Moving to other country on temporary visa at late 30s with a 2 years old child.
Hello!
We are a couple with a 2 years old child. We are both at our late 30s. Both of us have experience living in other countries and we both liked the experience. We have lived in currently where we live for more than 10 years (my wife has basically grown up here) and we have been thinking to move to a new country for adventure and for the life experience. Recently I have got a job in the country we both are interested but the visa is temporary (2 years) and pay is slightly less than current job. I can of course have possiblillty to extend it if my employer agrees. Personally I don't want to go through the hussle of getting the extention (I will anyway work as hard as reasonably possible), but like to think it as 2 years experience since anyway we don't mind coming back where we are currently.
We have been saving money and have like 580k euro asset(etf, stock, cash).
We think that financially we lose some money on moving, visa application etc and get pay cut but it aligned with our value and give us experience we will value for the rest of life. But honestly, the moving efforts, potential risk of not able to find job after the 2 years(not likely given the experience helps to add more possibilities for job search and also I have good resume and skills), looking at our child seems to be confused why there are no furniture suddenly( since we are selling them) makes me wonder if it's worth it.
I appreciate some opinion or experience who actually did the similar move just for experience for short term. Thanks!