[IWantOut] 18m computer engineer, Ukraine -> USA

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[IWantOut] 27F Saudi Arabia->New Zealand/Austalia/Finland

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Hi I have been in Saudi for 27 years my whole life and I can not take it any more due to my .situation(expired Iqama for 10 years) so I want to immigrate or relocate

.I do not have much of skills , I work freelance jobs such as hairstylist and private tutor

I am not fluent in English , I have online bachelor degree in Business management it taught in Arabic so I have been considering to do Master as a way out .

I want to do master in New Zealand , Australia ,Finland and open to whatever country.

I can not go back to my home country (Chad) due safety issues , autonomy and forced marriage.

So guys please help me I am open to all options any information can makes a difference

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r/IWantOut • u/General-Tackle-1768 • 12h ago

[IWantOut] 22M Researcher Suriname -> Spain

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Hey all, I'm 22, based in Suriname, but originally from Cuba, and I want to move to Europe (ideally Spain) in the next 6-12 months. The problem is income: I need something like €2–3k/month remote to make it realistic (digital nomad visa etc.).
What I can do right now:
Customer and market research (I've spent the last few weeks interviewing accountants and small businesses in Spain for a startup)
Writing help center articles and docs for a SaaS product
Building simple websites with Webflow, Framer and Lovable, plus some Figma
Using AI tools daily (Claude, Codex, Cursor)
Native Spanish, fluent English
Basic video editing
I currently work for a small startup, but it's not enough to make the move.
For people who did this: what would you focus on with this skill set? Freelancing, a full-time remote job, something else? And what actually worked for you vs. what was a waste of time?

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r/IWantOut • u/WoodCarvings • 23h ago

[IWantOut] 26M Romania -> Netherlands/Germany/Switzerland/Norway

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Hello everyone!

I have been thinking about moving away from Romania for a while now and I would like to acquire some first hand information about the mentioned countries.

\- What are the average rent prices in the big cities? any hidden catches?

\- Comfortable salary to not live paycheck to paycheck

\- How difficult it is to find a job if you do not speak the native language

\- A general average person's opinion on foreigners

\- Any significant daily struggles that someone not living there may not know

As for my background: Bachelor in Computer Science, 5 years of QA experience, Team Lead experience, General hard working individual. Worked/still working for big corpos ( Electronic Arts and TikTok ).

I was initially thinking to get into a blue collar job first (perhaps with a friend) just to get into one of these countries. I have seen many firms ads for this in Romania ( promising to get you there ). Later trying to get something in the IT industry.

What are some hard reality checks I should know?

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