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America is over my man, jump ship, or sink with it.
Unfortunately, we don't all have the choice to jump ship. 🤷♀️
Everyone has a choice, just will be a harder one to make. I gave up everything I had to get to where I am now. I'm about to be in a vocational school full of teenagers while being in my mid 30's. My kids and I had to learn the language, with a starting point of being able to say "hello" "thanks" and "good bye"
It was a hard jump to make, but we landed safely and so can all the others that are still too afraid to try.
Cool, is there room for one hundred million Americans in your vocational school?
Only if they are into foot stuff. Are you into foot stuff Soggy? 🧐
Individuals that are over 40 need to already be rich in order to immigrate to most developed countries.
"That's just like your opinion man" I had a 52 year old in my b2 course and she scored better than me on our test. She wasn't rich rich.
And how long did it take to learn the language? Was it done beforehand? What skills do you have? What country were you immigrating to, and which were you emigrating from? How much money did you have put aside, and what did you liquidate? What was the legal process like, and did you receive help? Were you allowed to live permanently in your new country before being granted citizenship? Did you have any connections in your new country? Did you have any sort of employment lined up? How did you and your family survive if you just up and moved? Did you have any pets and what was the process to have them emigrated vis vaccines, physical, breed/species restrictions, etc?
You act like everyone who may want to leave can just sell their positions, buy a plane ticket, and start over with the money in their pocket and the clothes on their back, and with enough hard work, they can get through it. Yeah, maybe. But it's not like you apply tomorrow and are granted citizenship a week later and you're on your way. There is months/years of work that goes into the emigration process, and it varies wildly by country.
But the reality is, most countries don't want American immigrants, and even when they do, they normally expect you to already be proficient at the new language and will test for it (which can take month/years to learn for people), and they're normally looking for specific occupations or qualifications. They don't want brick layers and retail associates, they want software engineers and nurses and doctors.
I can tell you didn't actually read my comment, or you would have seen we didn't speak the language.
No one expects anyone new to a country to be able to speak the language, it's a bonus, but not expected.
No one cares that you are American, other than a few strays. My experience has been that being American actually made people currious about me and I would say more friendly.
I'm an Electronic Tech, but that job here is over saturated so I had to find a new path. I personally picked nursing. To be able to go the school for that I had to learn the language from scratch. I attended an Integrations class, that got me from a0-b1 in the language. After that I attended another class to get me to b2. It took roughly 2 years to get to where I am now.
I had zero savings, my ex wife had just passed away a few days before Christmas, helping with her funeral drained what little I did have put away. I kept hearing about school shootings and in one week our local walmart had been shot up and a kid was stopped from bringing a gun into my sons school. I said I'm done, we're leaving, I sold my car and bought plane tickets. Life fucking has to suck sometimes before it can get better. Everyday for a long time was a struggle, but now we are on our feet again and happy.
If anyone reads this and wants advice/tips dm me.
It's better to struggle than to live under Facisim.
I'm goad this worked out for you (despite you never naming which country you immigrated from and which you emigrated to). But I assume you're not American, and haven't actually looked into this. And you're wildly, wildly out of touch if you think your exception to the rule is somehow the rule.
Yes, they do care if you're American, yes they do care what degrees and certifications you hold, and yes, they do expect you to be proficient in the language. I've looked into, parts of Canada require you to have a certain level of proficiency in French. The Netherlands want you proficient in Dutch, the countries that people want to move to require language proficiency if your only language is English.
Your advice is basically drop everything, move somewhere, and hope they don't deport you. Wow, what a way to live a life, why hasn't everyone in America done this, and if it's so easy, why do all these countries have these application processes and wait times and language tests? Why do so few Americans actually emigrate every year?
Must be because we're all stupid and don't understand you just move somewhere, live in squalor for an indefinite period of time (minimum two years, it sounds like), and then everything just works out. Wow, it's so easy.
I'm going to say this as nice as I can. You're not only very wrong, but very ignorant. If you know how to read the comments I've said the country. If you weren't a complete moron you could look through my comment history to see I'm being honest, but then again.. you aren't the brightest.
Gotta love when users go to insulting intelligence and acting like them screaming their argument louder makes them more corrector.
You're lived experience is yours, it's not the lived experience of everyone. Not everyone has the means, money, ability, or desire to just sell everything they own and start over somewhere new, completely alone.
So, once again, not everyone can just drop everything, hop in a plane, and hope the new country takes them in with zero issue.
You're also a man, I assume, since you mentioned a deceased wife and then your children. And since you're German, odds are you're also white. So how easy is it for the Arab trans woman to just drop everything and be accepted in a completely new country with no rights as a non-citizen?
Oh wait, they're just being silly, they should just be a white man from a European country, and follow your exact life path because it's the only possible way, and any other way is lazy.
You're laughably out of touch, and since you've resorted to insults, I'm done with this conversation. I swear Lemmy is worse than Reddit, ffs.
Edit:
tHeRe'S nO LaNgUaGe ReQuIrEmEnT
Lmfao your example of American HAVING to learn a new language is Canada requiring English? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Lol again, you're wrong and an idiot. Language has no color.
I have to resort to insults for stupid people that make dumb accusations about me. Please, quit being so dumb. It's hurting me and your family (no friends) and everyone that has to be around you.
Edit: "more correcter" says way more about you than you think.
What country and how much did it cost
Germany and it cost the price of a plane ticket. The Ausländerbehörde in where ever you go should be able to help you.
Germany is getting close to a Christian, far-right leadership, too. I was looking into them, to do what you did.
Ultimately, if I do leave it'll be for Spain.
I think that's being pushed all over Europe honestly. If you do decide on Spain, you had better bring an iron and ironing board. The Spanish do not appricate wrinkled clothes!
Yeah, it seems to be a worldwide phenomena. How we forget WWIII so quickly as a species.
Oh, they sure don't! I've been 3 times, and speak decent Spanish, so that also factored into it.
Good on you for making the hard decision for your family.
Giving the country over to fascists isn't the way. It's one thing if you need to flee for your safety, but handing the country to these assholes is what they want. And the way elections have been going no place is really a paradise right now, so we need to keep the pressure on these assholes, call them out on everything, and hope we get another election in 4 years.
Fuck that.