Russian American Julia wanted to leave the United States a few years ago, but the second term of President Donald Trump forced her to begin to take this idea seriously.
“I noticed that people who are immigrants (like me) were much more concerned after the elections,” he said EURONEWS Next. “Soon we saw warning signs.”
The anesthetist worked at the front of the Covid-19 crisis in New York, but now she wants to find work in the pharmaceutical or biotechnological industry somewhere in Europe.
A EURONEWS Next He agreed to change his name in order to protect his personality, looking for work abroad.
Julia is one of dozens of people published on Reddit American/Exit, the game of words that belongs to Brexit, Great Britain from the European Union. Like her, Subreddit users are trying to find out how to get out of the USA to Europe or Canada after the second term of Trump.
Experts say that it is “very early” to say whether this can be considered a “shoot of brain”, but what the EU should prepare.
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Ariel Tucker is the founder of Connected Financial Planning, a company that helps Americans move to Europe.
Tucker received more than 30 new American clients a week after the re -election of Trump, which was interesting what has been spent over the past few months.
Many Tucker customers are from 30 to 40 years old and work in senior positions in the field of technology, pharmaceutical or financial sectors.
“The general feeling that I experienced from many of these people was that they felt that they could not control anything, and they had to do something,” Tucker said. “We just could not cope with calls.”
They work for multinational corporations with offices in Europe or can independently move from a large American city, such as New York, Los -Angeles, San Francisco or Boston.
His clients thought for some time about “passive” changes, but then “they realized that they did not like the political climate in the United States.”
Alex Ingrim, founder of Liberty Atlantic Advisors Fortune Company, says that more and more customers are associated with current visa processes.
Its customers are older, aged 40 to 60 years, who work as “digital nomadic” in the field of technology, risk capital or reform planning.
“Many people believe that the longer they remain in the USA, the more confident in the quality of life and how this can affect their financial well-being,” says Ingrim.
According to Tucker, where they go, depends on what they are doing, but often is the game “Whack-a-Mole”, in which they are trying to find the best opportunity for immigration for their customers.
According to Tucker and Ingrim, countries such as Spain, Portugal, Switzerland and Germany become especially popular among Americans.
Europe has a “real opportunity” to the market with Americans
Tucker believes that European companies have a “real opportunity” to monetize with the Americans to help them fill the skills in missing sectors, such as IT sector, AI and pharmaceutical preparations.
But one of the largest barriers to Americans who come to Europe is to change their salary.
“The numbers are heard how Paris, where salaries make up a third of the fact that they will be in Los -Angeles or St. Francis.” I think this is a financial obstacle, as this will affect my future. “
Federico Steinberg, senior analyst in economics and international trade at the Royal Elkano Institute in Spain, said that companies should offer us a higher salary or more benefits in their proposals about work, such as housing, to help them jump.
It is also important for Steinberg that the company has a clear idea of a person’s career, in addition to five years.
“Europe, if you want to become attractive, has a potential for this,” says Steinberg. “He has a balance between professional and personal life, has a culture, part of leisure … So the career is important.”
It may also be difficult to go abroad from the tax structure that complicates the work of banks, added Tucker.
For example, if an American wants to save on reconstruction with the US pension, Tucker said that the United States often has “often punitive tax considerations”.
According to him, there are several European financial services that are trying to create a market to support these Americans.
“Before the Covid-19 and before the first administration of Trump, most financial services did not work with the Americans because there were not enough Americans,” he said. “Now I get phone calls every month.”
In order to mitigate this situation even more, Steinberg said that the EU may consider a short -term tax incentive to attract the best talents, as in the case of the best athletes.
I imagine to be there
Returning to New York, Julia said that she did not care that the change takes a year and a half to plan, because she wants to carefully consider her decision.
He considers Denmark, Germany or Switzerland, because he has transmitted skills for many pharmaceutical jobs.
Parents also plan reconstruction in Portugal, so moving to Europe will bring him closer to them.
Nevertheless, it is afraid that a new change can make you feel isolated, lonely and lost, although you want to settle in a busy city where you can meet new people.
Despite these problems, this is very little that he convinces him to stay, except that “the whole administration is deprived of farewell.”
“I can imagine myself there (in Europe),” he says. “I feel delighted when I see an advertisement for work.”
*The name of the interviewee was changed to his request to maintain his anonymity.