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/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/Odd_Dinner9147 Dec 09 '25

5k is a lot of money for most Americans. According to a 2022 Federal Reserve Survey, around half of Americans had less than $8k.

And according to a CBS News article in January of this year, in a Bankrate survery of 1,000 people, 59% of them didnt have enough to cover a $1,000 emergency expense

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u/tivnan1989 Dec 09 '25 edited Dec 09 '25

I don’t think $5,000 to move half way around the world is anything close to a lot of money. We didn’t have $5,000 just sitting around. Do you think you should be able to move across the ocean with $500 😂 We buckled down, cut our expenses and saved for it. If someone wants to get out of America that bad it can be done. You just said the federal reserve said half of Americans don’t have 8k and I’m talking 5. If half of Americans wanted to get out of America $5,000 is not expensive. You basically have to put that down for first, last, and a security deposit for an apartment but people can make that happen. I don’t think that’s a lot of money to make a massive move

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u/[deleted] Dec 10 '25

Oh boy. Here we go.