I want to move away from my parents and fly to another country, but I don’t know how much money I might need for the first time. It’s really important for me to understand how much money I need to save to move. We include the fact that I need to live somewhere, food, utilities, and the fact that I won’t go to work immediately upon arrival.
The question is how much money do you really need to move to another country alone?
With Remote Work, there’s no need for “the right visas” to work in another country, it’s 2024.
And I speak from experience
You will have to move around often, perhaps every 90 days, which is fine if you like that, but many want more permanent residences and that requires a visa.
It depends. Some countries still have the remote worker visa, where you can stay for a year as long as your job is in another country and fully remote. It’s possible, but most of those countries have strict requirements for insurance, income, etc.
Yeah it's doable in that respect although still a bit annoying to leave after a year if you do decide to permanently immigrate.
Many countries are also cutting down their remote worker visas I hear.
I would find a job first.. it will help with the visas. There are a lot of countries that do nomad visas for remote workers, you should look into that! As for money you are going to need air fare, a down payment for a living situation and a few months rent to start.. I would aim for about $10,000?
This. A job, especially an in demand job (which most countries will have a list of), will expedite getting a visa.
Some visas also require proof of financial stability so they know you can afford to be in the country for the length of your visa. Even if you don't have a job you may need some amount per month in savings to even get the visa. Then you will need to factor that in on top of the money for the actual visa and those big initial costs like the living situation (e.g. rent, down payment, furniture, household stuff, transportation, etc.)
Why does running away from your parents seem to be a big part of your motivation?
Whatever problems you're having with them, I can assure you that transplanting to a new country you know nothing about is gonna be a wayyyy bigger challenge. If you're trying to establish your independence, there are much, much easier ways.
I'm sorry, I didn't clarify all the details. But running away from my parents is not my number one motivation.So I'll explain a little more.
At the moment I am in US, and I can’t say that I really like this country. Therefore, the options of other commentators: “just move to another city” will not work. Therefore, I want to return back to Europe, but to a different country.
As for the country, the choice fell on Sweden. There are also reasons here, one of which is my girlfriend, and the second is that this is one of the countries that has a positive attitude towards LGBT people. Which I am. (Here we have reason why I want to move from parents, because they are homophobic and don’t support LGBTQ+ persons at all. So news about that their own daughter is lesbian won’t make them happy.)
We can also both get shelter program for people who are running from war and communism country. She’s counting on shelter for people who running from communism country, while I not really count on that for myself.
Also I’m not planning on moving now or in few month, but I’m asking to know in advance. Because if what I can move to my hometown to other part of family or friends.
Right on, sounds like a you've given it all a great deal of thought. Best wishes on whatever path you choose!!
You mention “returning” to Europe- do you hold citizenship anywhere other than the United States?
I have actually only one citizenship and it’s Ukrainian, in US I’m on password/program for Ukrainians.
Do you even have your passport with you right now? If you are in a program for Ukrainians probably means the government has your passport with them, am I wrong? At least that's the process with asylum seekers abroad, they take your passport, if you have no passport, or is expired, you can't go anywhere little one, and with Ukraine's situation I doubt they are renewing passports at the embassies right now. First check if you have the correct valid documents for this endeavour.
Hi there. A few questions. How old are you? Do you speak Swedish? If you are an adult…I would book a round trip ticket to Sweden (security in US probably wouldn’t let you through if you only had a one way) as far in advance as possible to get the absolute cheapest flight. When you arrive present your Ukrainian passport and tell border police you wish to seek asylum. Start the process, apply for financial assistance and the temporary protection directive. If you get granted the temporary protection you will have the right to work (there in Sweden or remotely) and I believe they help you with housing. When you have your asylum hearing you can explain that while you did escape the war in the Ukraine by coming to US you were still facing LGBTQIA+ persecution within your home, you can also site all of the hate crimes happening in US right now, the constant political turmoil, upcoming election (reference Jan 6 insurrection and fear of repeat), etc. Good luck.
Start by figuring out which country, and if you can get A) a visa, B) a work visa (and what the restrictions for those visas are and how long they are good for), C) what the average rent and utilities are for a small apartment (1 bedroom or efficiency), D) what the average pay is in the area you are looking at is, and E) average how much money you will need for food here.
