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. :)
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?
I was just giving the most generic ones since stem is usually the highest in demand, but you would have to do research into each specific country. Needs fluctuate, and different jobs jump and fall in priority. Other university level jobs are commonly in demand as well, but it’s a lot more finicky and circumstantial then for example STEM careers.
Basically, the rule of thumb is that a job generally will be in high demand if it is inherently useful to the progress of a country, it is extremely time consuming and difficult to train enough specialists domestically, and the job will translate across cultural, language, and sociological lines.
That’s why STEM careers are extremely valuable since they check all three of those boxes, since for example a nuclear engineer is indispensable for the construction of new power plants, it takes close to a decade of education and years of experience, and physics and math are universal.
However while STEM is the most obvious, the needs of an individual country at a certain time vary significantly, so it’s worth it to always be on the lookout if you have a skill set that can be considered useful for a country. For example, artistry is a big foreign career field as well, along with diplomatic staff, international business, and so on.
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.
I would be extremely wary about English jobs however, as the market has a tendency to be horrifically exploitative, degrading, and downright depressing.
Plus being an English teacher still necessitates a near fluent level of knowledge of the language of the country where you will be working.
Yea it isn’t generally a great industry as it is most often private sector work. Some enjoy it though.
As for fluency it is very country dependent if you need to speak the local language. A decent amount of the roles don’t actually require it though obviously if you speak the language you will have opportunities for better roles.
I was just mentioning it as one of the few non STEM opportunities that exsist.
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.
So it sounds like if I want to move to Cuba (I’m American), I’ll straight up just have to stow away or some shit. Great.
Yeah, sorry mate. Unless you have Cuban heritage, there is no way for you to get to Cuba, even as a tourist thanks to Trump.
Stowing away or defecting also won’t get you anywhere, because unless you are a high profile figure, Cuba will want nothing to do with you and will ship you back immediately. So you wouldn’t even be able to utilize healthcare services, the job market, or the vast majority of public services.
The only possibility is having a passport from a foreign nation with friendly ties to Cuba, which will allow you to get a visa in 10 seconds. That’s what I’ve done using a Belarusian passport, but I understand that’s an extremely niche situation.
The embargo is insidious, and this is one of its many effects. Cuba actually loves American tourists and readily accepts them, they also have no problem giving Americans tourist or workers visas. The problem is that getting to Cuba will be next to impossible as no US border agent (or US aligned agent), will let you travel to Cuba with an American passport, and if you somehow slip through the US authorities will have you arrested when the visa inevitability runs out.
It’s still possible for people from the US to visit Cuba. Trump took away the most popular way though. A bunch of organizers just went a couple of months ago.
https://www.liberationnews.org/young-people-from-the-us-travel-to-cuba-and-break-the-siege/
It’s possible, but only with organizational, religious, or humanitarian visas. Which are horribly difficult to receive and require a lot of paperwork and proof.
That group was allowed through because they were considered an “educational” group. Plus their trip lasted only 2 days.
Traveling as an individual is impossible.
I am not familiar enough with the immigration situation in Cuba to answer that. Will need another comrade to assist with that information