Easiest country to immigrate to out of these 3 as an American.?!
Question: Easiest country to immigrate to out of these 3 as an American.?
I have pondered about attending graduate school to earn my masters in international economics in Vienna or Berlin if that could play to my advantage. A major plus is I can speak German and I am in the process of learning Italian.
So basically my question to you is what advice you could give me to help finding work or what steps I should take or any advice from someone who is experienced.
To get a few things out of the way, I can speak quite good German(looking to improve to absolute fluency) and I am willing to forfeit my United States citizenship in the process. I also have about $12K saved up in my account.
Any advice or help is appreciated.
Answers:
If you were trying to list the most difficult countries in the world to immigrate to, you left out Japan. Otherwise, you've hit at least 3 of the 4-5 most difficult for immigration.
You have US$12k? LOL! For Switzerland, you would want at least $12 million before you try to tackle that one. Germany: minimum 10 years legal residence before you can apply for citizenship. There are people married to German citizens who have been legally resident for 20 years and still cannot get German citizenship. Austria - you don't have enough money for that one either.
Your best bet is a temporary employment visa. However, priority for employment is first citizens of the country, second is citizens of EU. Non-EU citizens have a really rough time getting jobs and employment visas unless they have some truly extraordinary skills, or else work for a company of their own country which transfers them into the company's European office.
Masters in economics? Economists have PhDs. If you want to go to grad school and you can afford it (that 12k won't cut it, as you well know), go for the doctorate. Then see what you might be able to do with that job-wise.
Switzerland's entry laws are more laxed. Goodluck!