English born & bred. Turns out my first month was easy - can't remember any of it but I'm told I hardly had to lift a finger and I got everything I needed ! :)

I still love how this channel has always been centered around what it's like in England and the majority of your viewers are all English lol

"Most of my viewers are British..." You're a sort of mascot now.

Thanks for this video. My wifey and I will be moving to England in May 2019 from South Africa and we are very very excited. This video helps soooo much.

As a Brit I watched this with fascination, as all the things we take for granted such as setting up a bank account or phone contract are made umpteen times harder for people moving here. My god who doesn't love a bit of British beaurocracy😂. Great vid as per

You're becoming so British in every which way and love all of your videos! I guess you had a big advantage having your boyfriends house to move into but none the less I saw how hard it was for you having watched you from the start. Do a little research online and you can get your mobile for cheaper than £15 with the same deal or better and as we all know every little helps! Happy New Year and keep posting as you're a joy to watch and many of us Brits love your quirkiness and positive outlook on life when at times things must have been hard for you being thousands of miles from your family

Stop apologizing! We love you already! Accept it and stop apologizing. You are worthy. Now! On with the video!!

Hello, Just contributed to your Patreon. Your KZfaq channel is so good that I feel guilty watching for free. I hope other people can recognise your effort as well. Cheers, John from Cambridge

Happy New Year Alana and looking forward to another Year of your Vids...

Happy new year thanks for keeping us entertained last year here's to many more 🍷🍻

Happy New Year you rascal, love the way Canadians pronounce "out".

Great informative video! Happy New Year!

Probably the reason why most of your viewers are British is because we are somewhat insecure and generally concerned and sensitive as to how others think of us! You seem to worry you are being disrespectful at times, but I’m pretty sure our country is just that little bit better off for having you in it.

Happy New Year ! I'm one of your English viewers & I found all this weirdly fascinating and just for the record , that never ending cycle of "Red Tape" annoys the crap out me too ! Cheers ! 😉👍

Happy New Year Alanna! I hope 2019 brings you lots more adventures and naps!

Happy new year, Alanna! :-)

This was the most helpful video I think I've ever found on this platform. THANK YOU SO MUCH! I'm also moving from Canada to be with my boyfriend and you've just helped with all of the concerns I've had. I leave in 4 days. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Happy New Year to you and your loved one's.

This video is SO helpful, thank you!

Happy New Year Alanna. Let's hope this is the year we get to keep you!

I'll take the risk and speak on the behalf of the majority of your subscribers' and say that we regard you as one of our own now! You have been assimilated!! lol. happy new year Alanna, to you and yours!.

Happy New year to you and yours Alanna.

I’m looking forward to watching your videos in 2019. Have a very Happy New Year.

Happy new year to you and your family

Happy New Year Alanna! Hope you had a great Christmas. Hope you have a great 2019!

Happy new year Alana love the good advice

To be fair the traffic sucks pretty much anywhere in the UK.

Happy new year and good luck for 2019

Happy new year Allana, wishing you health, wealth and happiness.

Happy New Year Alanna!

Happy new month !

Happy new year! This reminds me so much of coming to Canada from the USA in 2012. I was married to my Canadian wife, even had a job and career that ported after a huge credential entanglement, but I still had all of the same fears and such of an immigrant.

Happy New Year to you Alanna, Thank you for taking the time to post videos over the festive season, hope you didn't over indulge on the cheese too much ;-) - Greetings from Nottingham by the way. With Regard to getting anything in England it's all linked to your Credit Score, the higher your score the more chance you have of getting a mobile phone, bank account etc. People new to England should focus on raising their Credit Score as soon as they arrive as this will begin opening doors for them, there are numerous free sites dedicated to providing tips on improving your score and tell you what it is month to month.

every single time you say ... without further ado lets go ...( then we dont go anywhere) makes me laugh every time , i dunno why

With the visa application and all the stuff you have mentioned here along with leaving your family and if I remember, suffering with anxiety........Talk about throwing yourself in at the deep end!!! Much respect 💪🏻

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Looking forward to what you've got in store for 2019 😃

i love how she says " with out further adoo"

Happy New year hope you have a good one

Happy new year to you and ever one. :)

happy new year to you. all the best

Bring your own phone when coming to the UK, just make sure it works in the UK and is unlocked, then just buy a prepaid sim card.

Love the way you say the traffic sucks

Hello, Alanna. Just wanted to thank you for the great and helpful video! I am moving to UK most likely next summer to work for NHS as an expat from a non-English speaking country (so not sure about the exact destination yet, lots of jobs to choose from and some annoying paperwork still to be done). Wish you all the best, and to your channel too!

