one who enter a hopital of Crazy people cause he Loved a Spanish girl and she left him for another man

i think only your Ex Husband is violent and abusive he's a crazy psychopath

For you all

PS :If You are american or english or .... living in tunisia

you will be King and queen ( life's quality insurance .. )

Sorry for my bad english

If you have any other question I'm her for help you

Reply #6 Riadh from Tunisia -

for any help Mr-benza@hotmail.fr

Reply #7 Jose (83.59.190.74) -

Hi all,

I am also planning to move to Tunisia, with my wife, in a couple of months ahead. If we are lucky, we will stay there for 3 years and also would like to meet expats there.

Very interesting all your comments, but any of you have already gone around searching for housing in Tunis-Carthage area ..?

Reply #8 Anneri (196.207.47.60) -

hi everyone...

I'm moving to tunisia next month and i'm looking for english speaking people living there as well.

To help me adjust

Kind regards,

Anneri

Reply #9 Rachael (86.168.71.60) - Thu May 8 10:36:27 2008

moving to tunisia for the summer in the sousse area. if any english speaking young professionals would like friendship please contact me.

friends for shopping, socialising and nights out.

Reply #10 selz from england - Thu May 15 08:24:30 2008

Rachael....

drop me a line helzselz@hotmail.co.uk

or anyone else that has an intrest in tunisia, i spend a lot of time out there, maybe considering moving not sure yet.

I do have a tunisian boyfriend!!!

Reply #11 emma (8) from south yorkshire england - Thu May 29 12:49:03 2008

hi i was wonderin if any1 can help, i am looking into movin to sahline to live closer to my boyfriend. findin it hard to find accomidation to rent in the area so if some1 can help with a website addy are anythin it will be greatful. also needin to no best places to start lookin for jobs as i am a hairdresser/barber at the moment but also have a nanning certificate to work with children. the problem is i only speak english n very very very little arabic

Reply #12 issam (41.224.170.223) - Wed Jun 11 08:43:24 2008

nice to see you in tunisia but when you com

assemsam@hotmail.fr it is my mail so if you cann contact me it will be so funny your next hollyday in tunisia :)

Reply #13 Becky (6) from UK - Thu Jun 19 11:44:01 2008

Hi.

I have a tunisian boyfriend from sousse and would like to talk to others who also have a tunisian boyfriend. How difficult did you find it hardly seeing him etc...

did any of you marry him and move to tunisia? My boyfriend has asked me to marry him and he has expressed that he would like to stay in tunisia, and not move to england.

please leave me messages and i will get back to you as soon as i can, thanks.

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