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I'm moving to London - what am I forgetting

Cailín

14:46 / 20.05.09

In a little less than two weeks I hop on a plane and move to London.
Passport - check.
Visa - check.
Luggage - check.
Money - check.
Somewhere to live - check.
UK bank account - check.
Job - working on it (I know, the economy has tanked, but I have some skills and should be able to get something).
So, I will need to get a mobile phone (advice is welcome here), register with NI once I get the aforementioned job (or should I try to do that before?), and eventually find a GP.
I've never lived anywhere outside Canada - what am I forgetting to do?

Closed for Business Time

19:46 / 20.05.09

You'll need a bill with your name and address for mobile, 's all. NI info here.

Else you seem pretty sorted. All I had when I moved here was money, a promise of a couch to sleep on, in Cricklewood, and a place on MSc course. Turned out alright in the end, still here.

Anna de Logardiere

23:10 / 20.05.09

You'll want to register with your local GP. The NHS has a handy online directory of its services.

Whisky Priestess

20:58 / 22.05.09

Also, make sure to get an Oyster card soonest. It's a lot cheaper for London public transport than buying paper tickets, and you don't have to register it if you don't want to.

Anna de Logardiere

23:01 / 22.05.09

... but it does mean that if you lose it you can transfer the remaining balance from the lost oyster card to the new one.

Cailín

15:38 / 23.05.09

I still have my Oyster card from my last trip over in November - unregistered.

Thanks for the help - I think I'm pretty well sorted, but then I get that nagging "I'm forgetting something that's really going to screw me feeling."

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

19:26 / 23.05.09

Bring a mudkip. Us Londoners liek them.

rakehell

12:47 / 11.06.09

Bring a million dollars. That's what someone forgot to tell me when I moved here from Australia. Went to the pub, bought two pints, there went all my money.

Cailín

09:13 / 26.06.09

Really? Cuz I find beer remarkably cheap here (more or less on par with what it costs in Canada, unlike pretty well everything else I consume here). Maybe beer back home is super expensive and I just never realised it...

Whisky Priestess

23:54 / 26.06.09

Get a free tube map from the first tube station you go into, and learn it good. I cannot overemphasise the importance of tube-fu. If you have tube-fu even Londoners will turn to you for help, sensing your navigational superiority.

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