• crossdl@leminal.spaceEnglish
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    3 months ago

    It hadn’t really occurred to me to seriously ask where an American could leave to and become a citizen. I’ve got a degree in Information Systems and I work I.T., which I would think would be relatively valuable somewhere.

    • BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works
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      3 months ago

      “IT” as in operations, networks, security, support, or? I mean a suitable background in networks and you’d make 130k USD plus pension as a networking consultant in Denmark. IDK about citizenship though. As with all the rest of Europe, we’ve seen a rise in right wing populism and are now suffering from its resulting inane immigration laws.

      But if you’re in for the adventure, then you could look outside the list of English speaking countries. There’s The Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, we all speak English and we all have healthcare… But don’t go to Sweden, they suck :-)

      • crossdl@leminal.spaceEnglish
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        2 months ago

        I’m gonna stick around for a bit longer and try to clean this shit up. But it’s never occurred to me to ask who’d want me if I wasn’t staying.

    • Kraiden@kbin.earth
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      3 months ago

      If you’re serious then here you go

      Take a look at the skills shortages list as well, because if you can get a job in something on that list, you’ll have a much easier time. We desperately need Healthcare workers

      You will be welcome here for the most part, but I have started noticing some things that are starting to annoy me, and I know I’m not alone, so fair warning:

      Please remember why you’re coming here. Nothing annoys me more than Americans who move here and then never shut up about how things were better back home. We have no 2a, our stores are small, and we don’t tip. I consider those to be GOOD things. Also, even our right wing party (National) would be considered center left over there. (Sadly that seems to be changing)

      If you’re just looking for what America was 15 years ago, Australia is what you’re looking for. That’s not a joke either, I mean that very seriously, Australia is a better fit. It’s the USA of the southern hemisphere (sorry Aussies, but tell me I’m wrong)

      It’s a process, but it can be done! Good luck!

      • peoplebeproblems@midwest.socialEnglish
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        3 months ago

        No 2a, our stores are small and we don’t tip.

        Next you’ll tell me that the government expects me to take time off from work to care for my health and family. And that having a personal car is expensive and unnecessary.

      • RecallMadness@lemmy.nz
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        3 months ago

        Usually NZ has less restrictive visa requirements, and is often called “Australia’s back door” due to Au/Nz free travel agreements.

  • Majorllama@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Isn’t New Zealand currently going through their own slide to the right? The Māori only represent like ~17% of the population over there. New Zealand just elected a conservative coalition.

    Seems like you’re just moving from one place you (presumably) don’t agree with to a new place that also just signed up for shit you probably aren’t going to agree with.

    I mean it looks beautiful but if your travel is for political reasons I fear you’re just heading to a different slice of the same.

    Have a safe flight.

    • Splenetic@lemm.ee
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      3 months ago

      Re NZ politics - Yes and no.

      The currect situation is due to some very specific circumstances thst emerged in the chaos of the last 10 years.

      • The centre left Labour Party & PM were hugely popular during covid & won an unheard of majority (normally our electoral system requires a coalition). A swing back to the centre-right was inevitable.

      • The centre right National party, usually our most popular party, had their leadership retire & endured years of in-fighting that made them unelectable

      • Because of this, they’ve bled a lot of voters to the “libertarian” & “centrist” parties (ACT & NZ First)

      • Also because of this, the current National Party leader is rather inexperienced & has given up some things in the coalition agreements that are more extreme than the public likes leading to record breaking protests.

      • The “centrist” party leader (Winston Peters) is a whole thing that I can’t neatly summarize, but imagine a political party designed to cater exclusively to the oldest & dumbest 5% of voters run by that Monorail guy from The Simpsons

      In summary, less a slide right & more a correction back to status quo + a few unpopular chaos agents

    • Azrenix@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      Would you mind sharing how you moved to the UK and what the requirements / difficulties were? Thank you!

      • SeekPie@lemm.ee
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        3 months ago

        I’ve heard this joke many times, never understood it.

