Working holiday visa / exchange program / multiple citizenships / etc. thread
02-03-2014, 10:16 PM
This is a thread for exchanging info on working holidays, second passports, and generally working and living overseas. One of my best assets is a U.S. passport. Especially as an ambitious young man, it opened up doors. Through working holidays, access to country-specific exchange programs, and the like, I could make money, improve my hustle, and lay down the internal foundation to foster long-term success.
Post anything else you think of. Since I'm an American, I'll post info specific to Americans, but also for players of all nationalities.
Americans specifically
U.S. citizens under the age of 31 can live and work in Australia for a year. Wages in Australia are quite high and, like working in the Canadian oil industry, you can make serious bank by working in Western Australia, anything related to the mining industry if you're lucky:
https://www.immi.gov.au/Visas/Pages/462.aspx
You can also work in New Zealand (working holiday):
http://www.immigration.govt.nz/migrant/s...ngholiday/
Korea working holiday:
http://usa-newyork.mofa.go.kr/english/am.../index.jsp
Singapore working holiday (need a university degree):
http://www.mom.gov.sg/foreign-manpower/p...fault.aspx
Ireland working holiday (need a university degree or be in process):
https://www.dfa.ie/home/index.aspx?id=8605
Canada working holiday (must be a student, or have been a student within the past 9 months):
http://www.swap.ca/in_eng/index.aspx
Anyone
Argentina - if you live in Argentina for only 2 years in some capacity, you can go before a judge and argue for Argentine citizenship:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentine_nationality_law
Uruguay - to get residence, you only need to prove an income of $650/month. Good for location-independent g's who like Latin culture. Is Uruguay expensive or cheap? I imagine that it's much cheaper than neighboring Argentina, with many of the same perks - red wine, steak, good weather, beautiful women...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11397130
Europe - Poland Schengen loophole
http://www.rooshvforum.network/thread-31412.html
Europe redux - some EU countries are less strict about acquisition of citizenship, that is, people born abroad who are automatically citizens regardless because their parent, grandparent, etc. is a citizen. Ireland, Italy, and Lithuania come to mind. Lithuanian nationality law basically says that anyone whose ancestors were Lithuanian citizens in the interwar period, is a Lithuanian citizen also (and thus an EU citizen, with working rights in Germany, UK, France, etc.) Basically, it's worth exploring your European roots to see if you could hustle to get EU citizenship, even if you've never set foot there.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizenship...pean_Union
Japan - artist visa. If you generate sufficient income (last I remember it was about $1,000/month only) as an "artist" you can self-sponsor a working visa in Japan. I know a guy who DJ'ed part-time and was able to sponsor his visa. I personally modeled part-time - I could make $300 on a Saturday starting out, so it seems feasible that you could work very little as an "artist" and use the rest of the time doing whatever, banging Japanese bitches, learning Japanese, teaching English off the books to horny housewives, whatever.
http://www.juridique.jp/immigration.html
Canada - "Am I a Canadian?" citizenship tool to determine if you acquired Canadian citizenship through your family. Especially useful for Americans with Canadian family. I found out that my mother and two aunts have been Canadian citizens their whole lives, with access to free and high-quality health care.
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/citizenship/rules/
Spanish (and thus EU) citizenship for Sephardic Jews
http://www.linkedin.com/groups/SPANISH-C....214013328
Post anything else you think of. Since I'm an American, I'll post info specific to Americans, but also for players of all nationalities.
Americans specifically
U.S. citizens under the age of 31 can live and work in Australia for a year. Wages in Australia are quite high and, like working in the Canadian oil industry, you can make serious bank by working in Western Australia, anything related to the mining industry if you're lucky:
https://www.immi.gov.au/Visas/Pages/462.aspx
You can also work in New Zealand (working holiday):
http://www.immigration.govt.nz/migrant/s...ngholiday/
Korea working holiday:
http://usa-newyork.mofa.go.kr/english/am.../index.jsp
Singapore working holiday (need a university degree):
http://www.mom.gov.sg/foreign-manpower/p...fault.aspx
Ireland working holiday (need a university degree or be in process):
https://www.dfa.ie/home/index.aspx?id=8605
Canada working holiday (must be a student, or have been a student within the past 9 months):
http://www.swap.ca/in_eng/index.aspx
Anyone
Argentina - if you live in Argentina for only 2 years in some capacity, you can go before a judge and argue for Argentine citizenship:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentine_nationality_law
Uruguay - to get residence, you only need to prove an income of $650/month. Good for location-independent g's who like Latin culture. Is Uruguay expensive or cheap? I imagine that it's much cheaper than neighboring Argentina, with many of the same perks - red wine, steak, good weather, beautiful women...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11397130
Europe - Poland Schengen loophole
http://www.rooshvforum.network/thread-31412.html
Europe redux - some EU countries are less strict about acquisition of citizenship, that is, people born abroad who are automatically citizens regardless because their parent, grandparent, etc. is a citizen. Ireland, Italy, and Lithuania come to mind. Lithuanian nationality law basically says that anyone whose ancestors were Lithuanian citizens in the interwar period, is a Lithuanian citizen also (and thus an EU citizen, with working rights in Germany, UK, France, etc.) Basically, it's worth exploring your European roots to see if you could hustle to get EU citizenship, even if you've never set foot there.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizenship...pean_Union
Japan - artist visa. If you generate sufficient income (last I remember it was about $1,000/month only) as an "artist" you can self-sponsor a working visa in Japan. I know a guy who DJ'ed part-time and was able to sponsor his visa. I personally modeled part-time - I could make $300 on a Saturday starting out, so it seems feasible that you could work very little as an "artist" and use the rest of the time doing whatever, banging Japanese bitches, learning Japanese, teaching English off the books to horny housewives, whatever.
http://www.juridique.jp/immigration.html
Canada - "Am I a Canadian?" citizenship tool to determine if you acquired Canadian citizenship through your family. Especially useful for Americans with Canadian family. I found out that my mother and two aunts have been Canadian citizens their whole lives, with access to free and high-quality health care.
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/citizenship/rules/
Spanish (and thus EU) citizenship for Sephardic Jews
http://www.linkedin.com/groups/SPANISH-C....214013328