Can you just pack up and move to Google? No. They need to want to hire you. This is not completely unlike needing to meet some immigration standards to move

Can you just pack up and move to Google? No. They need to want to hire you. This is not completely unlike needing to meet some immigration standards to move to another country. Free immigration, in the sense of the EU, would be the equivalent of people deciding they want to work for Google and they just show up and claim a cubicle. You can visit other countries as a tourist, even for relatively extended periods... You can buy property in other countries. You can start a business in another country... What's the corporate equivalent?