We, too, had our unique motivations for relocating from Pakistan to the UK. The decision was far from easy, exacting a significant toll on our mental and financial health. Yet, what often remains unvoiced is the other side of this journey — the honeymoon period (in a stranger's land). In your homeland, where you once belonged now feels alien, leaving you in a peculiar state of belonging nowhere, you are a guest there, and in your resident country, you remain a foreigner.
Our initial two trips felt like holidays, with my wife studying on a scholarship. First trip was for only 3 months, while second was for 6 months. I never tried to secure a job, because we had funds for subsistence, and personal expenditures.