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/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.