Replying to @dee222951 The paralysis at the beginning isn't because the process is impossibly complicated. It's because you're trying to solve wrong problem first. You're asking: where do I want to live? What sounds appealing? What countries should I research? Which destination matches my vibe? But those questions come later. First question is: what kind of legal permission exists that would let me reside long-term in another country? Americans think about moving abroad the way they think about moving to different US state. Pick place, pack up, go. No permission required beyond showing up. International relocation doesn't work that way. You need explicit legal authorization to reside in foreign country beyond tourist timeframe. That authorization is visa. Not all visas lead to residency. Tourist visas don't. Most work visas require employer sponsorship you probably don't have. The visas that let regular people self-relocate are: remote work visas, passive income visas, retirement visas, student visas, ancestry visas, entrepreneur visas, and few others depending on your situation. These exist. They're accessible. You just need to know they exist before you can evaluate whether you qualify. Most people skip this step. They research countries without understanding what legal pathway would let them actually live there. Then they hit wall when they realize "I want to live there" doesn't translate to "I'm allowed to live there." Understanding visa categories first tells you: which countries even have programs you could potentially qualify for, what income/credential/age requirements exist, which pathway matches your current situation. Then you research countries within that subset. Not all countries. Just ones where legal pathway to residency exists for someone in your situation. This eliminates: wasted research on inaccessible destinations, confusion about how anyone moves abroad, overwhelm from trying to evaluate 195 countries. You're not evaluating all countries. You're evaluating subset of countries offering visa types you qualify for. Much smaller, more manageable set. Watch video for where to start when you want to move but don't know how. Link in bio for free guide explaining visa categories that lead to residency. Did you know which visa types lead to residency? ๐๐บ๐ธ
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Everyone who's ever moved abroad started with not knowing what to do to begin the process. I'm Veronica and five years ago I moved out of the United States for good. I've lived on three different continents and now I teach Americans how they can do the same. If you're one of these people, like this commenter, who is just wanting to go but just is paralyzed because you have no idea where to start, here's where you can start. You can start with my free visa guide. It's linked in my bio and it's absolutely free. I want Americans to understand that in order to move abroad, you need a visa. So instead of focusing on where you want to go, I get all my plans to focus on where they can go. And that starts with the visa. There are lots of different kinds of visas. You might not be familiar with what a visa even is because as Americans, we don't typically think about that unless you've been to a country that requires a visa. You need to go to an embassy and request permission to go to certain countries like Russia or China. But if you were to just go to Mexico, you get what's called a visa on arrival. So Americans don't think about it because you get these tourist visas that are just kind of automatic at the border. But a visa is essentially permission to enter the country. And what I talk about in my visa guide is all the different kinds of visas that would lead you to be able to live there. Because you can't go live somewhere if you enter the country on a tourist visa. You can only go live there if you're entering the country on the kind of visa that allows you to be a resident. So that's going to be things like student visas, work visas, retirement visas, passive income visas, and remote income visas. But there are more options and you will see that in the free visa guide, but that's where you start. You start with where you can go. And then you go from there.
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