I have three or four in mind in the pacific region. I almost had enough points for New Zealand. They responded that they wanted me under "gain an offer of skilled employment situation." After years in management and manufacturing I will not go back to the nonsense. I have not asked for a dime from years from the current social transfer payment system. I can't beat the system nor fight it but can always leave it. Just like any stock position close it out when it gets bad. Akuma Loyalty is an exploitable emotion
You're leaving in 20 days and you haven't definitely decided on your destination yet? Perhaps you should put some more thought into this.
A number of countries legally exempt non-nationals from foreign-source income tax for a few years, or even permanently. You can thus reside there for several years and not pay anything in tax, 100% legally, as long as you are not a citizen and don't earn local income. Besides, much of E Europe has flat taxes in the 10-20% range, hardly onerous.
I am happy to answer that question. There are at least two important differences between the USA and the two countries you mentioned. One of course is the education system. Not all that different at the University level, but quite different at the primary and secondary levels. Then there is this troubling fact: the US squanders nearly 4K$ per capita per year on military expenses (this includes veterans benefits, interest on borrowed money etc.) whereas Switzerland and Germany spend a tiny fraction of that amount on their military. Germany for example is around 300$ per capita, less than 1/10 what the US spends. The resources wasted on weapons in the US are used for infrastructure including mass transit, the arts, and social programs in other countries. Germany, by the way, is the leading exporting nation in the world. It is not the US, as many wrongly suppose.
Apparently the circumstances dictate whether one can be a citizen of more than one country at a time. It was true, and I am assuming it is still true, that for an immigrant to be given US citizenship they must formally renounce their allegiance to all other countries. This was part of the swearing in procedure to become a US citizen, and I would guess that it still is. In other words, persons granted U.S. citizenship by this procedure may not legally be a citizen of any other country.
I am looking to see what the best long term location would be. Geopolitcally speaking. The pacific region has many locations the are emerging out of a third world economy. Japan, Singapore, India are on the list. China is also on the list but not as a primary. I might just have to boat it out of here. With reports of Federal pension funds being raided to raise the debt limit the outlook is not good. I keep on meeting people who are in the service sector making just above minimum wage and they seem completely broken. Others I have met are gaming the social security system and getting a free ride. The future here in the US does not look bright. Most of my family does not reside in the America and have no intentions of returning. Akuma
Not really. The mess was caused by a speculative bubble in housing, not by people that went out and created new businesses that are profitable and a source of employment for others.