Dam i find your videos to be sooooo helpful! Plus you seem so chill! Awesome......btw im moving from the island of Bermuda to England in a couple months....youve eased quite a few of my fears.

Happy New Year Alanna, hope you and your family have a great 2019

Happy new year mate.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year, Alana.

Happy new year x

Happy New year Alanna to you and the family, hope 2019 brings true you all your wishes and dreams :) x

Happy new year- from a very hungover me.

Hi there love your new set

Kent is beautiful - I do hope you have had a chance to see it. In fact, there are beautiful places all over the UK and reasonable sized towns everywhere

Happy New Year from Blackpool xxxx

We are honoured, lucky and delighted to have you adopt our country into your heart after finding it initially a little hard....I clearly speak for every single individual in the UK. You're cool and very endearing, and ive adopted you as my lil digital Canadian sister whom I've never actually met. Take the wierd out of that sentence, and the sentiment that remains is a compliment to you. Peace again from Manchester, Alanna ! Ps edited to put the capital C on Canada so as to not offend while being slightly overly farmiliar in a comment. Peace squared.

Great advice. I’ll try this even though I’ve lived here forever.

Another great video Alana, but just like your last few your camera seems to be focussed on the back wall of your office. I know it's hard if you're working solo, but if you could maybe focus it on your empty chair before you start rolling that would make it at least a little sharper. Keep up the beautiful work!

HAPPY NEW YEAR ALANNA!!!😊☺😊☺

keep it.up the good work and be confidence and when you are.don't forget :)

Slaughterhouse (US)/Abattoir (UK)…..Oh sorry, that was last weeks, all this beer has made the days blur :)….Nah, I watched it having me dinner, perfect, even if it didn’t apply to me so much! You're always so funny, wise, thoughtful and helpful. Yay! Happy NY to you, hope your head isn’t too sore today and here’s hoping you have an amazing 2019 in Blighty, and your YT channel continues to rise & rise in subs as of course, it will :-D

Happy New Year....

Happy New Year from Northamptonshire, why the dislikes what's not too like?

Drug dealer phone 😂, you crack me up , and it's not just Kent most of UK is a traffic nitemare , no new infurstructure for roads has been put in just relying on what we have yet they build tons more houses. Happy new year to you 👍

Thanks for you my teacher

Thanks for sharing!

Kent doesn't suck. Kent's great and you don't need to be too far into Kent for prices to go down and London to be still fairly accessible. As to phones, isn't it best to go into the store so you can discuss things with the people there rather than struggle online. Hope you had a Merry Xmas, and Happy New Year!

Happy new year Alana.

Hi! For the bank account you can use Revolut or Monzo, online banking that you can set up from home before moving

Happy New Year to you and yours, I hope you have a wonderful 2019. I agree with another comment you are sounding more English. Are gain 😀. Keep up the great and funny vlogs.

Come live in Nottingham. We're not that bad here. Big town. Loads of shops. University town. Not too expensive. Loads of transport... Where I live, the majority of houses are detached. Traffic is bad basically nearly everywhere you go.

Happy New Year.

Happy New Year.........I hope 2019 brings you health, wealth and happiness. Looking forward to see your video's this year.

Hi Alanna, happy new year to my favourite Canadian. Good info as usual. I guess you just like helping people, which is very nice of you, seeing as you don't have to do it. Maybe you you should title this as - Alanna's info show. 😉

I love the way you say "about"

2019 is going to be a good year. Happy new year, Alanna

Hi no idea how I found your channel either but just been watching your food testing vids you have got to try Lyons golden syrup cake and crab sticks not at the same time though . they used to come to the pubs and sell the crab sticks . just remembered you said you are allergic to prawns so maybe not the crab sticks . keep the vids coming they're very enjoyable to watch

What's wrong with Kent!!!? Is has a marvelous climate, lots of nice countryside, and though dangerously near the French has a nice deep channel between it and all those foreigners. I live in one of those "lower" areas you talk about. It's not that bad. It's quiet because most of my neighbours are in jail, and the Council has removed a lot of the derelict burnt-out cars from the street. There is talk of re-opening the schools when they've got bars on the windows, and I haven't been mugged for a week. I think things are looking up. If you like sunshine, you should try East Anglia: They enjoy semi-tropical weather for 10 months of the year, and it is dryer than Algeria. They grow bananas and pineapples there, and enjoy outdoor dining right up to Christmas. Birmingham is also very sunny, and attracts people from some of the sunniest places in the world. Folks from the Caribbean, India, Pakistan and Bangladesh all feel right at home there, and it is the curry capital of the UK. You'll never go hungry in Birmingham. And the canals: Did you know it has more canals than Venice? That is why Venice is known as "the Birmingham of the South". A lot of Canadians have family roots in Scotland, so I'm surprised you don't recommend your compatriots to move there. They will be well-used to snow and ice for most of the year, the midnight sun and the vast distances to the nearest town. Best do it soon before they go independent and close the border. They will have experiences that they can't find anywhere else in the UK, the best being the deep-fried Mars Bar. And the Scots will welcome anybody who has got any money at all. I hope this information is helpful to your would-be ex-pats.

