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6 votes
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Moving to the other side of the Earth
The company I work for just announced they want to open a new office abroad, in Australia to be specific. We’re based in Denmark, and they’re hoping to have one person from here moving there,...
The company I work for just announced they want to open a new office abroad, in Australia to be specific. We’re based in Denmark, and they’re hoping to have one person from here moving there, working full time.
We already have an office in the US, so it’s not an entirely new thing for us to open an office abroad.
However, I’m really thinking about letting the company know that I would like to go, and I think there is a pretty good chance that they would let me. My wife is open to the idea too. We have one child (she would be just over 3 when we would have to move), so it’s really good timing too…Have any of you tried something like this? What was your experience like?
31 votes -
Visitor visa for staying in Canada while waiting for spousal visa?
My sister is marrying a Canadian this year and wants to move to Canada very soon for lots of reasons. Usually, US citizens don't need a visa or even an eTA to enter and stay in Canada. The...
My sister is marrying a Canadian this year and wants to move to Canada very soon for lots of reasons. Usually, US citizens don't need a visa or even an eTA to enter and stay in Canada. The visa-free period is 6 months, but my sister is in a situation where she might need to be able to stay longer until she can get proper residence through a spousal visa, since the processing time for those currently sits at 10 months. Moving back temporarily is not an option, neither is waiting to move. As I understand it, you can apply to extend visitor visas, but that might not be the case for visa-free stays? We genuinely don't know where to get started looking.
Has anyone here done this, or been in a similar situation? Anyone who's immigrated through marriage and have had to figure out their stay like this, especially where it's not quite gone according to plan? Any and all suggestions and stories are welcome, we're all just 20-somethings navigating tremendous life changes without guard rails.
10 votes -
Haitian immigrants fueled Springfield, Ohio's growth
19 votes -
Asylum seekers from Mauritania are settling in Cincinnati as immigration to the United States has soared
13 votes -
Hundreds paid to be ‘robbed’ by phony holdup crews to gain favorable immigration status, feds say
20 votes -
Ever more undocumented Indians risk everything on illegal routes to reach US
11 votes -
‘The only way for us to survive’: The life of a New York City candy seller
15 votes -
Is multiculturalism bad for women? (1997)
6 votes -
US study: Law abiding immigrants: the incarceration gap between immigrants and the US born 1850-2020
9 votes -
Any guides for immigration aimed at beginners?
Does anyone know of guides for immigration aimed at complete laypersons/beginners? Websites, Youtube channels etc. I am looking to be more knowledgeable about all this stuff. Thanks.
20 votes -
Join the military, become a US citizen: Uncle Sam wants you and vous and tu
7 votes -
US immigration: Why Indians are fleeing halfway around the world
5 votes -
Catching up with new Norwegians, twenty-five years on – in 1996, a group of young people living in Norway were interviewed about what it meant to be Norwegian
4 votes -
Californians and other Americans are flooding Mexico City. Some locals want them to go home.
13 votes -
Denmark's controversial family policy sees many Danish parents fleeing to nearby countries, especially to the German border city of Flensburg
4 votes -
Tin Chin and Mo Lin were inseparable at the Brooklyn homeless shelter. But one of the men wasn’t who he seemed to be.
11 votes -
Denmark opens Flugt refugee museum, recognizing the contribution refugees have made to the Nordic country
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My parents collect cans for a living
8 votes -
Finland has an ageing population and a labor shortage – despite government programs, immigrants and their families are not always greeted with open arms
7 votes -
Where would you live if you had no ties to where you are now?
The US emigration thread brought back a lot of thoughts I've had about leaving the UK, and I imagine a decent number of us have at least idly wondered about a serious move - especially after a...
The US emigration thread brought back a lot of thoughts I've had about leaving the UK, and I imagine a decent number of us have at least idly wondered about a serious move - especially after a year like we've just had.
For me, the difficulty has always been figuring out where to go: politics/climate/healthcare/lifestyle/language are a delicate balancing act, and I don't think anywhere's a slam dunk. Everyone's going to have their own take on what perfect looks like, and what compromises to make mapping that to the real world!
So let's assume you're packed and ready to go, nothing holding you back. You've still got to navigate inbound immigration, handle the language, find a job, all that good stuff - but the world is your oyster. Where would you choose to go?
16 votes -
Thousands apply to be a Finn for ninety days – Americans, Canadians and Britons among those lured by campaign to attract foreign tech workers
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My mother and my motherland - Jiayang Fan on the struggles of growing up as a poor immigrant, and how her desperate attempt to protect her hospital-bound mother was repurposed as Chinese propaganda
5 votes -
Know your Bluecheck: Immigration from the Inside
6 votes -
Bike riding courses offer Finland's immigrants new freedom
7 votes -
In Iceland I found I couldn't write – but then I started to notice small things
6 votes -
Hasina Shirzad – After leaving Afghanistan I was unprepared for life in a country where tasks are not strictly divided between the sexes
10 votes -
Undocumented, vulnerable, scared: The US women who pick your food for $3 an hour
6 votes -
Asylum seekers are being “disappeared” in private Louisiana jails
11 votes -
Dyer: Rising unemployment fueling anti-migrant sentiment in rich countries
6 votes -
Nauru refugees struggling with life in the US 'Valley of Opportunity'
6 votes -
US fake university racket: Students had no way to check Farmington's authenticity
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SPLC lawsuit: Family detained, searched in Mississippi because they ‘looked’ Latino
9 votes -
As Trump Demonizes Immigrants, These US Farmers Aren't Having it
10 votes -
Life as a North Korean living in the South
10 votes -
Is the door too open or too closed when it comes to population?
2 votes