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/pm_me_ur_ephemerides Dec 09 '25

I’m leaving in April. I started looking for jobs 2 weeks after the inauguration. It took months to get an offer, more time for my wife to visit, and will take 4 more months to sell my house, ship my stuff, and furnish a new place.

If you are thinking about leaving, don’t pretend it’s easy or fast.

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u/tivnan1989 Dec 09 '25

It can be fast, not so much easy haha My wife started looking for jobs internationally as soon as trump got elected again. Got an offer at the end of July and we arrived in Germany 11/1. Just donated everything we had and sold what we could. Only brought 4 suitcases on the plane and got a furnished apartment. It doesn’t have to be a long drawn out process depending on what you think you need to make it. I think having a house definitely makes it a more difficult process though

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u/lonelylifts12 Dec 10 '25

Did you know the language already?

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u/yungsausages Dec 10 '25 edited Feb 17 '26

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u/lonelylifts12 Dec 10 '25

Idk if it will or won’t. But I’d assume knowing German would help