        Does UK need licenses for everything or something?

        • GrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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          3 months ago

          They have a license you’re supposed to have to watch the BBC basically a TV tax for people who actually watch it. License enforcement has always been off their rockers. Back in the day they said they had a TV detector van that they would drive around and detect if you were watching a TV without a license. They send you threatening letters if you don’t have a license. They’ll even come to your door and try to make you prove you don’t have a tv. You can just tell them to leave.

      • AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space
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        3 months ago

        Only if you have a TV. Theoretically, you need one to stream the BBC/ITV and such on a computer/phone, but the onus is not on you to prove that you didn’t. You’ll get letters asking to confirm that you don’t need a licence, and then threats of an inspection to make sure you don’t have a TV that’s on and being used to watch TV, though I’m not sure if they follow through with the latter. (In the analogue days, they had detector vans that either could detect TV tuners tuned to channels or were a bluff to get people to pay up, though they seem to have given up on that.)

        • Agent641@lemmy.world
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          3 months ago

          The detector vans were real, and they weren’t a bluff, but the tech they used wasn’t some high tech signal detector. The secret is that they just pointed a parabolic microphone (possibly a laser microphone at a later time) at your window and listened for the audio. The operator would flip through TV channels in his van and try to match the audio from your house to the audio from a currently broadcasting TV station. That was sufficient to determine if someone was watching broadcast tv or not.

        • Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de
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          3 months ago

          Ah interesting, here in Switzerland the rule was if you have a capable device that’s enough. They didn’t have to prove usage.

          And now that they also stream online, any computer and smartphone counts. So they recently changed the rules to just charge every household.

        • MY_ANUS_IS_BLEEDING@lemm.ee
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          3 months ago

          They don’t follow up on the threats - or at least not regularly. (9 years and counting here - even if I somehow get caught and fined the max amount I’ve still saved money)

          • casmael@lemm.ee
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            3 months ago

            Oi sonny Jim this isn’t a loisense request this is a loisense request request it’s a different department Oi hope you’ve got all yer paperwerk in order jimbo

      • Freefall@lemmy.world
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        3 months ago

        Hopefully OP can live with trading “needing a TV license for a TV no one uses anymore” and “actual healthcare” for a “failing democracy turned Christian nationalist oligarchy”!

    • ThePyroPython@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      Welcome! Weather’s a bit shite at the moment and monsoon season (February to May) is just around the corner, but it’ll brighten up for 2 weeks in June and for the last 2 weeks of August.

      Drop me a DM if you’re heading up Manchester way and I’d happily give you a tour and you’re more than welcome to come over to my family’s place for a Sunday Roast.

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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        3 months ago

        You should have seen what it was like when we left the U.S. in terms of weather. This is far better. Thanks!

    • casmael@lemm.ee
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      3 months ago

      Welcome to the uk did you pick up your complementary kettle on the way in? Sorry the rail network is such a mess but what can you do. Glad to have you bud o7

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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        3 months ago

        Honestly, other than the fact that we were really confused about where to go due to poor signage (and missed our train twice and got lost when we were supposed to change trains), we enjoyed the train ride. We did pay for first class on for the Avanti West portion, but it was worth every penny. (Or am I supposed to say worth every p now?) And since we came from the land of very few trains that all suck, the actual train rides were great. And people were super helpful with our heavy luggage.

        • A_A@lemmy.world
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          3 months ago

          Glad to hear you arrived safe and well. Also, for your information :
          Galleons: The primary unit of currency, typically made of gold. One Galleon is worth 17 Sickles.
          Sickles: The second unit of currency, made of silver. One Sickle is worth 29 Knuts.
          Knuts: The smallest unit of currency, made of bronze.
          P.S. : Next time for the train you should get to Platform 9 and 3/4

        • MY_ANUS_IS_BLEEDING@lemm.ee
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          3 months ago

          It’s still known as pennies here. It makes more sense for a pence to be called a penny than it does for a cent to be called a penny.