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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We’re moving to Europe. Not immediately, but in about a year. I’m a fired fed and my spouse is a more securely employed fed. Getting things lined up now to leave after the 25-26 school year. Two ES kids. We aren’t sharing with friends yet. [/quote]

Do you have citizenship or residency/visas lined up? What are you doing? I'm starting to think about it. My mother has retained a lawyer to pursue Italian citizenship. [/quote]
Also wondering how people are emigrating to other countries... I am one generation too far removed to claim Ireland or similar. No connections to get a job offer and work visa... [/quote]

In most countries you need to have 1) qualifications/experience working in a job they really need people for (for example, doctors and nurses are pretty much needed everywhere, highly skilled IT tends to be in demand, certain engineering disciplines, etc. There are opportunities that are somewhat country specific as well -- finance in Switzerland and high-level farming in New Zealand for example), or 2) a LOT of money to invest. And at this point most countries don't just allow you to buy a 1M house and call that the investment; many require investment in a business and employing a certain number of local people.  [/quote]

All you need for Canada is enough “points” on their point-system, and they award points based on education - which should qualify most feds for Canadian immigrant status.

Canada does not allow in unskilled laborers.  Canada also has a policy similar to “Wait in Mexico,” except asylum-seekers are forced to wait-in-U.S. for their turn in the Canadian immigration courts.[/quote]

You should take a look at the details of the points system. The feds in this area won't score well on it due to their age.[/quote]

I’m in the oldest age category and scored 439, which might be enough. But I have a law degree which pushed me way up.[/quote]

Do you have a Canadian LLM? Did you get a job offer before trying to immigrate? DH and I are early 40s Fed lawyers and assumed we were too old. [/quote]

No Canadian LLM. And I haven't tried at all -- I just did the quick online points quiz that Canada offers after getting curious when I saw that PP mentioning the points system. It didn't ask about job offers, and I filled out the degree info for non-Canadian degrees.  It did ask age, and I'm older than you are, early 50s.

The pp about the points system hit my curiosity because close friends are in the process of moving to Canada now. The DW is a citizen of Canada and after living here for about 20 years wanted to go home. The process to get the visa or resident status or whatever it is for the DH has been extensive, took about a year, and required an interview. They did pay an immigration lawyer to handle their paperwork. She is 67 and he is 66. They began this process long before ... well, long before. [/quote]

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