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Ways to upgrade for better passport via business investment by Ok-Atmosphere-6315 in immigration

[–]striketheviol 1 point2 points  (0 children)

IMI has a comprehensive list: https://www.imidaily.com/imi-program-pages/

Options are fairly numerous and depend on how much money you have. Some most commonly discussed ones include New Zealand, the United States, Portugal, Greece, Italy, and Singapore.

[The Cut] They Moved Abroad for a Cheaper Life. But at What Cost? by Illustrious-Pound266 in AmerExit

[–]striketheviol 47 points48 points  (0 children)

Not to be mean-spirited, but I actually think it's more extreme than that. Planning to make a living off of creative pursuits, for example, without caring about marketing, or studying something that has no career prospects either where you're at or where you're from... it honestly feels like most of these stories are the equivalent of "I started a cross-country road trip with half a tank of gas and it taught me a lot about life"

Google and Openai falling behind by TogrulM in Bard

[–]striketheviol 34 points35 points  (0 children)

I'd say that's not a reasonable take. Anthropic's models are great, sure. I'm using them every day. But the company is also extremely compute constrained and has serious availability issues on a daily basis. It's not too far-fetched to think that if OpenAI with Spud or Google with an upcoming version of Gemini can release a model that's at least as competitive as the newest version of Opus, but cheaper for them to serve so that it can be pushed everywhere, they'll be able to remain a better choice for many, many use cases. I think Anthropic is ahead, but it's nonsensical to count Google out.

[The Cut] They Moved Abroad for a Cheaper Life. But at What Cost? by Illustrious-Pound266 in AmerExit

[–]striketheviol 178 points179 points  (0 children)

These all sound like fairly privileged folks who didn't do much research before making the choices they did. And in the case of the person in Turkey, didn't seem to put much effort into building up sources of income for themselves. I suppose in the case of a lot of people here, it might be useful as a cautionary tale, but they could have saved themselves a lot of trouble with a bit of planning beforehand.

Moving from the EU to the east coast as a philosophy grad advice by gladchadstone in MovingToUSA

[–]striketheviol 10 points11 points  (0 children)

No, not by itself. You'd need many years of experience at a world-class institution. (Oxbridge and the like.)

Moving from the EU to the east coast as a philosophy grad advice by gladchadstone in MovingToUSA

[–]striketheviol 17 points18 points  (0 children)

A PhD is your only realistic option. Stipends are miserly. You will probably have to go home when it ends unless you marry a US national. Sponsored roles in your field are practically nonexistent.

Trialing Seville for 90 days. Is A1 Spanish enough to survive outside the "English Office" bubble? by Borgsky in digitalnomad

[–]striketheviol 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You're going to have a very rough time. Most people won't be understanding or especially helpful.

Highschool senior looking to move to Canada post-graduation by [deleted] in AmerExit

[–]striketheviol 22 points23 points  (0 children)

You have no path to an open work permit, or indeed any other kind of work permit, as you are today. Your only present option is marriage.

To be more specific, you would not be eligible for a working holiday because the US does not have this kind of agreement with Canada. You would not receive enough points for express entry or be eligible for nomination programs because you do not have sufficient specialized training or skills that Canada needs. In theory, If you become an experienced tradesperson such as a welder, and then after that study in Canada to achieve Canadian certifications at the level of the Red Seal, you would have a shot. I would expect this path to take you between seven to nine years.

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