My dad worked at CERN, an EU research institute, for over 30 years before retiring last September. He bought a house in France, but his office was in Switzerland. We crossed the border every day - him to go to work, me to be born/go to school. It's a Geneva thing. He couldn't get French nationality because he wasn't working in France.
Now the UK is leaving the EU, he is likely to lose the right to live in France. He finally paid off the mortgage on his house, but he's probably about to lose it all. He's also considering New Zealand, but immigration there becomes much more difficult after age 55.
Trying to get PR in an EU country would take at least 5 years. The Express Entry and Skilled Migrant Category visas for PR in Canada and NZ are much faster (about 6 months of processing time if I have the prerequisites).
Rent is also much cheaper in Taiwan (only 20% of my salary). Electronics are cheap, so that saves some personal expenses. When I did summer jobs in Switzerland and Austria before, I had less net income, after rent & food. At least here I'm breaking even. I just don't expect that I can ever find a place where I could earn enough to pay to learn to drive/marry/buy a house/etc.
> Now the UK is leaving the EU, he is likely to lose the right to live in France.
This is very unlikely. While much about Brexit is unclear, it seems nearly certain that there will be provisions that British nationals can continue living in the EU and vice versa. No country involved wants to change the status for people who already emigrated. Discussions focus more around the exact rights (e.g. if the European Court of Justice remains responsible for EU citizens in the UK) and about movement of people after Brexit.
And even if you only move to Europe in a few years, it's likely that you will get a visa much easier than with a non-European passport.
My dad worked at CERN, an EU research institute, for over 30 years before retiring last September. He bought a house in France, but his office was in Switzerland. We crossed the border every day - him to go to work, me to be born/go to school. It's a Geneva thing. He couldn't get French nationality because he wasn't working in France.
Now the UK is leaving the EU, he is likely to lose the right to live in France. He finally paid off the mortgage on his house, but he's probably about to lose it all. He's also considering New Zealand, but immigration there becomes much more difficult after age 55.
Trying to get PR in an EU country would take at least 5 years. The Express Entry and Skilled Migrant Category visas for PR in Canada and NZ are much faster (about 6 months of processing time if I have the prerequisites).
Rent is also much cheaper in Taiwan (only 20% of my salary). Electronics are cheap, so that saves some personal expenses. When I did summer jobs in Switzerland and Austria before, I had less net income, after rent & food. At least here I'm breaking even. I just don't expect that I can ever find a place where I could earn enough to pay to learn to drive/marry/buy a house/etc.