Ask YC: Where's the escape hatch? I'd like to leave the US, but to where?

Re:Ask YC: Where's the escape hatch? I'd like to leave the U... by tomh on Monday July 28, 2008 @02:22PM (#259383)

If you need to pick a country right now, sight unseen, I say Ireland or Scotland. Probably hard to break in without an EU work permit, but if you are talented enough or can telecommute, then you might not have such a problem.

I add Scotland because Dundee seems to attract a lot of IT types, we had dealings with folks in Dundee and they were all whip-smart individuals.

If you want to do a little research before you go, you can pick something a little neater, like Estonia. Estonia would be choice #1 for me, just because it's actually a not-bad economy, good ties to the rest of Scandinavia, orderly/not corrupt, and definitely part of the startup world (Skype and Kazaa, hello?).

And then you could visit Russia and Ukraine and say hello to a real police state...

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Re:Ask YC: Where's the escape hatch? I'd like to leave the U... by gaius on Monday July 28, 2008 @02:35PM (#259404)

Scotland's fairly lenient; I've a Canadian friend whose (IIRC) great-grandfather was Scottish and he got in with no problems. Not long after that I signed his citizenship papers.

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Re:Ask YC: Where's the escape hatch? I'd like to leave the U... by garrydanger on Monday July 28, 2008 @02:54PM (#259440)

Don't the same laws that apply to Scotland also apply to England and Northen Ireland seeings as they are all states inside of the United Kingdom?

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Re:Ask YC: Where's the escape hatch? I'd like to leave the U... by gaius on Monday July 28, 2008 @03:02PM (#259453)

I'm not entirely sure about this, but I think Scotland allows more generations ago than England. But yes, once you're in you can work anywhere in the UK.

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