Estimates of the # of Americans living abroad were cut from the 2016 9 million estimate to today’s 4 to 5.5 million, from reputable organizations.
Continue readingMore media myth: Everyone is moving to Europe
More on the media myth that Americans are all retiring in Europe. Only about 20% of all Americans living abroad, live in Europe. Only about 1% of retirees actually retire abroad.
Continue readingThe myth: Everyone is leaving the U.S.
Elite, privileged Americans say they will leave the U.S.
Continue readingMedia fluff: Readers are catching on to the fluffy content mill “moved abroad stories”
Readers seem to be catching on to these silly “I moved abroad” stories.
Continue readingCanada’s revised right of descent ancestry goes into effect
Canada’s revised law extends citizenship options to first and second generation children of a Canadian citizen, including when born outside of Canada.
Continue readingLittle academic research on self boot strapped American workers
Most economics research regarding immigration focuses on the immigrant experience. Very little compares and contrasts that experience to that of the U.S. born worker. This creates a sample bias problem and leads to potentially biased research findings.
Continue readingProfessor implies Americans are dumb, and lazy
There’s a bit much of this thinking going around.
Continue readingCitizenship by “birth right” (location) is rare in the world
Most countries practice jus sanguinis citizenship (based on parentage) while the US, Canada and some others provide jus soli, where citizenship is based on being born in the country. Some of those, however, require that at least one parent be a legal resident.
Continue readingAnother nonsense story from Business Insider: We moved to France!
Her husband is a French national and her visa was via the MRS VISA from marriage. They left this important fact out of the story, like all Business Insider “I moved abroad stories”.
Continue readingItaly ends most of its right of descent ancestry program
Who is eligible for Italian right of descent citizenship is now sharply curtailed.
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