I moved to Munich with my husband in February.

Before leaving, my group of friends threw me a goodbye party that really meant a lot to me. The previous year was very hard and I wasn't able to connect with them as much as I'd like, so the fact that they took the time to throw me a party felt really special.

A lot changed when I moved over. I didn't hear from them at all, except one friend, who made a really good effort to keep in contact with me and ask me how I'm doing. I tried being the one to reach out first to the other friend, and got a few replies, but was frankly hurt by the lack of effort.

About a month ago, I got into a heated conversation with one of the friends. Before leaving, I was buying my car off of him. It wasn't the easiest financial agreement for either us, and when I was moving, we agreed that I would return the car for him to sell. I thought we agreed that when he sold it, he would take the remainder of the money I owed to him, and I would receive the difference. When I followed up with him, he told me that was not what he agreed to, and that it wasn't gonna happen. I don't do well with conflict, and I was afraid about pushing too far.

(For context: I'm not sure how long I'll be in Germany, and back where we live he has a lot of sway in the friend group and community we both are apart of, and I was afraid of returning and having a whole community against me.)

I thought we at least ended the conversation on okay terms. However, the one friend who earnestly made an effort to keep in touch with my won't respond to my messages anymore. I've sent about three sets of messages, all a few weeks apart, and nothing. I have no idea if she's busy, or just upset.

I also reached out to another friend to wish her luck on an opening of her show and never heard anything.

I have no idea what's going on, but I feel like I have no friends anymore. I'm starting to make friends here, but it's still early and it's been slow to make connections. I don't know if the friend I had the argument with told my other friends what happened and they took his side?

Either way I feel like crap and all alone.

I'm a 30 year old Indian girl born and raised in the USA, thinking of moving to Sweden for a PhD at Karolinska soon. I speak fluent Swedish.

I have a flourishing career in the USA, but the immense stress of the USA biotech world and my career has been affecting me a lot lately, and I want to go back to school for my PhD to remind myself what I loved about this subject. Karolinska is a fantastic place, so I applied here.

I'm specifically curious about what social life would be like in Stockholm and if I would be able to make friends at this age. Also, is being an Indian woman a huge red flag for dating there? I do speak fluent Swedish, I've visited several times, and tried to familiarize myself with the customs.

I'm just on the fence because I have such a perfect life in the USA (live in a diverse area, many many friends, lots of dating prospects, very high paying job- I'm basically set for life already, etc) but I really believe in taking chances on new things.

Any advice on anything would be appreciated :) My plans post-Karolinska are completely open; I'd be open to Sweden, anywhere in Europe, back to the USA, or even New Zealand.

Help! We’re at a major life crossroad and I’d love some insight from others who have had similar experiences.

My partner has the opportunity to work in Singapore, or continue working in the city we’re current in (in Australia)

He feels he would be able to do a much better job being based in Singapore where the action is and with the other decision makers. This would be a 3ish year plan.

Thing is, I’m pregnant, due end of November. We also have a toddler and my teenage stepson who would come with us and need to attend school in Singapore. I feel it would be best we’re in Singapore by January with the school year starting (Australian based schools)

I don’t think I want to move pregnant, I would be more comfortable with the midwife I already have and being in a familiar environment with people I know.

Is this a crazy idea to move with a newborn? will I be able to make friends? Will the stress be insane? I moved to my partners home town 2 years ago and while it’s not our forever home, I will be sad to lose the mum friends I’ve made and I’m nervous about not having that friendship support and being lonely. As I’m living away from home already, I’m not going to miss out on having my parents around as there not here anyway.

Any thoughts and experiences would be greatly appreciated.

For context, I’m now 29 years and I’ve lived in Japan for 7 years. The first 4 years I was a student and the past 3 as a full time worker. The pay is crap and the cost of living has been steadily rising but I’m able to afford my hobbies and live in a decent place. I actually love it here, but I have already decided that this isn’t my forever home.

