I have a remote job and my wife and I want to move our family from the the US to live in the UK for a year. I would not need to get a job there, but we would need to rent a house and my kids would need to attend school. Is this possible with the visa regulations in the UK?
Not for that length of time. Unless you can qualify for Tier 1, which seems unlikely based on what you've said <a href="https://workpermit.com/immigration/united-kingdom/tier-1-visa" rel="nofollow">https://workpermit.com/immigration/united-kingdom/tier-1-vis...</a>
You can't get a Tier 2 work permit because it must be sponsored by a UK employer. Which means you would have to work for a UK company, again that doesn't fit your circumstances.
You shouldn't work on a tourist visa although it does let you in the country for six months <a href="https://workpermit.com/immigration/united-kingdom/uk-standard-visitor-visa" rel="nofollow">https://workpermit.com/immigration/united-kingdom/uk-standar...</a>
Also without a legal immigration status in the UK you can't rent a property, you might be able to persuade your landlord that a tourist visa was sufficient... <a href="https://www.foxtons.co.uk/let/right-to-rent.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.foxtons.co.uk/let/right-to-rent.html</a>
I have no experience with moving to the UK. My first thought though is, why should the UK be interested in letting you do this?<p>If your kids go to school then will you be paying for it, or do you expect the same sort of free public education you get from the US? If the latter, that's at least $10,000 per child, so at least $20,000.<p>Are you going to pay UK taxes for the year?<p>Who will cover your medical?<p>It sounds like a net-negative for the UK, from a financial sense.<p>It's certainly possible to move to another country as a self-employed person, but that requires showing funding, and likely a business plan, marketing plan, etc. to show it is viable. See <a href="https://www.expatica.com/uk/employment/employment-law/the-uk-work-visa-requirements-sponsorship-and-the-immigration-points-based-assessment-100127/#Freelancer" rel="nofollow">https://www.expatica.com/uk/employment/employment-law/the-uk...</a> .
This isn't relevant to your question, and not to question your life choices, but why on earth would you want to move to the UK <i>now</i>? We're about to put ourselves through possibily the most traumatic political upheaval for years which, with the best will in the world, I can't imagine will go particularly smoothly.<p>I'd give it at least a year before you decide to come here!