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[–] CMahaff@lemmy.world 20 points 3 days ago (5 children)

For anyone serious about it - and as someone who did it - you better start now.

It's expensive and all the paperwork takes months if not years. It's not something you're going to be able to just "do" once things hit some critical threshold.

[–] Turret3857@infosec.pub 10 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Any advice on where to start, what to consider, anything for younger people who may still be in or just got out of college?

[–] CMahaff@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Definitely tough for a person in that age group, although the other comments gave good advice.

In general, I'd say the options are:

  • A student visa hoping you can turn it into something more permanent later
  • Work visa - self-explanatory, find a job in the target country that will sponsor your visa
  • Critical skills visa - some countries will offer visas to people in certain fields because they have a shortage in that industry.
  • "Join Family" visa - some countries might offer visas to extended family, so if you have family somewhere else you can join them. They'll probably have to prove they can provide for you, at a minimum.
  • Spousal visa - i.e. if you marry someone overseas or are married to someone who already has dual-citizenship, you should be able to get a visa to live in their country instead.
  • Get citizenship via ancestry (depends on country, but usually has to be a parent or grandparent who has citizenship already)
  • Apply to be some kind of refugee - almost certainly not applicable for the US yet though

Some countries might have even less restrictive options, but those are the ones I'm aware of in most western countries.

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