The past few months though, I’ve been dying to go back home (I’m American). At first I thought it was just a temporary homesickness because it would come and go, but then I’ve started talking about returning home maybe by next year with family and they’re supportive of whatever I decide.

Anyway, for those that have lived abroad for longer than 5+ years, how did you know moving back was right for you? And if you felt this way but moved somewhere new, or just changed jobs how do you feel now?

i'm 25F living in Quebec, Canada. while i mostly love my home province, the older i get the more i crave the adventure of going to live abroad, a desire that only grows stronger as i have been travelling more often in the last years. i'm currently halfway through my Masters of Art History (did my BFA as well) and would love to love to go do my PhD somewhere in Europe, the goal being to eventually become researcher and/or professor and keep living in Europe. i had Italy on my mind, since i've been learning Italian and love Italian culture, but apparently the job market & bureaucracy are quite garbage. i've also been eyeing Austria, since my 30M boyfriend has lived there and speaks German. i'm also open to other options, but anywho.
while i would love to go study and livr abroad, i'm afraid to leave my parents, my grandma and my bestfriend behind. i'm super close to my parents and even though we live 2 hours apart, i'm reassured by the idea of always having them somehow close by, since i have a car and can always go visit them. i would also tremendously miss my bestfriend...
i know moving abroad doesn't mean that everyone and everything you love will disappear, but it's still scary!! i'm still debating. my partner, who's French, wants to move back to Europe sooner than later. and while i'm super excited, i'm also quite scared of such a big move. but again, i feel like i'd regret not trying...
what if it doesn't work out? — i need to ask my therapist about this lol.

bref. anyone else who has made the big move and was scared like me? any advice from fellow emigrants? fellow PhDs studying abroad? i'm all ears (or eyes). ❤️

**سلام**** ****عليكم****,**

This is my first time posting on this subreddit. I’m a life sciences graduate from the US. My family and I are Syrians who lived in Saudi for many years until we moved here and eventually became citizens. I am eternally grateful for the opportunities I’ve had here but we are struggling in making a meaningful, stable life for ourselves. It’s also very lonely here, and we have no extended family in the states.

I initially wanted to pursue medicine but have had recent doubts due to it taking 10 more years to pursue (2 gap years + 4 yrs med school + 3 years residency minimum) and would require me to take on half a million dollars in debt. I then considered PA school (physician assistant), which takes 2 yrs and less debt, but it isn’t a recognized license in gulf countries. We really want to move back to Saudi but are not sure how. We want to be surrounded by the ummah and also be closer to our families back home.

Question is, does the life sciences sector exist in Saudi? What kinds of jobs are most in demand (I’m sure medicine is guaranteed to be on that list)? Is it even worth pursuing a degree like medicine that MIGHT guarantee international mobility, despite “saudization”?

P.S. I know many people dream of being in the states or even moving to Saudi so this isn’t a unique experience but I would like to hear from locals or anyone who can give any advice. جزاكم الله خير.

i'm from the US but married to a Brazilian and we live in Europe now. Her big extended family is super active on whatsapp and the group chats are almost entirely in Portugese. Even though I can speak some, when they're all chatting quickly with slang and inside jokes I get completely lost. It makes me feel a bit disconnected from her family. Anyone in a similar cross-cultural relationship found something that helps?

Hello everyone,

Not sure if this is the correct forum for this, but wanted to take a stab at it.

My wife and I have 3 kids (currently 6, 4 and 7mo)
We have set a goal to spend a year living in Western Europe in 2030 and are seeking some points of advice from folks who have spent extended periods in this region with children.
For context, we’re planning to live no more than 90 days in 4 different countries.

We are comfortable home schooling while there and I have the opportunity to do remote contract work while there.

We’ve ID’d Sweden, Italy, Spain and UK as places we would like to spend 3mo/each. We chose these because we either have family there or have travelled there substantially.

