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  • Could you go into more details? I have friends from the Philippines (like, directly from there, never were US citizens) and they still even visit family every year.

    I’m not denying there’s racism here - there is, especially against Muslims (possibly more their religion and culture than the race itself, since it’s viewed very misogynistic and against Finnish values) and Somalians (this one is just racism based off ignorance). Recently against Russians too for, well, obvious reasons.

    But none of my Philippine friends have experienced racism, especially the ones with Hispanic names (there’s Hispanic favoritism here).

    Of course, racism isn’t why I recommend moving out of the USA to anywhere in the EU - it’s the civil unrest, unjust work practices, broken healthcare, rolling back of women’s and LGBTQ rights, corruption in government, etc.

    Are you sure it wasn’t missing paperwork or errors? I’m assuming your wife doesn’t have a US passport for example since you said all paperwork was from the Philippines, and my high school friend’s grandmother mentioned Philippine record keeping, much like Salvadorian one, leaves much to be desired. Especially after Duterte’s reign making things worse and not complying with other global governments, if this was 2016-2022.




  • If anyone needs help moving to the EU (and in particular Finland) let me know. I moved to Finland after 2016 (I saw the writing on the wall for awhile, before Trump - it’s just that’s when I finally had the best opportunity and Trump accelerated the need to move).

    It takes less money to move than you might think to move. If you have a specialty (especially in STEM) it’s really easy, and most jobs will even provide language classes for free.

    If you don’t, it’s still possible, but it’ll be much harder work I’ll admit. You may end up as a janitor or laborer, but know this - you’ll still be able to live comfortably. Wages can be much fairer here, public transportation is excellent to the point where you don’t need a car at all, and you won’t be bankrupted by healthcare. Even a low skilled SINGLE job will afford you financial security - something I remember was not the case in the USA.

    And on the bright side, if you want to go to higher education here, university is a lot cheaper or, if you live long enough in a place to become a permanent resident or citizen, free.

    If you get yourself at least 8k and 3 months of intensive Duolingo and maybe Mondly, you have a chance to move.