Once youve don all that, save up AT LEAST 6 months of expenses. You will more than likely need to show that you can support yourself for your entire stay without a job, and have access the money somehow, usually an ATM/debit card, and/or ability for your bank to do a wire transfer to a bank where you will be living once you open an account there.
Also, it would be wise to find a job in the country you are looking at BEFORE you apply for visas and such, and when you get a job offer and start date, then apply for the visas and go about a month before you start working, to find an apartment if you haven't found one before you leave.
How does one find a job in a country before they move? I'd like to do that too and don't know how.
Do a job search in the country your looking at going to. Do a Google search for "cyz jobs in ABC country"... use the job or jobs your looking (and qualified for) in that country. Also make sure you meet the qualifications for that job in that country. Then contact that companies HR department and ask them if you can send them your resume...
First you need to know where your going...
You can't just move and live in another country most of the time. You can visit, work or become a permanent resident. All of these require different things. Some countries only allow 30 day visas to visit, others longer. Also many places won't just let you live, setup a bank account and even get a phone without the right visa.
Many times you need to leave the country to switch visas. So this adds to your costs.
Not working puts you in the worst position. Your best option is to get hired and have them sponsor your work visa/permit. Then go and work.
This probably isn't the right place to ask this lmao. You can't just up and move and work in another country permanently
Depends.
90 days worth of funding at least if you don't have job lined up. Getting setup in a new country can be painful and slow
Depends on the country , Vietnam you can live off of $1000 USD per month, Thailand and the Philippines maybe $1400
Start with the fact that you don't have a work permit and you will be illegally working on a tourist visa that only lasts so long. You can boarder hop immigration only so much, what are your skills?? The US is the only place where it's acceptable to be an illegal alien
Maybe just get an apartment somewhere. What is with all these ‘life would be great if and only if I go to a new land’ posts
These people here are wilding. It’s not that deep and it’s not that complicated. Also it’s not the 80’s anymore lmao.
Get a WFH Call Center job on Upwork.com, save up, book Airbnb’s somewhere you wanna go, buy plane tickets and pull up to the spot.
All you need is the money, in 2024, digital nomads are everywhere and it is very easy to do.
I speak from experience.
She said she wants to move somewhere to live, which isn't a thing anywhere that you don't have to go thru political hurdles for, not go on a long weekend
It sounds like you're pretty young, so you might want to look into "youth mobility visas" or "youth visas" that will allow you to move to another country and work.
Depends entirely where you're going. Find a job in Antarctica, get free room and board, probably even transportation.
Look at remote worker requirements in your counties of choice first. Look at international health insurance. Look at the type of visa you might need and the maximum number of days you can spend in country in a specific period of time before you have to exit for a while. Countries vary. Visas vary. Read the finest of the fine print so you don’t get yourself out of compliance with your visa and work requirements.
The amount of money you will need depends on what country you’re planning to go to.
Well what visa would you be going on and to what country? Most visas actually have a minimum amount of money you need to have access to in addition to the visa fee as part of the application, so that can be a good starting guide. I would look at the countries you're interested in and see what visas you would qualify for, from there you can see about visa costs, how much it would cost to get there, ect.
Dude, it really depends on the country (or area of the country) and the cost of living. If you want to do a gap year between high school and college, you might consider AmeriCorps, or if you’re a college graduate, consider teaching English abroad. Do you speak any other languages? If you speak a few, you could get a job over the summer in Iceland.
You sound very naive...how old are you? you know English, in any European country English alone is not enough to go by, well, you could find a job in Amazon, they accept multilingual people, but you need to learn the local language, they don't rent places to people without employment and they don't hire people without a tax number , you only get a tax number with a residence registration, you register an official address, the landlord should provide a contract or paper for this, but they won't rent you if you aren't employed, the chicken and the egg dilema, You should find a place to volunteer in a platform like workaway and ask them if they would let you register there your residente and go from there....wherever you decide to go... But don't make rash decisions to be with someone you've only known for a month...you sound like perfect material for human trafficking. Be safe.
I moved from Nigeria to the USA with $5000 and a suitcase n succeeded in my chosen field here
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Bigger problem is getting the right visas, etc. to be allowed to legally work in another country.
If the main objective is to move away from parents and start afresh, you will have much better luck moving to another city in your own country. So much less red tape and hurdles to pass through. Not to mention, no language barrier.