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Era... I'm afraid of my city... I'm afraid of my country. I want to leave, but is extremely hard leaving all behind
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For real, OP. Try finding a job in Spain. If your English is as good as it seems, Netherlands are another great option.
Just apply for jobs over there. Ideally something that leverages your Spanish skills and/or knowledge of Mexico.
Just apply for jobs over there. Ideally something that leverages your Spanish skills and/or knowledge of Mexico.
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Best of luck.
By the way: https://www.glassdoor.co.uk/Job/spa..._IL.0,5_IN219_KO6,22.htm?countryRedirect=true
By the way: https://www.glassdoor.co.uk/Job/spa..._IL.0,5_IN219_KO6,22.htm?countryRedirect=true
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Mexico is banned from DV lottery.
The other options are:
Come in on a student visa and pay stupendous amounts in tuition. Then hope to transition to a work visa.
Work for a company that has a US branch and get transferred. Pretty sure that visa is not "dual intent", so you cannot transition to permanent residency.
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Yeah, our main offices are in the USA, and he got transferred over there. He was there for 3 years and he just returned a couple of months ago... couldn't transition to residency.
You will need to either get a work visa (by accepting a job in spain and having the employer request the visa on your behalf) or you need to accept an offer to study in spain or you need to prove you're an entrepreneur with assets. Here's a good resource.
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Yup, just looked it up. It's not dual intent, as I remembered...
If I am not mistaken if you come from an Ibero-American country you can move to Spain with a lot more ease then an American. I think it's one of the reasons you see a lot of South Americans in Spain.
There are several cities in Mexico that are sufficiently safe if you don't want to live near the border.
It reduces the years necessary for a permanent residency visa IIRC
Unrelated question: is the peninsula where Cancun and the Maya sites are safe? I'd love to travel there..
While your living situation is unfortunate and yet still better than my own living in the U.S. you've traveled to more places in the U.S. than I have!
I've been to Mexico and I dont see the violence and crime but you dont even have to see it to know living conditions aren't pleasant and safe. I'm always grateful to return to the security of safety in the U.S. nothing like the police in Mexico and Tijuana areas.
I've been to Mexico and I dont see the violence and crime but you dont even have to see it to know living conditions aren't pleasant and safe. I'm always grateful to return to the security of safety in the U.S. nothing like the police in Mexico and Tijuana areas.
There is a higher chance you get shot in the US due to a random shooting than in Mexico as an individual not involved with drug cartels.
As someone from Spain, I'd definitely recommend going there. That way you get a visa, you are in a country that speaks your same language and which is VERY safe, and from there, if you want to try something else, you got the rest of Europe to explore.
And the rest of Europe is very different when it comes to city atmosphere (most of them all good in their own way), climate, language and food, but generally the same when it comes to social benefits and whatnot.
And the rest of Europe is very different when it comes to city atmosphere (most of them all good in their own way), climate, language and food, but generally the same when it comes to social benefits and whatnot.
Good God, that sounds horrible, OP. Hope you can get yourself and family the hell out of that place.
This is what America should be doing with its Armed Forces, military might, and intelligence. Helping our Mexican neighbors to clean the country up and make it safe. I don't trust Trump to be able to make that happen obviously, but we need to be doing something to help out after President shitbag moves on.
This is what America should be doing with its Armed Forces, military might, and intelligence. Helping our Mexican neighbors to clean the country up and make it safe. I don't trust Trump to be able to make that happen obviously, but we need to be doing something to help out after President shitbag moves on.
As someone who lives in Reynosa, I'm gonna need to see the receipts on that chief.
Anyways, I feel the same OP. I have already bought a house here, but I have already told my gf that in 2 or 3 years we need to move out of the country. I love Mexico, but this shit seems that just gets worse by the minute.
if you gotta go, you gotta go. You wouldn't be the first family or even Mexican I've met who had to bug out of their country, so don't feel bad about choosing life over some misguided sense of still owing something to your former home. People tend to be happy to be able to live somewhere in peace, rather than having to check for the problems they ran away from.
Considering you're fluent in English and Spanish you should look at more options than just Spain as well. After all, adjusting to another country you might only do once, but the quality of life you get might be wildly different. Good luck in your search.
Considering you're fluent in English and Spanish you should look at more options than just Spain as well. After all, adjusting to another country you might only do once, but the quality of life you get might be wildly different. Good luck in your search.
The intentional homicide rate per 100k in Mexico is 24.8, whereas the US sits at 5.3. Granted, that includes more than guns but even there the figures are murky as firearm deaths are higher in the US than Mexico....until you subtract suicide rates. Firearm homicides are higher per capita in Mexico.
The US has a lot of fucked up shit, but downplaying another country's issues to make a pithy remark is just callous to the feelings held by the OP and many in his situation, especially when those feelings are based on facts you can't take the time to get right.
Hey buddy, go to Australia. Be a spanish teacher or translator for a company.
Australia is a great place to live. Americans are welcome to join us here.
There's no violence anywhere, and no guns. Your children will be safe.
We live in nice housing estates like this - with lots of free space for kids to run around in. The schools are good. The healthcare is free. It gets a little cold if you're in Melbourne like me, but is fine majority of the time. Its more temperate in Sydney, and its much warmer in Brisbane. The exchange rate between AU to US is bad right now because China keeps knocking down their exchange rate, but it'll even out soon enough. You can always go back to Mexico anytime to visit your friends. Bring your relatives if you can.
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My wife is kinda excited about the idea of eventually moving out to Canada. Maybe in the future, in a couple of years. It would be extremely hard, but maybe someday...
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