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I don’t know about Sweden, but I think immigration to Europe is easier than immigration to the USA. I recently interviewed with a company in the Netherlands, an
by devoutsalsa 3y ago
I don’t know about Sweden, but I think immigration to Europe is easier than immigration to the USA. I recently interviewed with a company in the Netherlands, and immigration was a non-issue. Get job, get residence visa (assuming you aren’t a criminal with a record that shows up in a background check).
Taxes are high in Western Europe, and salary lower than in the USA. That being said, some companies pay wages that are semi-competitive with American wages, and some countries offer a tax advantage for skilled immigrants (in the Netherlands, for qualified immigrants they offer package called the 30% rule, where you don’t pay taxes on 30% of your income & you’re exempt from the wealth tax on assets outside of the Netherlands*)
*don’t quote me on that, do your own research*
Info on the 30% rule in the Netherlands:
https://www.expatica.com/nl/finance/taxes/the-dutch-30-ruling-explained-101641 https://www.expatica.com/nl/finance/taxes/the-dutch-30-rulin...
- bmoxb 3y agoFrom my limited knowledge, I think Switzerland is probably the only country that might be a bit more difficult coming from outside of the EU.
- tpmx 3y agoSweden: For tech workers with reasonable salaries - it's very similar. There's not that much paperwork for the employer (no lawyers need to be involved on either side, even in small companies the HR people or the CEO/Founder are normally able to handle it on their own without that much pain).
- freitzkriesler2 3y agoIt depends on what you do professionally. Are you a software developer? If so, you're golden to pretty much move anywhere you want. Anything else and you're SOL