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If you're American, you should keep your nationality. Instead, apply for work visa and later, permanent residency at your host country. Reason being, the American citizenship makes the local government think twice about sending you to the gulag etc plus you could seek refuge at a US Embassy anywhere around the world. If you migrate to Aus or NZ, they don't particularly care that you have two citizenships, so you can become a citizen there but secretly don't tell the US gov. Bear in mind, you have to pay US taxes as a citizen even if abroad.
Regarding a country to move to, try Japan and become an "English Teacher". Japanese schools regularly take in native English speakers not so much as English teachers, but more of a cultural exchange teacher. There's a very low qualifications requirements but be aware that you will be assigned to some school in bumfuck nowhere rice fields. Go search for vids on youtube about this topic.
The US is one of a hand full of countries that require you to pay income tax on money earned abroad. If you are a US citizen that has moved to another country and received citizenship there, and you aren't worried about having "the local government send you to the gulag", then renouncing your US citizenship is probably the best financial decision you can make. Caveat: they make you pay up front when renouncing for all of the potential tax they would have earned from you had you stayed a citizen abroad for the rest of your life.
What the fuck. So lets say, if the country to move to has a minimum income, then you will have to pay the tax for atleast the minimum income until retirement? Am I getting this right?
Yes, but its not as aggressive as it seems: 1) the US gives a tax-free amount up to ~$100,000 earned abroad, and 2) that's after deducting the tax you paid to the country you earned it in (as an example, say you earned $100,000 abroad and paid 30% tax, you'd only have to report $70,000, and because that 70k is below the tax-free amount (in the $100k neighborhood), you don't owe any additional tax in the US.
HOWEVER, the tax-free break is only given if you file your taxes. If the IRS decides you need to be audited, and you didn't file (because you live in a different country and think it's absurd to have to file taxes to a country you didn't earn that money in), you lose the tax free amount (which basically means you can be double taxed).
Try southeast asia. Lower cost of living and can get by with english. As others have said, you canβt just go apply for citizenship. Youβll have to become a permanent resident first, and you need to work and live there for a while to do that.
I know that Georgia is very lenient on maximum stay, 364 days a year and any day outside of the country the days are reset. You're essentially a citizen that has to take mandatory annual vacations.
Tblisi is pretty well developed from what I have heard and it's a very safe and peaceful place (ignoring 2008 >:( ). It's still pretty poor compared to developed countries, so despite that human development is decent, you won't be able to afford as many foreign products (especially tech).
They did a road trip through Georgia on The Grand Tour and it looks like a really gorgeous country
Top Gear fan?
So much so that if I was given enough money I would rebuild the test track complete with weird 747 in the background.
Nice! Iβm a huge fan of βoldβ TG, and the Grand Tour.
A friend did this, not in Georgia, but basically once every so often she had to do a day trip out of the country, then visa was reset. She lived there for like 5 years?
Itβs called a visa run
They're also being eyed up by Russia, which is worth keeping in mind..
Usually you have to be a resident for a number of years before being eligible for citizenship. Often the process is faster and easier if you meet minimum income or wealth thresholds, because countries like hosting rich expats.
https://immigrantinvest.com/blog/easy-residency-countries-en/
https://www.escapeartist.com/blog/6-countries-easy-get-residency-visa/
Yeah that's the problem. I'm a broken loser.
Are you ok? Sounds like youβre in a rough spot.
Finding a job in your own country will be a far more better, easier and comfortable option, please consider doing that.
Why are you against learning the language of the place where you want to go? Immigrating is hard, and it's even harder if you're in a new place by yourself and can't even speak the local language. You're going to struggle a lot that way.
Poor people. Isn't that like 95% of the population these days? π
How much money are you bringing with you? There are countries that offer golden visa programs to the wealthy. Some of them may still have residency requirements (e.g. live there for x years) but otherwise it would basically allow anyone with money to become a citizen, or at the bare minimum obtain a visa to live there.
Yeah... Not enough... Barely any.
"Greeceβs golden visa program requires a minimum investment of approximately $263,000 (β¬250,000) in real estate."
Is that enough to buy an average house? Is the economy still this bad over there?
I just looked at realestate.com for greece, it's really bad. I'm probably not searching right but i looked at a few dozen "houses" up to 250k euro and they are legit ruins. Also 90% of the photos are terrible. I also suspect most of these listings are scams, I swear I saw the same houses a few times. I did see some really gnarly looking trees though, those would be cool to look at from your caved in house.
Ok, all the bogus listings are 1 bed 1 bath, setting it to 2 bed 1 bath minimum gets such better results. There are some really neat houses for 100k-150k euro. Lookit this one: https://www.realestate.com.au/international/gr/neapoli-crete-120082459627//
Location, location, location
The us can be really cheap too. But you won't want to live there.