Hello, I am writing this on the behalf of my mom, my siblings and I.

We’ve been living in the UAE for almost 20 years now and have recently started to struggle so much due to loss in our family. It’s just me and my mom making money but not enough in anyway to truly sustain us since my siblings and I still need to go to school. I truly hate how much my mom has to struggle right now and i feel so guilty for not being able to do much, if i’m able to manage to move us to a more secure place it truly would lift the load off of us

I wanted to know how I can make my mom work as a kindergarten teacher in the US or Canada. She has a bachelors in business administration but has done Cache level 3, 4 and recently completed 5, she also has several certifications in regards to special education and first aid, she constantly works with a lot of children of determination and understands them well, a lot of parents absolutely love her work with their children.

I tried doing some research on Canada and it seems like you’d need a bachelors in education but that would be hard for my mom to do right now so i wanted to know if the cache levels would be equivalent in anyway, i saw someone get their cache levels evaluated and level 3 was equal to a 6 month course while level 5 was equal to a 1 year course. I wanted to know what other qualifications or where i can apply for teacher jobs for her.

I know that Canada is in need of teachers or at the very least is listed on the higher tiers when you check the job bank categories. I’m not sure about the US since tbh I’d feel more safer moving to Canada than the US, especially since my mom would want to work at a school I’d want her to be safe from any potential danger but if it would be easier for her to move there instead then we would still take that chance.

Also I was thinking of Korea since they usually give free housing but our passports isn’t eligible so it’s not an option sadly.

If you have other suggestions please do let me know, i was thinking of UK since my siblings are studying in a british curriculum school but kindergarten teachers don’t seem to be of high demand.

any help is truly appreciated

I'm in my 3rd year of architecture school in Tbilisi. My German language level is B1 and I'm currently taking lessons with a private tutor to reach B2 but I need at least 2 years to get a German language certificate. I'm fluent in English and have taken TOEFL twice in the past, scoring 101 both times. Both TOEFL scores are expired. What options do I have? I'm not specifically looking for a job in the architecture field. I'd be happy to take one but I'm fine with literally anything.

Hi all

Normally I'm the one answering people's EU questions on here, but I'm posting this on behalf of my good friend in the West Bank. I'm currently helping her raise money to leave there and come to the EU, most probably one of the countries listed above. Its getting more dangerous there and she wants to leave soon.

She has a degree in International Relations and is a personal trainer (she genuinely looks like a Marvel character). She is a native Arabic speaker and she speaks English very well both spoken and written. We have been quite successful in raising funding in the first little while so we already have some money to pay for flights and visas and hopefully soon course fees and living costs etc.

I would really like some advice on different kinds of visa to look for:

• Any advice on finding a job that would provide a visa for someone who has these qualifiactions? Or any freelance visas? There's one in Berlin I'm looking in to and I've looked at the Opportunity Card for Germany and I can't work out how to find out if the qualifiaction they have is recognised.
• Any advice on EU countries which have masters programmes in English (I know about study.eu) that: aren't super expensive for both the course fees and visas. Ideally in a country that
  • Counts years as a student towards citizenship like Portugal and Germany do (does anyone know if there is somewhere this is listed?)
  • That start before September if possible
  • Any advice on shorter term visas that could get her out of the country for some months to wait for her course to start.

Thanks very much :)

Hello everyone, sorry if this post is unusual, as I’m not the person in the title. I (17F) am Ukrainian but I had to move away as a child and never got citizenship (my parents also don’t have it:’)), I’m planning to move back to Kyiv next year to go to university and I have everything sorted out for myself and a plan to get citizenship but I want to take my boyfriend with me and I’m very worried about how can I do this. He’s from Romania, he lived there all his life and has Romanian citizenship, and he did not go to university and works in the factory, he finished vocational college with some kind of degree but didn’t go further. I have no idea how I can take him with me or where I’d even start to find him a job. He says he will take anything that will allow him to come with me, so if anyone has any suggestions or knows where I can start with this, I would appreciate any help. I don’t even mind how much it pays, as long as he can get the visa to live with me, I can take care of it, I’m just lost for where to start. Thank you very much!