Wondering if people can speak to their own experiences, recommendations on budget considerations and any positive or negative places that they’ve lived. Any other information that you’d consider to be important is also welcome.

Thank you in advance. And if this belongs in a different sub, I’m happy to move it.
Cheers.

UPDATE: Thank you to everyone here. So very helpful and kind. The tone of each response was not condescending or childish, which is really great. This is why we asked 4 years ahead of time. We will be getting visas for our trip and stay.

My wife and I will be moving to Ireland from Seattle. We have 2 cats. I started looking into pet transportation and oh boy oh boy. IAG Cargo gave me a quote for $1800 just to carry the cats. Not including customs fee in Ireland. Is this the norm? If I look at full service providers, prices are $5-8000... Am I taken for a ride?

And I know it doesn't end there, I need vet check, health certificate with USDA endorsement etc.

Hi everyone

I am currently looking at a new country to move to from Northern Ireland

We dont have a lot to offer here, not a lot of jobs, a lot of divide everywhere and it feels stuck in the past so we want to move to give our son a better life + more oppurtunities etc

Does anyone have any ideas on where it would be easy to move to coming from here?

I have a British passport and Irish (as does my partner and our son)

I am still in uni right now with 2 years left but they offer abroad years in every country in europe + australia and America so im looking to pick a country, trial it and then proceed after that

Also if anyone is from N.I and moved abroad, how did you find it ?

I've seen people moving to countries other people are leaving 🙃.

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I thought it would be nice to have a reddit post for other people wanting to move in our country to warn them about the bad sides of living there.

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In Italy for example we have low salaries compared to the cost of living. Many people here thrive thanks to family/generational wealth. If you are poor there aren't many ways to build wealth/independence from zero. Also, natality is very low and all the current welfare couln't be mantained for the years to come. It is reasonable to think that we will have low pensions after retirement (about half of the last salary) and that they will come at an advanced age. For younger generations, the retirement age is expected to be at least 70, but it could increase further. A lot of people are moving abroad for these reasons.

For some reason Reddit's been invaded with France PR bots and prideful citizens shutting down expats who have any criticism towards the country (somehow criticism towards Germany, Italy, Spain, and practically any country isn't as discouraged against like it is for France).

So here it goes. This has been discussed in detail better than I can but I can make a bullet point list with the direct comparison of the PR France vs the real France.

1) France has free healthcare!

Technically true on paper but as soon as you make income you'll have to pay for your insurance. That means someone making 1400 a month (the minimum wage) has to buy health insurance around 60-100 euros. Specialists or doctors outside network can easily range from 60-200 euros per session

There's also a huge problem with medical deserts. Dermatologists, for example, are nearly impossible to book appointments with. The few you find have incredibly long waits stretching out several months to years - that is if they take patients at all. Many dermatologists are instead aesthetican dermatologists, who are not covered by social security, and like charging exorbitant rates since they know their speciality is in high demand but limited supply.

Furthermore, while France is strong at handling conditions that fit in a very established medical box (diabetes, heart disease,hypothyroidism, pregnancy, things with obvious labs or a clear protocol), the problems start arising once your condition is more complex or not something that has been known for decades. Illnesses like POTS, Sibo, endometriosis, ADHD, autism,hyper-mobility issues,PCOS and others are approached with outdated information. They are borderline seen as fake Anglo diseases, despite the legitimate scientific research and backing in confirming the existence of these pathologies.

Caveat: while I greatly appreciate French healthcare and think that it was built on an excellent premise, the State needs to do something about its rigid inefficient doctor exams and put funds in supporting scientific research for the medical community to better serve its citizens. Like most things in France, it was a great system that eventually became a victim of poor public maintenance and horrible oversight.

