How I plan to emigrate to The Netherlands

Being from the US it's almost impossible to move to Europe. That was until I found out about the Dutch American Friendship Treaty (DAFT). It allows Americans to move to the Netherlands by starting a business an investing at least 4,500 euros. Here is a website from a guy that has done the move, some good info.

Also here is the text of the treaty itself. The site is ran by an American immigration lawyer in Amsterdam.

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Finding reasonably priced accommodation will be key

After searching through several websites, finding a "cheap" apartment is tough. I had several people tell me it would be damn near impossible to find anything for less than €800 and they are right. When you take in account that you might have to pay upwards of €2000 just to get keys seems strange. I guess it's one of the differences in our countries. If I am going to do this, I need to do it right. Time to start pinching pennies a little harder.

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The wheels are turning

Over the last few weeks I have had some time to write the first draft of my business plan. It turned out to be more work than I thought. The plan is still to move over next summer but the date might slip into early fall.

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It's Official, I'm Moving to Europe

Well good people, I'm leaving The States and moving to The Netherlands. It's been a passion of mine for many years to move abroad. The tentative date is June 1, 2011. That may slip to mid July, depending upon my work contract. I'll try and make post at least once a week since I am still in the planning stages.

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