If you could emigrate??

Question

Where would you go and why?? Where would you want your kids to grow up??

Would you do it if you were a single parent with 2 young kids?

Answer 1

I work in immigration and am extensively travelled in work (including UN reconstruction). My advice is that It depends on what you want from moving.

A) If you are young or have bright children who are likely to go to University – then go to Australia.

Australia has a fantastic lifestyle, a wide rather of weather patterns (more snow fields than Switzerland). You will enjoy a high income in comparison to low costs and a low tax regime compared to other Western Countries. You can much more easily buy a home/s and pay it/them off quickly. The climate and topography varies enormously as Australia is a continent about the same size as the continental USA. The drive from Perth to Sydney is about the same as London to Moscow (but much safer). Australia has a fierce set of laws against Gun ownership. It has strong laws against illegal immigrants and quarantine embargos to prevent disease entering the country. It also enforces these laws.

The schooling, and university educations are the best in the world. A typical Government High School in Australia has more facilities and support for children than even the most expensive High School in the UK and it is almost free (about £17.00 per year). Universities are superbly equipped and give world class educations. There are plenty of opportunities for Australian Graduates. Also, there is a special fast track green card for USA for Australian graduates and passport holders and 10,000 per annum are reserved for them. These places are not available to anyone without the Australian passport and degree. i.e. British etc. Many US companies now recruit in Australia and NZ as a first option. My son’s green card was approved in 2 minutes in the UK embassy and he had his passport back in the mail the next day. His wife also got a work permit.

Houses are much bigger, better quality and much cheaper than the UK in real terms. Roads huge and driving between the cities is great fun. Roads aren’t crowded like the UK. Fuel is cheap. The lifestyle is spacious. The people are great and really friendly to new comers of all kinds. The races integrate well in Australia and by and large mix in. You don’t see the ghettos of races living apart like the UK. Bear in mind that the “white” make up more than 90% of the population so there is a lot less others to make up ghettos anyway. I use the term white advisedly. Personally I never really see the racial difference between people once you meet them and get to know them. Nothing unifies people like a good laugh and a beer, and Aussies are happy to share both at the drop of a hat.

Australians are confident and successful when they move abroad. It’s the can do attitude of the culture that some people in Britain mistake as arrogance. But after all, when you get the best training in the world and come from the best country in the world it is hard to be humble. It is much easier for Brits. (LOL)

B) If you are older and ready to retire, or, your children are not likely to go to university then New Zealand (NZ) is a great alternative. It is also a great lifestyle but if your children are likely to go to University, then when they graduate, they are likely to move to Australia for the vastly greater job opportunities. At this time they don’t preferential entry to the USA.

New Zealand and Australia have an open border between them. Their citizens can move to each others countries, live, work, vote and generally live as if a citizen of each others countries. They can also acquire the citizenship relatively easily. So its very easy for the kids to move over, leaving you behind or having to [perhaps move over after them to see the grandchildren. Of course if you end up with one in each country that’s a bit more of a country.

The county has a very small population so the roads are not as big and fast as in Australia or Canada but its still great fun to drive around the country.

New Zealanders are very similar to Australia but are just a bit more reserved and polite. They don’t quite say what they mean as readily as the Australians.
3) Canada is also a great place to live. If you live in Vancouver it is extremely beautiful and the weather is just a bit warmer than southern England. Economically most people are far better of in Canada than in the UK. Earnings can be huge and costs much lower in respect to earning. Houses are much bigger and cheaper in real terms. Roads are wide and not crowded the fuel is cheap. Driving is fun again. The lifestyle is spacious like Australia but it looks a lot like the USA. The people are great, but more reserved and less friendly initially than Australians. They don’t really say what they think unless they know you very well. Then they are still quite polite about it. Once they know you they are great people.

All countries above have very high standards of living, a great work life balance as you don’t have to work all hours to make ends meet. They also have the added advantage of speaking English and having a similar culture to the UK. More Brits think the Australian culture is closest to the UK culture. Overall there is not all that much to differentiate between them. Choose the one that seems to resonate with you. If it feels right to go to one or the other, then go there.

Ps, I have tried to have a sense of humour in writing this but to preserve the serious intent of providing sound advice.

Good luck with the move

Answer 2

Just because you can emmigrate doesn't mean you should. I've lived in 3 different countries while I was growing up. I had no choice in the matter. I hated always being the 'foreigner'. I was never accepted by the locals. Every time we moved I had to try to fit into a new schooling system, and every country has a radically different one. Finally, at the age of 16 we returned to England when A level exams were being taken and I was still stuck in the American system where exams weren't due for another couple of years. I realised I couldn't do the exams as they were on different subjects to what I was being taught at the time so I just quit school and have never caught up with my education since.
You're kids will grow up a product of that country and you may feel alienated from your own children, as if you are raising a foreigner, and you're kids will always see you as a foreigner once they are assimilated into the local culture.
Emmigrating has a glamorous image but it's far from that in reality. Laws concerning immigrants have to be adhered to and it can be a nightmare finding this out after the event.
I've put roots down now and have lived here for 9 years and never been happier. I have friends here and I choose to keep them instead of leave them.

Answer 3

I happen to like where I live now in a very big way. I live in a very rural area where the Bible belt is very tight. I cannot think of place better to raise children without the toxic effects of the current attitudes prevalent in modern America today.
So, I guess I have emigrated to my favorite place East TN in the United States of America.

Answer 4

If you would like to visit areas like Kremlin, Red Square and St Basil's Cathedral than you will need to visit Moscow, the capital of the Russian Federation and one of the country's most widely used places for foreign guests and you can be one if you appear with hotelbye . In Moscow you will also see the entire world popular cinema, the Bolshoi Theatre, the jewel in the top of Moscow's rich national life. Moscow has ton to offer and undeniably you will enjoy a holyday here.

Answer 5

Italy - La Dolce Vita!

Specifically I'd emigrate to Tuscany!

Answer 6

If i could emigrate i would go to a country where i would find ONLY people of my race,and religion. Actually i did,finally peace! Ah.

Answer 7

I did emigrate to Australia however it was too hot and i missed so much about England.

Answer 8

Switzerland. I can speak German, they have good healthcare services and stuff like that, and they are a neutral country, so it wouldn't start or be involved in any wars.
I would want my kids, when I have them - to grow up in a nice safe environment.
When I'm a lot older, I want to live in a Spanish speaking country, with palm trees in my garden.

Answer 9

I wouldn't I love America. I love being able to earn what I want in a legal fashion. You make you. America is the land of opportunity. The only barriers are the ones you make.

Answer 10

I'd go on a nice journey to the moon on a spaceship and, floating in my tin can high above the world, would watch it slowly fade

Answer 11

Canada or Alaska, Kids have already grown up so I could spoil myself on all the ice and mountains.