I looked on numbeo the cost of living in Tenerife. It seems quite reasonable. Good luck if that is your retirement spot.Originally Posted by joe552
I have mentioned that I got married 2 years ago and I need to stay in the USA for another 3 years for my spouse for visa reasons. After that..we are looking at SE Asia..or someplace other than the USA. Of course plans change.
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If you don't mind me asking, what VISA reasons? Are you going to try and get him US citizenship? If so, then 5 years seems awfully fast, at least compared to Canada.
I could probably get Leo permanent residency status to Canada, but it'd be a 2 - 3 year process. Don't think I will bother, as PR status requires us to reside in Canada 2 out of every 5 years, and I can't promise we'll do that. If we don't, the PR status get voided.
Then after gaining PR status, and after residing in Canada for another 5 years, he can apply for citizenship, but that's probably another 2 year process (not sure). That means all in, we'd be looking at a 10 year process to obtain him Canadian citizenship.
Presumably it has something to do with this. Really Matt, you hold yourself out as an IT guru yet you can't even conduct a simple Google search!
Hey - I am sure at least one of the hair splitting, fussy, quibbling,,etc. posters will point out shortcomings in my post and my ex-ante response is keep it to yourself.
He needs to be in the USA for at least 3 years to apply for US citizenship.
Or at least that is what he tells me. He has a lawyer that he consults.
We have been together almost 6 years. At this point in my life if we were not married I would retire..but..we are together..so I guess I will work another 3 years and hope he knows what he is talking about..IE..that he can get US citizenship and then we will move someplace other than the USA.
For many (not all but many) Asians...(Chinese, Thai, etc.) moving to the West and settling down is a goal. I kept telling the spouse that it is in some ways harder living in the US than in Asia. Things are not as easy as some immigrants believe. It can be a struggle to find work, find a community to belong to, things are expensive etc.
That is the logic of staying in the USA for another 3 years.
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Geez, only 3 years of residency, and you can apply for citizenship? That's quick! Not saying it's right or wrong, as I have no clue about US immigration law, but that is quick compared to most other Western nations. For example, I know if we were to start the process today, it would take a good 10 years before Leo had a Canada passport in his hands, and it'd require us to live in Canada about 6 of those years.
Anyway, all the best to the two of you, and hope Trump doesn't fuck everything up for you guys due to the immigration reform being currently debated.
Just because Canada is a socially backward country, Matt, that's no reason to use it as a yardstick for "most other Western nations". Of the "white Commonwealth" it's in fact the worst country in terms of length of residence. Five is the highest (New Zealand - the same as France). Only Spain seems to have a more onerous requirement during a quick review (a simple whip around via Google would have shown those figures up but as we now know that simple task is beyond you. The blindness perhaps - always a convenient excuse for you?)
Yeah, that stupid socialist Canada that continues to get #1 or #2 on the Human Development Index every year. What a stupid country.
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I could be wrong on the number of years. My spouse is managing the visa/citizenship process.
And yes the liar in chief of the USA and his cronies could change the US immigration rules and change our plans. As I have stated, when I retire - I go back and forth about living in SE Asian or someplace else.
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Matt is clearly of the school of thought that zero means "nothing" and that, therefore, "10" is actually "1 + nothing = 1"
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Well, if you're going to debate with me, you can't use images. What does that image say?
Leo went back to Laos this morning, and the dogs aren't very good at explaining what's in an image.
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