If you were going to emigrate, where would you go?

Has anyone here emigrated from the US? If so, where to? Any tips?

Thanks. :)

I lived there for three years as a teen.

We lived in Eindhoven.

My husband has an aunt who lives in Tilburg.

I'd probably go there.

:D

proof of employment, or that you can support yourself. I'd love to visit there. I haven't been up north in many years.

You have to score at least 64 on their set of immigration criteria to be considered.

I've been dreaming of emigrating there for a while now. *sigh*

Still vacillating between Vancouver BC and Portland OR.

:hi:

Radioactive waste floating down the Columbia River from upstream...

We'll throw a parade in your honor the second you arrive, I promise!

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/skilled/assess/Education.asp

Good luck!

but my retirements would probably qualify me. :)

Well you're all set, then. :)

I stumbled across it easily last time. Had to search a bit.

This is the test for skilled workers (and the score is 67, not 64)
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/skilled/assess/Education.asp

Other types of immigration are here: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/index.html
- If you have experience running or investing in businesses, you may qualify to come to Canada as a business immigrant
- Learn about settling in one of Canada’s provinces as a provincial nominee.
- Family class immigration reunites families in Canadian homes. Learn how to sponsor your family member or come to Canada as a member of the family class

I've actually gone as far as completing the application.

but that it helps if you emigrate to Australia first.

They seemed to want to attract people. There was, however, an expensive application fee which slides as per the points one accumulates in the application process. In my case it was $890.

I can just forget that. :P

But I wanted to do the right way, rather than hunker down illegally. Missed out by one lousy point.

I forget how many years ago it was, but it was probably the late nineties. Now they have dual citizenship.

:hi:

i'ld be giddy!

i love it there.

thought I'd want to have a good job, times are tough over there.

but not more so than say san francisco or new york.

but i don't speak french or have skills they want -- so i'ld have to be independently rich.

At least it used to be just before they switched to Euros. When Mrs. Kay and I went a few years back, Paris was considerably cheaper than London.

But not sure about the unemployment rate there. It's about 10% for all of France, and 40% (!) for African immigrants in the outskirts of Paris.

maybe another city not too far away.

There was a thread that Bellingham WA was the ideal place to live.

:7

i love london -- but it's so young -- it makes me feel old.

and nothing beats the beauty of paris.

Germany's the second place I was thinking after France.

:hi:

Come on down!

That sounds too good to be true!

development very soon.

Most of us live in Tiburon, California.

Dominical is one of the prettiest, ecologically pure places you can imagine.

Too good to be true, actually... liberals... DUers even... in that kind of place...

:loveya:

Which Costa Rican city is it closest to?

Edit: Oops, never mind, found it...San Isidro.

Alajuela
Canas
Cartago
Chacarita
Guapiles
Heredia
Liberia
Nicoya
Puerto Limon
Puntarenas
San Isidro del General
San Jose
Turrialba

Only historical data I could find was for Puntarenas (none for San Isidro). For Puntarenas, looks like around 83 degrees year-round. Is it about the same for Dominical?

If I wanted to immigrate, could I get by for several months until I learned Spanish, or would I need to be fluent before I moved there?

In our development, there will be enough of us who are fluent that non-Spanish speakers can get along until they become more conversant in the local Spanish.

The weather is perfect.

And since the vast majority will be from the Bay Area, no one cares about the occasional light earthquake.

Do you guys have a website, perchance?

What do we need for us to join you?

:bounce:

We are probably a year out, right now.

Costa Rica is not cheap like Mexico. The cost of living is somewhat lower than the US.

We will be selling tracts (we are just now in the early planning stages, but the land is secure with more on option), building some houses and a townhouse/condo development.

We are also building a 50,000 sq ft building to facilitate large purchases of everyday goods.

Also very kid-friendly.

All you need is money (ugh!) and a good attitude.

thanks for reminding me of that whole 'ring of fire' business. :P

mainly in Moctezuma and nearbye. Loved it. ( I lived in Guatemala for 2.5 years almost 20 years ago ) I hear Osa is getting a lot of people relocating to there too. REALLY remote.


I envy you!

Or Australia, if they'd have me.

How about that for two vastly different places?

heard it's quite expensive, but really great!

It's where my people came from.

But I'm open to a few other places too.

Ireland is also tempting. Outside of Dublin, it gets quite conservative though. It did have the humor advantage of having American tourists constantly stopping me for directions.

Tourist: Excuse me, but do you know how to get to....?
Me: I've actually only been here two days.
Tourist: Wait, you're an American?
Me: Yeah.
Tourist: You look Irish though.
Me: Irish descent.

At least I know I didn't look like a retarded tourist wandering the streets (something I refuse to do anywhere).

I don't know how I'd look... I've never been outside the US. Well once, when I was a baby, but that doesn't really count.

that I'm pretty much at ease wherever you dump me. Well, provided it's not the Bible Belt or something. I'm scared of that, but I'm pretty streetwise.

I'm in the bible belt myself.

I am confused...

Or maybe Brazil

:hi:

Both sound like great choices, though.

because we have family there.

I'd love to visit there someday. :)

Norway, Sweden...and a little holiday cottage in Wales...I'll take any of those. :hi:

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Or Canada - the latter being more practical.

:hi:

I was just thinking of you the other night... Birth of a Nation was shown on TCM. :P

In that preference as my German is better than my Spanish. I lived for three years in Germany as an adult, in Spain four years as a kid, both beautiful countries with wonderful people. Spain had the best weather out of all the countries and places I've ever lived.

I've heard similar good things about the people there. :)

definately!

My in-laws are there, and I can find a job as an English teacher.

So much history there... I know someone who's visited a couple times now, and she loves it!

they're going to own the US in a decade or so... why not get a head start?

Probably a smaller town near a big city. I am going, for the first time, quest'anno, il sei di novembre! Love the language and the food, ambiance and culture. Don't love the reputed lack of work ethic, but we'll see. I have a fabulous trip on a Smithsonian art tour coming up and I am in heaven just thinking about it!

Would love to visit someday. :)

Montepuldiano and Montecianto Terme. We'll fly into Rome and out of Rome but we'll spend an extra day in Rome to visit the Caravaggio paintings (about 15 or so of his best paintings). This is a dream of mine, since I did an independent study of Caravaggio in my Graduate School Degree studies. I am so excited about this!

I tried to see the "Burial of St. Lucy" in Siracusa, on the island of Sicily last December but the Museo Belloma was closed for renovation and the painting had been sent to Florence for restoration. It will be back in 3 years. I plan to take an overnight boat trip from Malta to Siracusa then!

I'll also go to Taormina again! Go there, it is beautiful and terrific!

I'm emigrating to the UK (taking a plane to Amsterdam and going to Birmingham).

Wish me luck.

Wish it was me and my family. :hi:

I'm eligible for citizenship because my parents were born there.

Possibly to Corpus Christi

I wouldn't want to give anyone who was following me a head start.

:silly:

or Scotland. Ancestral homeland.

My SO's company has offices there and I could easily get a work Visa in my field in the future.

if Alaska was actually a foreign country rather than a state, I might think about going there.

I'd like to try Argentina (provided that they have finally allowed blacks to enter their society, j/k lol)

I'd also like to try Brazil, Australia, or South Asia.....and there is always Canada...

I've GOT to get the fuck out--I'm losing my sanity

He told me that the food is horrible there so we could open up a restaurant to feed all of the tourists.

My dual citizenship, baby! Either Ireland or Italy... MAYBE England.

It's so beautiful