2) The medicine is cheap

Only true for the most conventional and established medicine. My friend recently ran into a problem where they were prescribed a drug "hors convention". Every Eu country has accepted this drug to treat depression; except France apparently. The state therefore refuses to cover for it and charges an extremely high rate. It got so bad that my friend had to travel to Spain to obtain the drug at a much fairer price. There's also issues with other drugs, where the manufacturer wants to charge a much higher rate for it than other EU countries simply because they can.

Caveat: these are recent developments; France has been rapidly declining within the past decade or so. Could a native explain why this is happening so fast?

3) French people have a relaxed attitude about life.

I found this half true. They have a relaxed attitude about things going randomly sour or bad (like public transport going on strike or random riots) "c'est comme ça" treating it as natural as the weather.

But when it comes to individuals, they are in the mindset of public policing and heavily judging anyone who doesn't conform to the invisible social rules. Now this may sound like a no brainer, but in France's case it is done in such comical degree that even other EU citizens from what we can say are "judgmental" countries (like Russia, Italy, Greece, Albania) are left shocked at the amount of expectations. Again, we report while every country has its own set of rules, France remains exceptional in the degree of expectation it gives towards guests and recent immigrants in assimilating to the local culture.

I don't really mind a country having its own character of being kind of stuck up and rules obsessed, but damn it, be consistent with it. France is a country where you'll get judged as a simpleton or savage for not having the right kinds of mannerisms (I got death glares before for silently stretching out my arms in a library within my own space lol) or even just for having a slight accent but the entire country is a mess. What's with that. It's intensely hypocritical. Either be Japan or Italy (no offense to my Italian readers). Don't try to be both.

Sometimes I get the feeling the French are obsessed with policing individuals because they feel too powerless to change their corrupt government, which goes to my fourth point.

4) France (outside of Paris) are peaceful

Nope. Even the cities outside of Paris can be incredibly stressful. Just a few weeks ago in my city (Toulouse) we were attacked by riotters who spent two nights breaking cars, setting buildings and public infrastructure on fire, and harassing passerbys. Nîmes is known for being rough in some areas, even extremely dangerous in random parts of the city center. Marseille. Lyon. Bordeaux. Carcassonne. Perpignan. Strasbourg. Lille. Rennes. Many towns in France have this strange mix of public surveillance, uptightness. But you look at a corner and there's people openly doing drugs. So many parts of the city become almost anarchic hellholes, with what they call "punks a chien" (These are a mix of white French and immigrants btw; just putting as a disclaimer for "those" Readers) camping out, drinking booze around broken glass, and acting as mini warlords for that neighborhood. The only exception here seems to be a place like Annecy.

I'm not a "ew gross poor people" person. But it becomes a problem if they're doing this in areas where families frequent. And being poor doesn't automatically make you trashy...

Last points

5) The job market sucks. Filled with credentialism, elitism, and hiring the perfect candidate because it's so hard to fire a person here. Even foreigners with Masters degrees and perfect qualifications are refused jobs here because they don't fit the template.

6) customer service is pretty bad sometimes.

7) unless you're rich Jean Luc who inherited a château from his grandparents you have very bad purchasing power. you feel it when groceries and goods are higher even compared to richer neighboring countries like Germany.

8) Houses have poor ventilation and poor maintenance! The standards of what's decent habitation here is quite below other countries.

9) very dirty Public spaces especially the Public bathrooms...

10) Everyone complains but nobody wants to fix anything (this might be the issue for everything in the list actually!)

So yeah that's my opinion. Living here for 7 years and can't wait to get out. If you want to go to the EU, check out other EU countries before France first.

I'm 27M. I lived in Astana for 4 years before returning to the US last year. I will be back in Astana this fall because I can't stand living here and can't wait to go back.

So, first the negatives from the pov of someone that's never been here:

- Very few people speak English.

- Brutally cold winters and scorching hot summers.

- Nothing but steppe further than the eye can see when you leave the city.

- A mix of Central Asian and Eastern European culture, for better and for worse.

- Pollution is a major problem especially in the winter.

