DVM to work in England?

It's relatively easy to get the vet license actually. I believe you just have to pay RCVS to get your MRCVS register.. Getting the work Visa is the harder part...I can put you in touch with some of my friends who have done it if you want!

As for jobs...the market there is about the same as it is in the states...and new grads are struggling a bit. But if you search through the RCVS website and look at the daily record, BVA and BSAVA, you may find some postings.

 

I have heard it is nearly impossible to get a company to support you for a working visa. Even for those who are from the US/Canada that went to school in the UK. I know of many people that wanted to stay in the UK after graduation but places just would not support work visas for them. To be honest though.. why would they? There are plenty of UK citizens graduating from vet school that they can hire and they don't then have to worry about or deal with the work visa.

 

Definitely look. You might have a better chance if your husband is already there for work and is able to obtain a working visa. But, look into it. I have just heard it is incredibly difficult. As for the latter bit of your statement I have no idea why it is so easy in the US and not the UK... I have opinions as to why it might be, but I am going to keep my mouth shut.

 

Odd...all my friends who graduated from US or UK didn't seem to have too hard a time finding a practice to support them. Just have to be willing to be flexible.

 

Interesting. Everyone I have talked with said it was really difficult and many who wanted to stay ended up having to go back to the US. I wonder why the difference?

 

I know someone who lived and worked in England after getting her DVM from Cornell - this was in the mid-2000's though. She moved over there because her fiancé/husband had a corporate job that had him living and working over there and she wanted to be with him. She didn't seem to have too much trouble with it, though I think her husband's company may have had quite a bit of pull (it was a large international company and they may have helped him pull some strings to get her over there). She and her husband are back in the states now, raising their kids.

 

I dunno lol. Dick vet vs Glasgow?

I know two Americans who moved to Wales and got jobs, a Canadian who moved to England, my best friend now works in England, one girl stayed in Glasgow, and a few vet husbands who followed their vet student wives over and got jobs. Working at a Uni is also a good option for US vets.

 

Hey @abbercadaver there is a FB group called Veterinary employment in Europe: https://www.facebook.com/groups/735395439807101/ where people post job listings / post interest in finding a job all across Europe. I have seen some postings for jobs in England so that might be a place to look as well.