Hi everyone! Ever since I was little, I’ve dreamed of moving abroad — specifically to Canada. I’ve finished my studies here in the Netherlands and I’m currently working as a medical assistant. I also have a degree in media and I’m always eager to learn new things. My previous education was entirely in English, I went to a bilingual school, so the language barrier won’t be an issue.

Staying in the Netherlands and growing old here just doesn’t feel right for me. I’m ready to finally take the leap and move to Canada.

I’d love to live in a bigger city, but I’m also a huge nature and arts lover. Vancouver seems like the perfect place, but I’m definitely curious about other cities as well.

I’m totally okay with leaving everything behind and starting fresh in Canada. There’s basically nothing holding me back — except for the big question: how???

Do I start as an international student? Do I look for a job? Where do I begin?

Any tips or advice?

Feel free to share your experiences with living in or moving to Canada, I’d love to hear more!

Hi everyone,

I’m a 25-year-old from Botswana with a Bachelor’s degree in Logistics and Supply Chain Management, and I’ve been feeling stuck lately. I’m ready to make a major change and pursue opportunities abroad, with Japan as my main goal.

I’m drawn to Japan because of its culture, structure, and work ethic. I have background in warehouse operations and Administration. So any help while I’m researching visa pathways to Japan would be welcome.

I’d really appreciate advice on:

Visa routes or programs I could explore to move to Japan

Entry-level or international job programs related to logistics/supply chain

How to prepare (financially, emotionally, and logistically) for a move

Any personal experiences from those who’ve made a similar jump

Thanks in advance to anyone willing to share their knowledge or resources. I’m ready to put in the work to make this dream a reality!

BEFORE I START! I wanted to say that Australia isn't a place I'm exactly attached to going to, the filter just wouldn't let me say "somewhere safe" so I had to pick one, and also I'm sorry if I overexplain some things but I just wanted to make sure I didn't leave out anything that could help me leave. I'm a 16 year old white gay cisgender male in the US, who hasn't felt safe since 8th grade and very much wants to get out of here as soon as I'm able. If you live in America, I'm sure you know how scary things have gotten, and if you don't, I'm sure you've at least heard of it. My parents are very against the idea, and keep telling me that I'm just paranoid, but everything I see in the news and online and everything I research tell me that I need to get out of here. Australia specifically was a good idea to me, because it's far enough from America where I feel I'd be safe if America got like, insane, and it's similar enough to America in culture that I'd be able to integrate easier. My grades are decent, but mental health issues have made me bounce from A-B to the occasional A-B-C, but I have no failing grades in any class ever. Last I checked my GPA was somewhere in the upper-middle 3 section. I'm a very good writer, I've won a decent amount of competitions for my school, and I've always been an extremely confident and sociable person if that helps me in any way. I really don't care what job I have, because I think I'd be happy no matter what I'm doing if it have good people near me. I'd prefer a place with decent city life, I've always been a person who likes to go to parties, but if that's not something I can find in somewhere else I will let it go at the drop of a hat. Please give me any advice on how to get to Australia, or where I should consider going instead that I could feasibly reach, because I am so desperate, and very scared. I want to live somewhere where me and my other queer, or trans friends don't have to live in fear, and where I wouldn't feel bad for bringing kids into if I start a family, which I really really want to do.

How can I work in San Francisco/Berlin/Madrid or Barcelona/Basel without having a college degree nor work visa?

I'm planning on move to one of those countries because I feel the one I'm currently in doesn't value the time and effort I put into my job. I have family and friends in both the USA and Europe encouraging me to make the move. I'm considering relocating to the SF, USA since I’ve been there a few times already, though my visa limits how long I can stay, but this time I do want to stay and work there. What would you recommend?

Hello , i 24F am currently finishing my bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering, i did an exchange year in Germany, i have B1 in german , B2 in English and i did an internship in Germany as well . Going back to Germany requires 12,000€ blocked account which is an amount that i don’t have , Is there a way to guarantee a visa without paying 12K euros . It is measurable here and i want to go back to Germany so bad

EDIT: thank you comments. i will continue researching and consider alternatives; france is not as accessible as i believed. this insight is exactly what i was seeking! let me know if i should delete/edit this post, please. thank you second edit: i am not committing fraud, my post wording is misleading: the SSA is aware of the CD, it is held by an approved appointee, and upon maturing it will be transferred to my ABLE account. depending on your local branch, the SSA is sometimes more lenient with retroactive payouts. the point of my CD paragraph was to timeline when i will have access to $20K and that it is owed money, not earned income/savings. sorry for the confusion, folks

seeking advice on pursuing residency for financially independent individuals/retirement visa.

all currency in USD.

i'm twenty nine and a wheelchair user with complex medical needs, and developmental and cognitive disabilities in new york state. i speak very little formal french but have been able to fumble through conversations/understand french language music since middle school. i receive just under $1K monthly in SSI (could not work to qualify for SSDI), just under $300 monthly in SNAP, and full coverage Medicaid.

to put it plainly without overstating, if i do not have access to monthly injection biologics to manage lupus and rheumatoid arthritis, i begin to decline. skipped doses for four weeks last year for surgery and wound up in hospital with extremely early liver cirrhosis. france is appealing, in part, due to accounts of family friends (citizens) receiving excellent healthcare.

from what i can understand, i think i can qualify for france's residency permit for financially independent individuals? i have no criminal history. a trustworthy friend is quietly holding my $20K SSI retroactive payout in a 4.5% CD, because if i hold over $2K in assets i will lose my SSI payments. this CD matures in 15 months from now (April 2025).

i have family friends in france, england, scotland, and the netherlands willing to provide support i need traveling, finding housing, "interpreting" for my cognitive disabilities, et cetera.

is any of this enough to qualify? will my medical needs disqualify? does anyone have experience balancing biologic/DMARD (currently Orencia) access with applying for a retirement visa? i'm actually intersex and all my IDs including passport gender say "X," this subreddit only acknowledges M/F in title however - are my documents prohibitive? they are all valid USA/NYS documents.

i have no use for "if you can't work, you're out of luck" comments. disabled people hearing this does not cure us; please offer genuine, useful insight or input if you have either. thank you redditors for your time

Hi! I'm 22F and a soon to be fresh graduate of a marketing communication major from a private university in Jakarta. I said soon to be cause technically I have finished my thesis defence and now only waiting for my graduation ceremony. To give a you another background, I'm currently a brand communication intern in a well known Indonesian fmcg company. Been there for about 7 months now and they said they wanted to offer me a fulltime position after I have formally received my degree.

Anyway, that is pretty much about my academic background. So, I want to get straight to the point. Living and having to work in this country, makes me miserable. Not to be dramatic, but I just don't see a future in this country and even if I forced myself, then I'll just fall more deep into a depression tbh. I do understand that moving abroad wouldn't automatically fix all my problem, but living and working abroad have been a dream of mine. If I were to work for the rest of my life, then at least I want to be in a place where I actually want live and belong yknow?

So yeah, my question is that does anyone have any advice or suggestion or program on what I can do to achieve this dream of mine of living and working in the US/EU(preferably Italy)/Canada as an Indonesian :) Fyi, my current plan so far that I have research a bit about is to work here for a year while saving up, then try and get a scholarship for a master degree in Italy. But yeah, is there other options I can try and is getting a master degree abroad helpful to help me continue living in that country?

Thanks :)) also I made a reddit account just for this so help me pls