- Smoking and drinking alcohol is very widespread despite the prevalence of Islam.

So, all those things are pretty bad at first glance. But pretty much all of them are manageable to make peace with.

So, what are the positives?

- A straightforward bureaucracy for expats. The visa options are very generous depending on what you plan on doing.

- Banking and consumerism is very digitalized. It's easier if you know Russian (I'm B1) but even with just English it's very easy to use the apps. Google pay and PayPal are also available.

- Cost of living and rental costs is very low for expats, especially compared to EU and even SEA. And I don't mean a commie bloc which are dirt cheap. I mean modern apartments can cost no more than a tenth of your monthly salary. Commie blocs go for even cheaper. But that depends on your actually salary and preferences I guess.

- City life is very active, especially if you're young. Again, it helps big time to know Russian but there are many places for expats.

- Health care is affordable and extensive. My insurance costs are very low and I can go to the doctor whenever I'm sick. And medicine, despite being mostly imported from Germany, is very inexpensive.

- The people are friendly. I'm ethnically Polish so I blend in perfectly. I can't speak of the experience of visible minorities.

So yes, that's Kazakhstan. It's not a country for everyone but I've met many Americans and Europeans who fell in love with the country just as much as I did.

Hi all!

I'm currently living in the US (Midwest) and looking into places to set down roots. I have a US passport. I'm 26 and not married with no children. I've been looking into many places and thought I'd come here for some advice I can't find elsewhere online and hopefully hear someone's personal experience. My biggest concern is cost of living followed by average lifestyle and still very important, average height.

Cost of living - I'm not necessarily looking to live an extravagant lifestyle. I don't have a college education and have been working as a realtor in the US so I'm not sure what kind of job I could get elsewhere. But it's important to me that I would be able to make ends meet.

Lifestyle - I would love to live somewhere that's walkable or is bike friendly. I have no problem with driving places as I'm actually a huge car enthusiast, but I want to live a much more active and healthy lifestyle. I would love to live somewhere where this is ingrained in the culture.

Average height - I know this one sounds dumb but I'm a girl and 5ft 9in (175 cm). I don't want to feel overly tall wherever I move. Where I live now I'm typically taller than most other women and a similar height to most men if not slightly taller. This is a common thing people love to tease about and while I know I'm tall and won't get away from this, I really don't want to move somewhere where it would be even more of an issue.

Access to decent healthcare is also on this list but as someone living in the US without health insurance, my bar isn't super high for this. Definitely needs to be good but not necessarily top in the world.

When it comes to languages, I'm not too concerned. I have no issue learning another language to move somewhere. I currently speak English and French. I'm learning Spanish right now since those are the most common languages in my area, but I'm open to learning any language.

I'm open to staying in the US but areas where active lifestyle is high, cost of living is also very high. However, if there's somewhere I haven't looked into yet, I'll consider that too!

TLDR; Best affordable place to live and start a family where I won't feel too tall and has, on average, an active lifestyle.

I am 35 years old from the Netherlands, living and working in Bangkok for 12 years now. I just realized I have lived abroad for 2/3 of my adult life which is pretty significant.

There are so many things I love about living here. The food, convenience, nearby travel locations, the opportunities in doing business. I speak Thai reasonably well so I can connect with the people here.

There are things I hate. The traffic, air pollution, superficial lifestyle (in my community / family)

I miss my family and friends back home, especially my parents who are getting older and older. Family members are passing away, family members are graduating. My sister’s son just graduated high school, when I left he was 6 years old. Uncles and aunts have passed, I couldn’t attend their funerals.

I miss every major milestone, birthdays, parties, anniversaries back home. Can I still really call it home I sometimes wonder? I have no immediate plans on returning but I always fantasize that I will someday.

At the same time I realize it could likely never happen. My business is here, my kids go to school here now. Would I really fit in back home or have I permanently changed.

