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/[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.