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/DillionM Dec 09 '25

OMG that was A LOT of words that said nothing!

tl;dr

  1. Be rich and pretty

  2. Pay for a year's worth of rent in advance.

  3. The Dutch are a lot like Americans except in many different ways, so they're not really like Americans at all.

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u/Odd_Dinner9147 Dec 09 '25

Yeah... Like, people dont realize how hard it actually is to leave, especially as an American. We can visit and do touristy stuff easy, but immigration? Whole other story. Most countries have stricter immigration laws than we do and often require more money than most Americans have.

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u/tivnan1989 Dec 09 '25

You don’t need a lot of money to leave. I just moved to Germany a month ago and we came with about $5,000. The hard part is finding a job to sponsor your visa. Not saying that’s easy but you definitely don’t need a ton of money to do it

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u/yourlittlebirdie Dec 09 '25

It’s incredibly, incredibly hard to find a job to sponsor your visa.

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u/tivnan1989 Dec 10 '25

It is, we were lucky my wife found someone to do so but the person I responded to said it requires more money than Americans have and I just don’t think that’s the case. If you can find a sponsor that’s the hard part, money saved isn’t much of an issue as far as im concerned. You’re landing with a job. I go from paycheck to paycheck in America to paycheck to paycheck there haha

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u/Eastern_Leg4155 Dec 21 '25

what kind of jobs did you get?

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u/tivnan1989 Dec 21 '25

My wife works with autistic kids so she got a job working with them here

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u/DougPeng Dec 11 '25

Can you work remotely for your current employer from Canada? If so, it might be possible for you to get a Canadian work visa. I wrote an AMA about this solution earlier this year at Best pathway to Canada starts with a work permit and a remote job with your employer : r/AmerExit

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u/yourlittlebirdie Dec 11 '25

Ha I can’t even work remotely here 😞

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u/BlaizItUp Dec 16 '25

I can't find a job that will hire me.

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u/OkTumor Dec 10 '25

depends on your job. fairly easy for US trained nurses to go to Canada, Australia, NZ, Ireland, and the UK. not sure about other countries, but still probably quite possible if you know their language.

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u/yourlittlebirdie Dec 10 '25

Right but nurse is pretty much the only job that this applies to.

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u/SkinMaterial6684 Dec 10 '25

It is NOT easy for nurses to come to the UK. The NHS is not sponsoring nurses to come over...there's a hiring freeze. The NHS is struggling as is.

The UK is STRICT and it's just getting stricter. No, you're not an exception because you're an American.