{"id":5233,"date":"2025-06-05T16:41:25","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T23:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/travel\/?p=5233"},"modified":"2025-06-14T15:54:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-14T22:54:27","slug":"media-dumbest-article-on-us-retirees-moving-overseas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/travel\/2025\/06\/05\/media-dumbest-article-on-us-retirees-moving-overseas\/","title":{"rendered":"Media: Column on US retirees moving overseas mistakenly lists Australia as #1 choice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/money\/retirement\/9-foreign-countries-where-it-s-possible-to-retire-with-just-500-000\/ss-AA1G8Odt?cvid=c0a0f43cf46b47f3b3f28a5feab5ffca&amp;ei=29#image=1\">9 Foreign Countries Where It\u2019s Possible To Retire With Just $500,000<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first country on the list of proposed retirement locations is Australia, <strong><em>which prohibits most in bound migration of anyone over the age of 45!<\/em><\/strong> See <a href=\"https:\/\/australiapathways.com\/what-are-the-age-requirements-for-immigration-to-australia\/\">What are the age requirements for immigration to Australia? &#8211; Australia Pathways<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/timpsonimmigration.com.au\/can-i-get-permanent-residency-in-australia-if-im-over-45\/\">Can I Get Permanent Residency in Australia if I\u2019m over 45<\/a> (the answer is generally No!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another country on the list, Malaysia, previously had a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscisguide.com\/visa\/visa-requirements-to-live-in-malaysia-as-a-u-s-citizen\/\">&#8220;My 2nd Home&#8221;<\/a> visa that permitted older adults (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscisguide.com\/visa\/visa-requirements-to-live-in-malaysia-as-a-u-s-citizen\/\">who did not have serious health problems<\/a>) to immigrate and retire in Malaysia &#8211; however, <a href=\"https:\/\/imigresen-online.imi.gov.my\/eservices\/myMm2h?intro\">that program has been closed<\/a>. The only way to get in now (you lose points based on age) is to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imi.gov.my\/index.php\/en\/main-services\/permit\/\">marry a citizen, make a major business investment or be a &#8220;world class expert&#8221;.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The article is by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jennyrcohen\/\">Jenny Cohen<\/a>, a writer for a click-bait content mill <a href=\"https:\/\/financebuzz.com\/authors\/jenny-cohen\">https:\/\/financebuzz.com\/authors\/jenny-cohen<\/a>. With obvious errors like that, this is very poor &#8220;journalism&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A &#8220;listicle&#8221; content mill article lists the 9 countries where Americans can retire &#8211; the 1st country on the list is Australia, which actually bans most people over age 45 from immigrating!  Hah!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-immigration","category-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5233\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}