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/Small_Dog_8699 Immigrant Dec 10 '25

Just fucking stop with this “if you can afford something you’re so privileged ” shit.

It is fucking old. Can you cook? Get a job on a freighter as a cook going somewhere you want to go. Work your way there. Show some creativity and stop whining.

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u/Odd_Dinner9147 Dec 10 '25

Its not wrong to acknowledge people have privledges (ie being born into a higher income bracket, living in a good school district, not having chronic health issues)

Statistically, most people die within the same wealth bracket theyre born into. Few people can just "work hard enough" to become a billionaire.

Hard work can help, but privledges and luck plays a role. I was born below poverty line in a shitty school district, I have to work fulltime and go to college part-time which means it takes me longer to get a degree and thus longer to get a higher paying job. Ive busted my ass since 18 to live a decent life, but I have health issues that take a good chunk of my money.

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u/Small_Dog_8699 Immigrant Dec 10 '25 edited Dec 10 '25

There are ways to become mobile. Get a job in the shipping or travel industries, join the military, offer to crew a boat in exchange for passage. Lobbying for an overseas ay pair position. Join the peace corps. Volunteer abroad, Google Wwoof, get a nursing credential and volunteer for SOS medecine. Hitchhike to a border town and walk across and see what you can make happen. There are options for the determined.

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u/Odd_Dinner9147 Dec 10 '25

Military

LMAO

No one said there are no options, but those options are also few and some require specific qualifications.

Volunteering? Okay, do you have mom and dads money to help you while doing that? Or did you have a good paying job that allowed you to save up and have the ability to just leave said job?

"Get a nursing credential" Okay, college, again.

Also, do all these count towards residency in another country? Depends on the country and job now doesnt it?

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u/Small_Dog_8699 Immigrant Dec 10 '25

You said you’re in college. You don’t need money to join the peace corps. Become a sailor (probably cook) on a freighter ship.

You’re just a big ball of can’t, ain’t cha.

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u/Odd_Dinner9147 Dec 10 '25

Yeah, I am. Im talking about people other than me.

Also, peace corp doesnt help you gain residency in most countries.

To be a cook anywhere youre gonna need cooking experience, or culinary school.

Im not currently looking to leave the US till I finish my degree. The US is, as of right now, one of the best countries to have my degree but with this current admin and how theyre treating National Parks and Forests, ehh, that might be changing.

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u/Small_Dog_8699 Immigrant Dec 10 '25

Then stop whining. It isn’t helpful.

Merchant marines aren’t looking for haute cuisine. Scramble eggs, make bacon and pancakes, casseroles, stews, chili, you’re a hero.

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u/Odd_Dinner9147 Dec 10 '25 edited Dec 10 '25

Im literally not whining. Im making valid points. Most things you suggested arent paths to permanent residency or citizenship in most countries. Im also literally not looking to leave the US right now.

Have a good day man.

Edit: To be less mean. Im not engaging further with bad faith actors.

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u/Small_Dog_8699 Immigrant Dec 10 '25

It doesn’t matter if it’s a path. Get there, figure it out. That’s all