Let's say hypothetically I wanted to leave the US permanently;

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• N0t_5ure@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  Picking up a new language is much easier if you use the Comprehensible Input method, which is fun and easy. It’s essentially learning language like a child learns. You watch videos that are 100% in the target language. In the beginning, they are super easy, with lots of props, gestures, and other context that helps convey the meaning of the words. As you pick up more and more, you watch more difficult videos. It’s amazing how fast you pick up the new language. In about 3 months I learned enough Spanish to give me around 80%+ comprehension of normal conversation, and better comprehension if the person spoke slowly and clearly. Don’t count out learning a new language, as it is a lot easier than you might think if your only experience is with traditional methods.

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• neidu3@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Most Americans I know who moved here (Norway) did so after landing a job that they moved here for. Moving here and then trying to find a job is a great method for going broke in a couple of weeks.

  Plus, lining up a job beforehand makes the visa ordeal easy.

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  • cabbage@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    To find jobs in Norway, try searching for the word “jobbportal”. At least some of these sites allow you to sort for English language jobs.

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• scytale@piefed.zip ⁨44⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

  Make a list of countries that speak English or at least allow you to get by with speaking only English. Then look up their work visa categories and see if your skills fall into any of those categories. Once you narrow that down further, check if they allow working holiday visas, where you can fly in for a limited amount of time to look for a job. If there’s no such option, you’ll have to remotely apply for a job that is willing to sponsor your work visa so you can move there. You can also do try countries with digital nomad visas, but that’s temporary and you’ll have to leave and go back every couple of weeks/months or so.

  Another option is a student visa, if you are willing to go back to school and can afford the tuition.

  Those are pretty much your only options aside from marriage or asylum.

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• AlternatePersonMan@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  You could always start by teaching English in another country. I recall that it pays quite well and is in demand in many countries. The requirements are also very low.

  As for learning another language. You get better at it when you’re around it constantly.

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• HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Australia and New Zealand have a points based immigration system that you can check online. That would be the first place I’d look.

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• Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  without going through the immigration and naturalization process there.

  But why do you want it all without normal processes?

  You say you are the most normal American. So the normal way is the way for you.

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  • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    That’s not what they said. You ignored the beginning of the sentence.

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  • greyscale@lemmy.grey.ooo ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Its because their concept of immigration is sitting in Mexico waiting for 20 years to be allowed into the US finally.

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    • DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      We are at least 3rd generation Americans, and do not have the right to claim citizenship in any other country without going through the immigration and naturalization process there.

      I read this as “We’d have to go through a lengthy bureaucratic process since we do not have citizenship claims anywhere else, so given this fact, how should I go about moving abroad?”

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• Evil_Incarnate@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  If you can get an employer to sponsor you, Europe is nice. In the Nordics if you stick to a capital city, you should have no problem using english for almost anything, and for everything else, there are translation apps.

  A social worker would probably have to learn the local language anywhere they go, it’s a less transferable profession imo.

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  • Dojan@pawb.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    You’d make it more or less anywhere. At least here in Sweden, English has been a core subject since 1952/1953. That’s over 70 years of mandatory English education.

    Some people struggle a little because they never used it, but as a foreigner, usually you end up struggling to speak anything but English. Lots of immigrants complain that they can’t learn Swedish because the moment someone clocks that they’re not a native speaker, they switch to English.

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• agentTeiko@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I mean the first step is just getting a job offer in any country you go to. Then you just go through the immigration process. Expected to have about 30k on hand to help with the immigration process. There are also a lot of Expat services that help walk you through the process. Just have to search expat and the location you want.

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• Skullgrid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  What languages can you speak?

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• CallMeAl@piefed.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  If you have skills that are in demand in a particular country then there will be a path to residency and possibly citizenship. Many trades are in demand in many places. In some places the demand is so high you can get by speaking English. There may even be incentives offered to people with qualifying skills to move there, like low or no income tax.

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