Quote Originally Posted by AlienTaker View Post
Well i have family in England and netherlands, but these days if you immigrate they want to make sure you can provide for yourself and not live on government money. and the scrutiny they make you go through is also insane specially now a days coming from south africa they are starting to handle us like refugees
I just immigrated as did many of my friends. The story about provide for yourself applies mostly to tourist visa (they're afraid you stay and claim poverty) which are useless for emigration anyway. And with a work visa the question of how you'll provide for yourself is mostly answered since you won't get one easily without an employer sponsoring you. So it mostly boils down to whether you're competitive on the international job market.