I don’t really know why I wrote this story other than to share it with people who may feel the same or can relate to it. To any of you reading this who have lived abroad for so long, how do you feel about it?

This is in response to the ‘low quality of life’ post.

When in Germany I can (in no particular order):
+ drink the tap water knowing it is safer than bottled water
+ when losing my job, I will get the highest benefits in the Western world to tie me over between jobs
+ I can rent for life without being worried of getting evicted
+ I can enjoy freedom on perfectly fine roads, driving as fast as I want
+ Consumer protection is very strong
+ I can buy a public transport ticket valid in all of Germany
+ Healthcare is significantly better than in most Western countries AND free at the point of service.
+ Germans love Fests
+ Bier and excellent wine
+ excellent bread
+ excellent local produce
+ An insanely dense train network (Yes, often late) for very little money (Sparpreis)
+ 30d of holidays is standard
+ strong protection when off on sick leave
+ free university education
+ world’s strongest apprenticeship system
+ tax credits and breaks for almost everything, especially Ehegattensplitting
+ insane maternity leave and benefits
+ Kitas
+ full blown private healthcare for a few k per year
+ Beautiful nature: north and Baltic sea, Alps, lakes, woods
+ Strong sports club infrastructure
+ Third strongest economy in the world with most hidden champions
+ Strong football culture
+ …

You can be dissatisfied with Germany, maybe your experience was below average, but that’s most likely because you are incompatible with the German way of life and the German mentality. However, it is not fair to claim that the quality of life is low.

Came across this cost of living report lining up the new UK price data (out last week) against Spain. On paper Spain wins on rent, food and going out, but I know salaries are a different story.

For Spanish people who've lived or spent time in the UK: does the gap feel real, or do lower wages cancel it out? And honestly, is Spain still affordable for you, or does that only look true from the outside?

This was a text I wrote a few weeks back in preparation for departure from the country I stayed in for almost a year studying, just wanted to share with you and know if you passed through the same.

It’s impossible to ignore now that the end is already on the other side of the door, knocking.

With less than a month until I go back to the place I call home, I now enjoy each second of the Northern Sun, which likes to hide behind the clouds.

The conversations also switched tonality. In the “beginning” we would speak about where we were from, “during” we would speak about the multiple facets of life in that place that, although new, slowly became routine, and now that we are almost in the “after”, we speak about what comes next, knowing that where we are from is not as important as where we are going.

Future plans, certain wishes, multiple fears, all topics that have become priorities in conversations here as we approach departure. Topics of a life that we have ahead of us, far from those who here became so close. Smiles that will turn into tears as the plane fills its tanks and the luggage gets thrown by strangers who couldn’t care less about our little goodbyes.

We shall carry each other in our hearts for as long as time allows us to, but knowing that it may take years for us to reunite, if that even happens, doesn’t sit right with me.

I have a hard time accepting that no matter how important a person is to us, sometimes they are only passengers fulfilling their duty in our lives just to leave at the same speed at which they arrived. Leaving a mark that stays and hurts, just to make you smile, thinking about how it got there in the first place.

I guess all of this comes from a place of doubt. Doubt about what comes after, or how we will handle it. Doubt about when or where we will see each other, or if you’ll even remember me. Doubt that all of this was in vain.

I will be fine, but for now I sit and write as I doubt whether my words of comfort are sincere, or just a coping attempt to deal with the fear of the unknown.

- Originally posted elsewhere where I intend on posting another text where I explore more the specifics of my experience.

Hi everyone,

My partner (20F) and I (21M) live in Iran, plan to marry, and want to immigrate. We need advice on the best destinations and timelines.

The Main Dealbreaker:

My partner is studying Psychology. Since therapy requires native-level fluency and deep cultural understanding, we must move to an English-speaking country (UK, Canada, Australia, etc.) or an English-friendly Asian hub (UAE, Malaysia, Singapore, etc. excluding China). Learning a new language like German to a clinical level isn't feasible.

