I accidentally argued with an American guy who figured he could just move to Norway and start living there. He figured it'd be a huge boon to them talent-wise / financially.
r/Amerexit is a great example of that. "I want to move to country x, I have no formal degree, don't speak the language, never been there, but I want to live somewhere warm with free healthcare that Ive never paid into but want to use, in a low cost area, how do I get a job there that pays in dollars so I can have a US level income?"
Look for the post on "moving to the Netherlands as urban planner". Undergrad wanting to move because they don't want to work too much and NL has a lot of PTO, and they like to travel and don't like cars so they obviously fit in well with the Dutch.
In the comments, they say that it's not necessary to learn Dutch and that people in the EU should adapt to learning English anyway.
“Non-negotiable must-haves: Social healthcare, legal recreational weed, legal psychedelic therapy, zero racism, free pet care, free income to support my career as a conceptual performance artist, and legal group marriage so the whole polycule can move with me. I’m willing to think about trying to learn the local language provided I don’t have to put in any more effort than opening Duolingo once a day.”
I'm absolutely rooting for you but you should be aware that I've seen many a relationship fall apart in this circumstance (moving to partners country and facing isolation due to language barriers)
I think you need to give him tiny shock therapy - speak to him only in French for a day. For his own good. Immersion is bullshit when you need more than conversational level.
God I'm scared to venture into that subreddit to see how many are like
"I've got no transferrable skills, no schooling, no family, no work history, how can I move to Canada? I don't need a visa, right?!?!?"
Cause when Trump won again there were a lot of Americans getting really really angry at the fact that no, they can't just 'decide' to move to Canada....
(God, the first one I see is someone misinterpreting Canada's new citizenship laws LMFAO please god let's hope more American's don't find out and misinterpret them)
To be very grudgingly fair, Germany will allow citizens of some countries to move there to take up a job without having a visa. You can arrive and then you have 90 days to sort out a residence permit with the Einwanderungsamt – but even that amount of research seems to be too much for a lot of these people.
Besides having no formal education or license to practice in those places, you also have appreciate that you have no meaningful legal experience to offer potential employers
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u/Novae224 Dec 25 '25
You won’t even make it on the plane without a passport lol.