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    Quote Originally Posted by kerbyross View Post
    If theres any forum readers here who managed to get out of SA ,
    please tell us how you managed to do so , where you moved to and how you find things.
    If you have any recommendations and if you would rate it a better place than SA ?
    Also some advice on how one might go about getting out of here would also be nice.
    Considering you're open to taking random options from a gaming forum it sounds like you're making quite an impulsive decision here.

    My personal recommendation, if you've seriously weighed up reasons other than "the crime sucks", is to work a short stint overseas in a potential new country to get a proper feel for it; no vague recommendation online is going to give you a true sense of a place, and everyone's preferences are different.

    Also, I know more people who've left SA and come back because they were suckered by the whole "grass is greener" syndrome than I do expats who've remained overseas. I don't claim to know everything about your situation or just how fed up you really are, but pause for some serious thought before making a knee-jerk decision.

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    I applied for, and was granted, Cypriot citizenship last year. I would like to go and suss the place out if I can. Not sure that I would be able to get a job there. My brother, as a professional, is more likely to have people lining up to offer him a job. The other thing is that the SA government is rumoured to be looking at banning dual citizenship.
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    Quote Originally Posted by phoenix View Post
    The other thing is that the SA government is rumoured to be looking at banning dual citizenship.
    They don't want foreigners to stay and they're removing our only means of leaving?

    Facepalm.

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    Quote Originally Posted by OmegaFenix View Post

    I have another buddy who is in the process of immigrating to Aus and even though he is engaged to a girl with perm res in Aus and still had to submit records of most of his life just for the possibility to get in.
    Australia or Austria?
    Coz I am wanting to go up to Austria, so this kinda peaked my interest.
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    Quote Originally Posted by simon View Post
    Australia or Austria?
    Coz I am wanting to go up to Austria, so this kinda peaked my interest.
    Australia, have no idea how u get into Austria
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    My whole family is currently in the process of migrating to Canada... My dad and my mom had to get all of their previous work listed.. And have proof.. And we all had to get documents.. But Itz taking quite a while for everything to be processed..
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    Quote Originally Posted by RustPuppet View Post
    They don't want foreigners to stay and they're removing our only means of leaving?

    Facepalm.
    Par for the course, innit?
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    Quote Originally Posted by kerbyross View Post
    If theres any forum readers here who managed to get out of SA ,
    please tell us how you managed to do so , where you moved to and how you find things.
    If you have any recommendations and if you would rate it a better place than SA ?
    Also some advice on how one might go about getting out of here would also be nice.
    Going to Australia at the end of the year on the back of IT job opportunities. Trying my best not to end up in Perth because of the apparent similarities to South Africa, but that's just me - I want to get away from the culture and experience something different. Don't let any notions of Perth being more South African than Australian fool you though. I've heard a lot of people thinking this. There are like 14000 South Africans in Perth, and percentage-wise Perth only has about 5% more South Africans than other big cities.

    You should consider Canada as well. Friendly, laid back country with a lot of career opportunities, and a lot of fish as well.

    Lots of documents involved in moving though, and we had to wait about two years for the Visas to be approved.

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    Looks like I might end up in england. My dad is british and I can get in with out any hassle got family there.
    Just want to finish my c# and then I will look at places. Really sick of feeling unwanted here.

    But I don't know but things here are looking really dodgey. I don't like to sound like a dooms sayer but things are getting a bit scary.
    It may not be soon or even in a few years but this country is def going south.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RustPuppet View Post
    They don't want foreigners to stay and they're removing our only means of leaving?

    Facepalm.
    lol well you know this country won't function without some pale-skins to rob ye?

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