Is there any place an American can live and work overseas

from your past postii, you've had this dream for anywhere for a long time. Did you ever reach Nepal or any of you other run to's?

Can't escape yourself.

I don't see the connection between your other threads about taking a year to travel and this one. Which is it you want to do, travel or emmigrate to a new country?

Gaining residency in a country usually depends on one or more of several factors. A skill in demand that will get you in is the most common way. Enough capital to get a retirement visa is another. In countries with a points based system age is a factor with younger getting you more points. Marriage (which you have ruled out) is another way in.

Nowhere is it simply a matter of saying, 'I'd like to stay and live here.' So the basic answer to your question is that there are places but only if you qualify.

Given the circumstances you outline it seems like (in my non-professional opinion) you are trying to run away from life. That rarely if ever works since life comes right along with you. When you fall off a horse what you do is get right back on.

Ask friends of Bill W.

There are no geographic cures. Moving someplace else isn't going to change your life. You will take your problems with you or more likely just add new ones on top of the old.

Living someplace else you still have to get up in the morning, get dressed, eat breakfast, decide how to spend your day.

There are no countries where your American passport will let you live forever simply without questions except the US. There might be places where you could retire and live but you it wouldn't appear that you have a regular income to meet those requirements.

There are lots of places where you might be able to get a visa provided that you have a job.

You mention teaching English but what skills do you have from your previous employment. It might be better to tailor your job search based on those rather than reinventing the wheel.

Ruth

25 grand ain't that much.
Realistically speaking, you're looking at picking up illegal jobs along the way and moving on before your visas/permits run out.
Some countries enforce this stuff more stringently than others.
Actual [i}emigration[/i] to anywhere will usually involve a sponsor in that country, tends to be difficult, lots of red tape and takes anywhere from 3-10 years.
Not something to be done on a whim.
If you're just sick of the daily grind/office job in the US, why not head for some resort town in Florida and wash dishes for a while?

I seek a different lifestyle, somewhere that the "american dream" has not managed to reach and destroy. I want to see the world, interact with every different culture, experience more then a huge house, 4 kids, & white picket fence has to offer. I understand where youre coming from when you say you want to leave America, Im not sure Ill find what Im looking for .... but im sure it will be an amazing adventure trying to find it :)

A guy told me, the coolest job he ever had (stateside) was driving a taxi in Key West Florida. He just drove a circuitous rout from bar to bar.

Make 'em laugh and they give you an extra dollar.

I like op's spirit except for wishing and not doing.

Pick a country and apply for a working student visa.

itsallbstlyadoit.

get a job on a cruise liner. as always, its the other cultures you work with that are the biggest payoff.

"one of these days" and "someday" have been and gone. Set a goal date. follow through or you'll never forgive yourself.

That makes for a miserable drunk life. I tried it.
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