[carlosjobim]

Lie as much as you can and make yourself a victim and you will get asylum anywhere in the first world, as well as all your living expenses paid for for the rest of your life by the tax payers.

Be honest and try to be productive and it will be almost impossible for you to emigrate. That's not the kind of people that are welcome or wanted in the first world - neither immigrants nor people born there.

If $1000-$2000 in income was all that it took to get a Visa, then millions of Europeans would move to the USA and vice versa, so it won't be easier for you if you try the angle of providing for yourself and being productive.

If you're fine with being an illegal alien, you can go almost anywhere and live a good life with that kind of income. You can usually set up a business if you want as well.