# Best way to move out of country and get a job?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 26, 2003, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-move-out-of-country-and-get-a-job/177651 "2003-05-26T22:46:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-move-out-of-country-and-get-a-job/177651/1 "2003-05-26T22:46:07Z")

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Has anybody just left what they were doing and moved to another country? I want to go to Australia. I hate the midwest weather, … and basically everything else. I’m mostly an IT person, but would like to maybe be a mechanic. What are my options?😕

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**Author:** ![3waygeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/e95f7d/32.png) [@3waygeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3waygeek)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-move-out-of-country-and-get-a-job/177651/2 "2003-05-26T22:50:56Z")

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One of my cousins did just that a few years back – he now lives in Melbourne and works as an IT consultant. I don’t recall if he had a job lined up first, however; I’d suspect immigration would be easier if you did.