Hi kiranchalla,

I am a Turk/Belgian who moved to Oslo, Norway 8 months ago upon getting a job offer for a system developer position at a Norwegian financial institution. I was living in Istanbul before I moved here and I had a girlfriend who I loved dearly and was planning to eventually pop the question to.

I wasn't happy with my job in Istanbul, and was really excited about the great opportunity offered to me here in Norway, so I accepted the offer. Clearly my girlfriend wasn't too happy about this, but she knew I had to do it.

I moved here in November 2007, the worst possible time to move to Norway, I had six months of bitter cold and darkness to look forward to. My girlfriend visited me the following month, and we bought in the new year together here in Oslo. She said she didn't like Norway at all, she is more of a Brazil - Spain - Ibiza kind of person. Regardless she tried very hard to get a job here so she could be with me. After 4-5 months of stress, disappointment, and no luck, she gave up, and we broke up. It was a very stressful period for both of us, her trying to find a job but failing, and me trying to adjust to a new country while missing all the people I hold dear. It tore us apart.

I don't know what your situation is with your boyfriend, how long you've been together, how often you get to see him, or what your plans for the future are, so I can't really help you much.

Just be very sure you know what you're doing.

Norsk,

I hope I don't offend you by writing this, but from your posts and impression of writing, I get a feeling that you are from a foriegn background that was treated unfair in norway and moved to US, because you thought that US will give you better treatment (eually right). You also mentioned you have lived in US for more than 10 years. I currently live in US (los angeles) and fly for a regional cargo carrier. I simply choose to educate and fly in US because I thought better chance to get job, since I'm from foreign background as well. After living in US for 7 years I have seen my friends that went to flight schools in Sweden landing 737 and a320 jobs left and right (most of them are foreigners). A lot of things has changed during this 10 years you have been away from norway I have two iranian friends that fly for west air (i belive its a cargo company) and they love it. Several times I have mentioned this issue regarding race to land a job, and they seem to not be worried about it to much. a quate from one of them " If you have the experience you will get in, they need captains"
I'm not saying that racism doesn't exist,,,, it does, and it's a shame that skin colour is going to prevent someone to land a job. I see a lot of racism in US as well, and don't get me started about this country.

anyway, I'm not going to spend to much time on this subject and I hope everyone the best.:ok:

Jeg er 100% norsk, hva naa enn det betyr og er i USA paa snart det 20 aaret. Norge er fint, don't get me wrong. Vokste opp men annen ungdom som bl.a kom fra India hvor foreldrene hadde gode utdannelser men det blei liksom med gartneri-jobber og butikkjobber. Dette var paa 70-tallet men det er fremdeles mange godt utdannede "utlendinger" som ikke faar jobb der pga deres nasjonalitet. Denne er fra aftenposten.no, 9 august 2008: Tar ikke rasisme på alvor

There is a captain in Norwegian who is from India.

Norsk, you've been in the US for 20 yrs, Norway is not the same now as in 1988..

(Edit: husker jeg jobbet sammen en meterolog(5 år på Blindern) på postens pakkesentral, han hadde norske forfedre og fikk ingen relevant jobb..)

Since it somewhat relates to the threadstarter's question about moving and working in Norway, I'll say that I do not share Norsk's view of Norway. I'm a young guy and wasn't around to know how Norway was during the 70's, but I can say this, there is no open or hidden racism amongst the major majority of Norwegians today.

Sure you'll allways find someone that blames foreigners for everything, no matter what, but you'll find that anywere on this planet.

Our integration politics isn't really keeping up with the large pressure of people that apply for asylum and there is some consern about how to manage the problem. In addition recent fights and other violence that have broken out in asylumfacilities have painted a rather dark picture of the refugees, but people do know the difference betwen asylum seekers and immigrants and I see no reason why you shouldn't be able to prosper professionally and socially in Norway as long as you abide by the country's laws and make an effort to integrate and that would ofcourse be alot easier if you learn the language :ok: