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Australia got really, really hard to emigrate into without a degree. Up until 3 or 4 years ago you could be a tattoo'd dude with a long list of minor convictions (misdemeanors) and as long as you could ground a Hilti properly, you'd basically be guaranteed a work visa. Most countries have a point system where ~40% of it is 'do you have a bachelors', another 30% will be a job offer in an industry that's understaffed (e.g. Australia's mining boom in the late 00s, early 10s, as a result of Chinese demand for iron ore (11% of it's domestic export, 2001, tied with wool; 2011: between 50-55% of domestic exports (wool had decreased to ~5%) needed a lot of blue-collar folk from the States to take foreman positions (i.e. those positions were in drastic demand, so, barring a felony, a high school drop-out with US domestic experience would command 6 figures). Sydney rules, Melbourne is fun too, but they're both expensive as hell and it's not without it's racism either. I haven't had the unfortunate experience of such events but I've been fairly lucky in that regard (even in rural Alabama I get along well, minus a few comments about a Somerville accent that comes out after a few drinks). Up until ~2 years ago, New Zealand was both a) actively seeking skilled laborers with or without degrees and b) had a pretty healthy tech scene. I've heard recently things have become far more difficult. 5+ year for PR/green-card status is really about course for any nation where anyone would want to emigrate to. I'm sure you could expedite the process if you were looking for citizenship in Yemen, but enjoy your stay haha. I'm fluent in Spanish and was considering buying a vacation home in Seville when their economy crashed. I didn't even want work visa status (I'd be a net benefit for their nation, just consuming their alcohol, culture and women), much less EU citizenship. Despite being well-educated, not seeking a work visa, liquid enough to prove I'm not going to be a burden on their healthcare or an economic migrant looking to take away their domestic jobs - still the path to permanent residency was enormous. Berlin is my favorite city of all. My German is conversational and don't get me started on the tedious process just to PR - since I don't have German blood, I don't think I can even naturalize. I know some unfortunate souls with PhD's in the hard sciences who have been in "waiting for US Green Card" limbo for > 12 years (and these guys aren't going to be picking fruit - their return-on-value would be enormous -- if there were a commodity of specific tranches of humans on which I could trade, I'd place a few hundred k USD on some bright men and women I know). You're in a really good position - stay in India, establish corporate work in Lichtenstein or the Isle of Man or whatever, and shake enough hands to establish the contacts required find the demand-side of work. Then supply the labor for whatever is in demand at the time. If you can find reliable, skilled labor in India, arbitrage off the USD/INR gap and make a fortune. When my firms at capacity, we outsource to basically every nation[1]. Engineers from the former Soviet states are more or less 100% reliable and the quality of code is on par if not better than the average US citizen @ 40% the wage (plus I don't have to pay their 8% end of SS). Certain nations offer (or previously did offer, I'm not sure if the policies remain) immediate citizenship if invest X amount of money in their domestic economy. You show Y amount of liqudity, Z amount of capital assets and reasonable proof that you'll hire $num of their nationals. Ireland had that policy during their economic crash (no idea if it's still there, but that's a powerful Schengen Area passport for something cheap like a million in capital assets, 25% of which should be fungible), and Latvia (?) I think was another one. [1] GSA Alliant fed work notwithstanding. In that case we do what everyone else does and hire mediocre staff that'll pass SF-86 clearance, pay them a nominal salary, bill them out at triple to the DoD and let them sit around filling seats, playing with their phone until the duration of the contract is over, while one or two talented engineers do the bulk of the work and get a 150% performance bonus. |