Folks, I’ve recently moved to UK on a skilled worker visa and earning £60k per year. The office location is London and living in Maidenhead, need to work from office twice a week. Have moved here alone for now but my wife will join me in a couple of months, she’s currently serving notice in India. My wife will start hunting for jobs here once she gets the visa.

My question is - is my salary enough to live a decent life in the UK? I was earning 26 lpa in India and my wife 20 lpa.

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When you have already moved, dont let the negative thoughts surround you now. Dont think about your India’s salary now. You can always come back to India. If its only you and your wife, whats the harm ? Take the experience and come back if you feel the salaries or the savings are not sufficient. Trust the process ! All the best.

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You can live a decent and comfortable life here in 60K. Plus your wife will be earning too so that go into savings.

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Yes, wife will be working. She’s still in India and appearing for interviews with companies in the UK, no luck so far as she hasn’t yet got her dependent visa. So looking for companies willing to offer sponsorship only. Once she gets her dependent visa, then it’ll be a bit easier is what I guess.

I asked above question thinking about worst case scenario of her not getting a job here in UK. In that case I think it would be a big shrink from what we were earning together back in India.

A few follow ups before I get to the answer,
What’s your YoE and what kinda company are you working in at present?
What’s your wife’s background/experience?
How much did you manage to save/invest collectively in India? (assuming you’d like to save atleast that much if not more).
Kids?

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