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5 years ago

Europe Dilemma

5 years ago
Hello everyone,

I am putting out a very broad question to see what help any of you can offer and please, just throw anything at me if you think it may work.

Is there any way around all the BS in moving to Europe? I have been wanting to move there for many years now, but have not really tried to do so until this year.

I have learned a great deal by scouring the internet for months now, going from country to country and learning about all the requirements, but have continued to be quite frustrated.

I am a 52 year old single male from the US that is willing to move virtually anywhere in Europe that I can, in order to accomplish a goal I have had for decades. That is about moving to another country to work, explore, learn the language, the culture and continue life's adventure.

I have already checked into my ancestry in Ireland, but cannot get there through my great-grandfathers birth. I also am not retired, do not have a lot of money, am not going to start a business, and am not in a high skilled career bracket, so as to sort of bypass the EU rules for hiring outside of the union. These are ways of course, that one can move to Europe much more easily.

I do have over eighteen years of sales background in the alcohol related industry and very strong knowledge of wines to be more specific. That is what I would prefer to continue my career with, however, am open to do many other things as well in order to first get myself established.

I would love to just fly somewhere, look for a job, get hired, then move there to restart my life in a new home. Because of the EU of course, a company cannot legally just do this, since they need to try and hire someone from the EU first.

Once again, any input at all that you may have, to give me some options, would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you for your time and I hope to hear from many of you.

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