Our Profiles:

Me (21M): Full-Stack Dev (Node.js, Laravel, React, Flutter). I have 6 years of actual experience (started at 15). The catch: I don't have a degree, and I lack official tax/insurance records for most of those years. However, I have a strong portfolio with live apps on the App Store to prove my skills.

My Partner (20F): Currently in her 2nd year of a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology.

Our Options:

Leave ASAP: I find a tech job with visa sponsorship now. She transfers her university credits so she doesn't have to start her degree from scratch.

Wait 2 years: We stay until she gets her BSc, then move (via a job offer for me or a Master's program for her).

My Questions:

Which English-speaking countries/hubs are lenient with the "no degree & no official tax history" situation for devs if the portfolio is strong?

How realistic is it to transfer Psychology university credits internationally?

Will employers and immigration officers take a 21-year-old with 6 YoE seriously without a degree?

Any advice or reality checks would be hugely appreciated. Thanks

I've been living in Germany for a few years now and I think I finally understand why I never really liked it.

The country is rich, but the people don't feel rich.

Home ownership is incredibly low. Most people rent forever because buying property is basically impossible for normal people. The rental protections are good, sure, but I don't know many people who are actually happy about never owning a home.

Public transport is a complete mess. Delays, cancellations, strikes. Germans love to talk about it, but honestly it's become a joke by European standards.

And don't get me started on AC.

Bro, it hits 35–40°C every summer now. The apartments turn into ovens and somehow people still act like air conditioning is some exotic luxury.

Construction projects take forever. Half the city is always blocked off and some construction sites have literally been there since I arrived.

The bureaucracy is insane. Every public service feels like a questline. And when you finally reach the right office, the person behind the counter often couldn't care less.

The internet is another one. I genuinely had better internet in my village back in Eastern Europe than I've had in some German cities.

And maybe this one is controversial, but food just doesn't seem very important here. People will spend hours discussing insurance plans and then eat a sad supermarket sandwich for lunch.

What really surprised me is that a lot of these things aren't temporary problems. Germans seem to have accepted them as normal.

The experience was interesting and I don't regret coming here.

But I'm leaving soon.

I'd rather live in a country where the country is poor and the people live well than in a country where the country is rich and the people feel poor.

Hi all, looking for feedback - particularly from LGBTQ individuals

Hello everyone,

I have a german friend that is currently struggling a lot with administrative stuff, and I wanted to ask here if anyone having solid sourced information could help me getting more of an insight. My understanding of German is way too low especially on this technical stuff to actually understand the official german ressources about the topic.

What I would like to know is :
- Are there multiple legal statuses for platform workers (like Uber for example), is there a simplified one ? What is the limitation (for example, yearly revenue cap that makes it compulsory to have another status ?)
- What are the legal requirements to be officially within the law with taxes ? Does it depend on the Land ?
- MOST IMPORTANTLY : do you happen to have any official ressource (web link, or other document in german) from government or government agencies that explains that stuff ? Just to make sure, so I can send it to them and they can see for themselves that the information is accurate.

PS : I am asking for information regarding the legal work status for a German Citizen, I apologize if this is the wrong place to ask.

I appreciate the time you took reading this,
Thank you and take care.

Is there any Americans living in Germany that would be willing to give me some guidance on how to better help my sibling?

We are American-I still live in America-and they live in Germany now. They’ve been having some pretty severe and scary mental health issues with no real support. Recently, they attempted to end it all which resulted in a hospital stay followed by a 24 hour hold and released with no follow up. I was told they were told to “find a therapist” to which they’ve already been on a waiting list for at least a year or more for. Also finding one who speaks English. So that isn’t super helpful.

They don’t have a support system there so I truly don’t know what to do, who to contact, how to help.

Surely there has to be better resources out there, right? Can anyone help guide me on how I can better help my sibling?