Happy New Year Alana

Shookeeeth! The shocking shooking was worth it, because this is seriously the engaging foundational video I've come across. And it shows through the comments here, because there's more good advice in turn. Especially shooketh by: Lloyds after a month of utilities. Residents Permit (key). And was shooketh by 3's deal because here in South Africa, such deals would cost me the earth!

What I did with my phone when I moved over here in the spring was I paid out my remaining bill with Rogers so that the phone itself was mine. Then I just do a pay as you go monthly plan with GiffGaff here. My phone was almost near the end of it's contract anyway, so the bill was about $250 which I understand might be higher for some depending on where you are in your contract. Saved me loads of money in the end though because I've got a super cheap plan and don't have to pay monthly for the phone itself. :)

If I may make add another option for a bank account You can open a uk account if your bank has a correspondent banking relationship with a British bank, that means they have a two way agreement with a UK bank. Many major UK banks also have so-called ‘international’ accounts. These are designed specifically for non-residents and if you don’t have the documents to prove your UK address. You can also apply for an international account online. Barclays, Lloyds, HSBC and NatWest all offer international bank accounts.But check the details as they will vary from bank to bank and country to country.

I'm a Brit but my wife was originally Chinese (now naturalised). I already had the house, but we had to go through all of the nightmare stuff you describe with phones, banks, national insurance and so forth. Utility bills? They all came to me so no chance. HSBC gave her an account in the end, maybe they still do. Glad it's all behind us. Good advice!

happy new year

Oh my Alanna, you show wisdom beyond your years - by a LONG way. You are so right about the frustrations of navigating the mysteries of the various systems. In 1981 I migrated with my family from New Zealand to Australia. I thought 'we're like cousins - brothers even - how hard will it be , Australia and NZ are almost the same!' HAH!!! Maybe almost but those small differences were ENORMOUS obstacles that took ingenuity and strength of character to get around - how to get a phone. how to get a bank account, how to get the power on a flat, how to get the gas on - all these involved that circular verification process. Landlords wanted references - looked pretty skeptically at NZ references that were pretty old because we'd owned our house in NZ for 6 years and we were our own reference.

“Do that one first then do the second one afterwards” love how and what you say! My wife is not watching but she keeps saying “yup” which obviously means she’s agreeing to your various points!🤔🥴😂

Happy New Year

Bristol got a mention...im so excited!!!

Thanks, we move there sunday.

Happy new year

Happy New Year both, rejected twice! I don't believe it, ah well their loss ,others gain....good luck and health.

Happy 2019 .

Great video, what I would say is that visiting somewhere like London is so different to living there because you don't have to spend your life on the tube or running around, there are some lovely boroughs with their own high streets, you could easily live and work in one borough and never get into the crazyness of central London. Another thing I would advise is consider cultural and infrastructure differences. People coming from the US might be surprised at how good some of our trains are, however someone from a city like New York might come to the uk countryside and come unstuck at lack of trains and bus services. Sounds obvious but if you're young and you only know your own specific culture and local amenities, it's something to remember, particularly when commuting. A good way to get credit history is to get a credit building credit card, just do your food shopping on it and pay it off in full every month. That will help build your credit rating for phone contracts etc.

I just love this girl

This is so helpful

You did your "Let's Go!" gesture toward the different direction! Or am I imagining things? Anyway, Happy New Year! :)

Hope the changes to 'visas' being undertaken by the home office just now don't make life difficult for you. Happy New Year to you!

We actually have 'town houses' in the UK: it's the name for a house in a terrace of properties which have three or more storeys.

Happy 2019 Alana. :)

I used to laugh hearing Canadians say ‘About’ always sounded like ‘A-Boot’. Now I think it’s the cutest thing ever. Kent is awesome some beautiful places you can visit.

I'm going to move to the UK later this year on a spousal visa and am a bit nervous. I really appreciate and enjoy your videos alleviating some of my stressers 💙