i met my boyfriend 7 months ago online and he’s american and well i really love him, i’m from another country and while i do want to marry him someday i know i have to see him irl first for a few years, so, if i ever marry him (an american) in my country, what happens?? i know i do not get a green card instantly but, like, our marriage gets registered in my country, does it get registered in the u.s too?? i am just curious, thanks!!
Yeah, speaking as a native American who spent several years of childhood in Europe (so I think I generally have a much more expansive world view than the average American), I wouldn’t even think of trying to enter this country for at least the next decade. This country is well down the path towards self-destruction, and those who’ve been manipulated into believing it’s the right thing to do have dug themselves in too deep to ever dare admit they might have been wrong and allowed themselves to be lead around by the nose this whole time. I don’t know what it’s going to finally take, nor how long until it happens, but those people have fucked this country ROYALLY.
We’re obviously about to start being a living demonstration of “things can always be worse,” and/or “it’s gonna get a LOT worse before it gets better” once that living embarrassment to American history gets back into the White House. Unless you’re Caucasian (or can pass for one, including your name), and/or wealthy AF (or bring something to the table that the wealthy can exploit while using you), I would stay the fuck away from what is about to become Trump’s personal “third world shithole.”
Even if the American populace somehow magically wakes up from whatever spell the one-percenters have them under, and (even more unlikely) suddenly want to reverse course from all their mistakes, it’s likely going to take at least another decade (or even two) after he’s out of office/dead to rebuild what we’re about to lose if Trump carries out even just half the terrible ideas he’s been threatening/promising. Building things up always takes much longer than destroying them, and Trump is fully primed to embark on a revenge-fueled wave of destruction the likes of which this country hasn’t seen in a LONG time.
Maybe try Australia?
As the Aussies say “fuck off. Were full” But really, check the skills shortage visa list
The thing that gets me is that the US and Australia have huge open spaces that are (at the moment) rather unlivable.
I know this will never happen, but what if these barren spaces were opened up for people to build lives and communities… Wait I forgot, no one will want to fund that, even if it would pay for itself on the long run.
As long as there is money in politics, democracy will be undermined by the interests of the rich
It doesn’t mean that it’s all bad, but it really helps if you are a white European English speaking male. But if you check all those boxes and also happen to be poor, good luck.