I’m curious about your stories. In my other thread about thinking of moving to Japan because of their population decline people suggested communist countries. I personally don’t consider it at the moment because, to my knowledge, they have a stable population growth so my housing issue wouldn’t be easier to resolve. Nevertheless, I’m eager to listen to your stories. :)
Language is the biggest one, it all depends on what languages you know, that will determine how much you’ll succeed. Chinese, Spanish, Vietnamese, and so on. If you don’t know a language, Spanish is by far the easiest of the current AES languages to learn. This will be the make or break as to how well you’ll be able to integrate and live in any country.
Also population growth doesn’t really amount to much. Housing, food, living expenses, and so on are determined more by how well the country is doing, and how much you’re needed.
Not only just for AES countries, but if you can provide a niche skill set or service to any country that needs it, they will bend over backwards to accommodate you. Are you a nuclear physicist, industrial engineer, neurosurgeon, supply chain administrator, capitalist with large investment potential, or any other high demand profession? In those cases any country will make sure you’re very VERY comfortable. If you’re a cashier… sadly you’ll most likely be left behind the door.
Does this only apply to STEM fields? Or are there people with a university level education in other subjects that would also be in high demand?
Non STEM fields are generally less in demand. Though English(and to a lesser extent other languages) teachers who are native speakers can get visas relatively easily to some countries. The impression I’ve gotten living in different countries is that for non STEM and non language you’d need at least a master’s to be kind of in demand.
That said if you have a non STEM degree but canactually do the work in a STEM field you can get a visa.
can you do all of these with cuba?
Depends on your country of origin, without that knowledge we can’t really tell you much. Though overall Cuba is very stringent with their immigration if you are not an in demand worker or bringing in a large amount of capital.
However I will say that Cuba is a relatively poorer country that is not as developed as places like China or the US due to the American embargo, bieng an island nation, and being a small nation. So the quality of living will be much less. Do not expect a Tokyo, Shanghai, or New York from Cuba, though the country is beautiful in its own right.
From that, since Cuba is not extremely affluent, non-stem industries are much smaller and not as in demand, since domestic production can cover the countries needs.
However, from that, if you are experienced in a STEM career, particularly in medicine or engineering, you will be readily accepted.
This does not apply if you are traveling from the US. Travel and immigration is completely banned, and unless you plan to burn your passport and never return to the states, you’ll be SOL.
