# Have any European groups been historically uninterested in immigrating to America? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 26, 2014, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-european-groups-been-historically-uninterested-in-immigrating-to-america/687014 "2014-04-26T02:24:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-european-groups-been-historically-uninterested-in-immigrating-to-america/687014/61 "2014-04-29T15:30:42Z")
ETA: found the email for my local Immigration Office, I’ve asked them re. “Puerto Rico vs. other US locations”. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-european-groups-been-historically-uninterested-in-immigrating-to-america/687014/62 "2014-04-30T13:19:47Z")
From the horse’s mouth: > [@Regional Immigration Office](#): > > Buenas tardes: > > Sólo Perú y Chile tienen un tratado especial más favorable para venir a España a trabajar. El resto del mundo viene por el sistema general. > > Un saludo. _Peru and Chile are the only (non-EU countries) that have a special treaty making it easier to move to Spain to work. The rest follow the general procedure._ ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-european-groups-been-historically-uninterested-in-immigrating-to-america/687014/63 "2014-04-30T13:47:39Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > The Celtic Tiger isn’t quite what it was a decade ago, but Ireland is still a much richer country than it was. Decades ago, an ambitious young Irishman almost HAD to leave home. Today, he DOESN’T have to. We understand that, and don’t expect young Irishmen to flock to America as they once did. The reason you don’t have a lot more recent Irish immigrants is because it is far easier for a young Irish person to get into Canada, Australia, and of course the UK than the US. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-european-groups-been-historically-uninterested-in-immigrating-to-america/687014/64 "2014-04-30T13:51:33Z")
> [@robert\_columbia](#): > > I’ve heard of this - that the US considers Northern Ireland a separate jurisdiction when it comes to granting immigration visas. Can a UK citizen from somewhere else move to NI for X number of years in order to “become Northern Irish” enough for the US to consider them as such? Is it a fixed number of years or does the US do a whole person analysis to determine how much they have assimilated into a Northern Irish lifestyle? (e.g. adopting a local accent and/or dialect, taking part in community activities, marrying a Northern Irish person, voting in NI elections, being accepted as Northern Irish by community members, etc.) As far as I’m aware you have to have been born in NI to qualify. ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-european-groups-been-historically-uninterested-in-immigrating-to-america/687014/65 "2014-04-30T15:20:13Z")
> [@nevadaexile](#): > > Ireland for example has 6.4 million people total in the independent nation and the British occupied north. Are you actually trying to be a dick? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-european-groups-been-historically-uninterested-in-immigrating-to-america/687014.md?page=3)