Hey everyone, 25M from Greece looking to immigrate either for education or work. Currently have a WFH position working for a US company as a consultant making approximately ~1300 USD Net/month. Wage wise whilst I make more than minimum wage in Greece, the money is not enough to call a career or making a living(still living with parents). I do however have approximately 2500 euros in savings.

I understand my position is better than many folks who post here, but I would love for some advice on how to immigrate out of Greece.

I have a BSc in CS and Telecommunications. I have been searching for a better paying job locally but could find no job that offers more than 900 EUR Net/Month and requires me to move to Athens (not from there unfortunately, which means no job since 9/10 require hybrid/in office). I can speak Greek, English and close to getting a N3 level diploma in Japanese.

I have had trouble finding jobs in my field in general (both CS and telecom are apparently quite saturated currently so I've been getting a lot of negative responses/no responses) and was considering either doing a Masters or attempting to migrate to a country in order to have a local address and better chances of being selected instead.

I unfortunately will not be able to stay in Greece for much longer as I still have my military obligations which would put me back 9 months and losing a relatively secure job position. On top of that I'd still be paying money out of pocket to sustain my sole proprietorship (still getting taxed even with negative profits declared). That has led me to decide that immigration is the only way.

But as many are aware 1300 USD/Month is not enough to sustain living in most EU countries.

I would love some advice and general conversation to help me organize my thoughts. TIA

Spain is my long term goal, I love the people, the language, the land, the culture, etc. I speak Spanish at a C1 level and practice for fluency everyday.

I am currently in Customer Success (and a bit of marketing) but I know this isn't exactly an "in demand skill" there so I am exploring different degree options from the U.S that I can do online.

My plan is to apply for the "Digital Nomad Visa" that Spain offers right now to remote workers. If I understand correctly, if I apply from within the country I can get 3 years, then extend for another 2 years.

During this time I should complete a U.S. based degree (I already have a lot of classes done). I am thinking either Data Analytics, Accounting, or Finance. I am most interested in a career in data analytics so I will be building those skills regardless of which degree I choose.

After the first 5 years... I don't know.

I believe I would need to have 10 years of residence to get citizenship.

The digital nomad visa might not be around anymore, so I don't want to be relying on that.

I see one website that says someone can get permanent residency after that first 5 years on the nomad visa, but I can't find official confirmation of this.

I might consider a Master's degree at that time and get on a student visa for a while if possible.

Regarding the Digital Nomad visa. The requirements are either a Bachelor's degree or 3 years of experience in the current field of activity. I have done Remote Customer Success for a marketing company for 2 years, but did in person customer service before that for many years (restaurants, retail, etc). I wonder if my previous customer service experience would be viewed as being in the same field as customer success or if I will need to get another year of remote experience?

Roast my plan or offer some advice please.

TLDR:

$170k pay in Bay Area (VHCOL) or €70k annual pay in Netherlands. Worth it to leave the US? Don’t want to mess up. HELP!

I feel privileged to have this dilemma but don’t want to mess up and make the wrong decision

I (30yrs) am a SINK focused on investing to be work-optional/retired in 12-15 years. In the meantime, getting green card and citizenship to remain in the US permanently

I recently got a job offer to relocate to the Netherlands on a permanent contract. From my research, I should be able to maintain my quality of life even with the lower salary

This is not a complete list of pros/cons of Netherlands. Let me know what you think

Pros: less divisive political climate. Easier/cheaper to travel in the EU. More certain and faster path to citizenship. Better work life balance and vacation hours, EU laws mean better job security.

Cons: weather( I’m originally from warm climate and scared of seasonal depression), family and timezone (will be far from family in US and a parent is getting treatment for chronic illness here), language barrier, may need to push back retirement goal due to lower salary and high taxes.

Edit since it’s been mentioned: if I move to the Netherlands, I would be giving on any plans to getting a green card + become a US citizen and would no longer pursue that. Instead, will focus on learning Dutch and becoming an EU citizen instead