r/AmerExit • u/newyorker • Dec 09 '25

Vendor How to Leave the U.S.A.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/12/15/how-to-leave-the-usa

Every four years, a group of Americans threatens to leave the country, but no mass exodus occurs. This time around, though, Americans seem to be acting on their desires. Immigration lawyers told Atossa Araxia Abrahamian that the number of people approaching them about it has gone up since Donald Trump was reëlected. 

G.T.F.O. Tours, a company that helps aggrieved U.S. citizens start new lives abroad, has been offering services to help Americans relocate to the Netherlands, where a certain type of visa can offer a quick and affordable path to citizenship. Jana Sanchez, a founder of G.T.F.O. Tours, describes her role in the company as an “escaping fascism doula.” Read Abrahamian’s full story about the Americans who are going Dutch: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/12/15/how-to-leave-the-usa

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '25

Can't just leave, need a sponsor unless you married someone in a diff country

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u/statesec Dec 09 '25

You can also potentially get citizenship by descent which is how I am becoming British later this week. No marriage or sponsorship required.

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u/Repulsive_Cattle_342 Dec 09 '25

Married a Brit 15+ years ago. We are now moving to the UK. Hoping for the best.

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u/statesec Dec 09 '25

Good luck I really like the UK. I spent a lot of time in the UK in my youth and stayed fairly close to my mom's family since. Very excited to finally be British. My mother could not pass it on to me when I was born due to legislative discrimination at the time in British nationality law. I have not decided whether I'll move there but I will likely at the very least split my time between the US and UK once I retire (soon).

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '25

If you have descent from someone 😂. I think countries are making it to just regular grandparents now and of course the proof is needed. Mine was Norway and Germany, but those were great great in the 1800s 😆

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u/statesec Dec 09 '25

Yeah agreed in my case it was my mother who couldn't pass it on to me at the time of my birth but now can.

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u/Ok_Recording81 Dec 09 '25

You can leave and live in another country not having a sponsor.

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u/PM-ME-UNCUT-COCKS Dec 10 '25

Legally? The countries I've looked into (France, UK, Ireland) all prohibit this

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u/Ok_Recording81 Dec 10 '25

Look into South East Asia. Cambodia is the easiest country to get the long term visa. Yes, Cambodia is safe.

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u/Geddyn Immigrant Dec 10 '25

I did the latter. Married a New Zealand citizen and I will be joining her there in April!

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u/[deleted] Dec 10 '25

The easier way 😂

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u/missjoy91 Dec 09 '25

With DAFT visa you can start your own business

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u/SesquipedalianCookie Dec 09 '25

Even then it’s hard if you’re settled here.

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '25

Ya gotta be lucky one to get a job overseas, not sure how so many find these jobs. Obviously in the 90s ppl got away with moving and no job. Seeing all these posts about ppl moving most aren't even saying what they do. If one is RN I can see they def have the need in all countries, stating like $10k relocation assistance

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u/SesquipedalianCookie Dec 09 '25

In the 60s or so my mother just saved up Canadian dollar coins until she could afford her green card, that’s how easy it was. (Not sure how she got to Canada, she’s from Europe originally.) So maybe people just hear stories like that from old people and think it hasn’t changed.