What do you need before emigration?

For friends who don't know much about immigration, many people will think that immigration is a bit simple, that is, getting a tourist visa, buying an international ticket, plus a few steps at most, a few months is like buying a house in China. In fact, this kind of thinking is far from underestimating the complexity and periodicity of the process of "immigration", and it does not understand the correlation between the amount of preparation in advance and many factors.

Let's talk about the basic work that "immigrants" need to prepare, including:

1. Choice of immigrant countries

2. Selection of immigration items/types

3. Preparation of immigration expenses

4. Prepare conditions for immigration applicants

5. Housing preparation for immigrant families

6. Early preparation for children's education

Some misunderstandings about immigration treatment

Let me repeat a few basic concepts: residence, permanent residence and nationality, and the difference between moving in and moving out. Although these contents are very basic, they are related to the back, so I will repeat them.

All kinds of visas, such as travel, business trip and visiting relatives, are "short-term residency" granted to applicants by the destination country. Student visa, although the academic system lasts for several years, is not a long-term residence; After completing their studies, if they can't get other residence visas, they can only return. The right of abode referred to by "immigrants" generally refers to "permanent right of abode" (that is, PR. Some countries have long-term residency similar to permanent residence).

Immigrants don't have to acquire nationality, because after obtaining permanent residency in western developed countries, compared with nationality (citizens), most rights can be enjoyed except political rights; The handler does not need to give up his nationality yet; Nor will it happen that you have lived in the country for a certain number of years and are required to "must" become a citizen of that country (change nationality). Of course, if you really want to acquire nationality, most countries need to obtain permanent residency first.

With the right of permanent residence, handling "immigration" is basically successful. Whether to "immigrate" in the future, that is, whether the whole family will live in this country for a long time, depends on their plans, as long as they meet the immigration supervision of the country (and maintain the permanent residence time).

If you get a nationality, there will be no restrictions on living in that country, but you will often be asked to give up your original China nationality, and then you will become "going abroad" when you return to China. You need a visa, which will also affect other plans such as career arrangements.

How to prepare for immigration in advance?

First, the choice of immigration countries and immigration projects

First of all, which countries should we go to? At the same time, we should consider which immigration projects are suitable for our own situation.

These two factors are inseparable. Because, there are not so many immigrant countries and immigration projects for you to choose from.

Second, the preparation of immigration expenses

The common types of immigrants are investment immigrants, business immigrants (entrepreneurial immigrants) and skilled immigrants (including employer sponsorship). Almost all require considerable cost. The preparation of expenses is not only the preparation of funds, but also the preparation of sources of funds.

Some projects in some countries require high legal sources of funds, which is an important difficulty for some immigration projects and often requires "continuous income". Even if it is a gift, the donor needs to prove the source of funds. Generally speaking, friends must understand that "having money" means "meeting the capital requirements".

Third, the conditions for preparing immigration applicants.

Some immigration projects, especially commercial immigration, employer guarantee, excellent talents, etc., require higher personal background and conditions for investors.

Personal background, common requirements are:

Enterprise management background often needs a certain proportion of shareholders;

Work experience and certificates in related industries and positions;

Professional titles and certificates;

Whether you are an executive during the working hours of the relevant enterprises needs to be proved in various ways;

Personal professional achievements, award-winning records, participation in judges and media reports;

Education meets certain requirements and majors match;

Foreign language scores meet certain requirements;

The above are just some common requirements of common immigration projects. Different countries and different types of immigrants have different requirements, not all of which must be met. The preparation of these materials requires a certain amount of "advance". How long to advance depends on the needs of the project and the difficulty of preparation.

Housing preparation of immigrant families

A considerable number of immigrant destination countries have the requirement of maintaining minimum residence time for obtaining or maintaining permanent residence status. This is also called "immigration supervision".

"Immigration" (taking status) does not mean that you want to "migrate" (go to the destination country for long-term settlement); But applicants (in many cases, the whole family with permanent residence status) always meet the requirements of "immigration supervision".

The existence of "immigration supervision" will have an impact on many applicants. If you want to live in the destination country for a long time (for example, Canada and Australia need to live for two years in five years, and Britain needs to live for two and a half years in five years), for a considerable number of entrepreneurs, the management, business development and resource maintenance of their own enterprises may not necessarily make them often absent and the company can develop smoothly; Some corporate executives, partners, jobs or customers are rooted in China, and if they live abroad for a long time, they may have a great impact on their careers and jobs; Some friends have not decided to go, just to solve the problem of children's employment. These must be understood in advance, comprehensively planned, and prepared early when necessary.

There is also "hidden immigration supervision", that is, some commercial immigrants or employers' sponsored immigrants need applicants to work in related enterprises for a long time, otherwise they will not get permanent residence status.

In addition, many projects are now "scheduled". In other words, it may take some time to obtain important status due to insufficient places and other reasons.

Other factors that affect preparation in advance.

Now the process of using foreign exchange is more and more complicated, so it is better to prepare in advance, at least you can use the annual foreign exchange quota of your family first;

Considering exchange rate and economic fluctuations, it may be necessary to allocate funds overseas in advance;

Individual countries (such as the United States) tax globally, so before becoming tax residents (such as getting a green card), it is necessary to make tax planning in advance to reduce a considerable proportion of unnecessary tax burden.