Moving to europe?

Question

to either France, Greece or Italy. Language really isn't a factor but does anyone know where i can go to find information about different areas, and what would be the best places to live in each country?

Answer 1

Actually I disagree that language isn't a factor.  It is a factor.  You may be able to get by each of those countries as a tourist, but living there, to get a job, to arrange utilities, to understand the contracts in buying/renting you will require the local language (either that or a translator is a very expensive friend!)

Also moving abroad, as it can be a wonderful experience, equally it can be a very lonely one without the support of friends & family.  Many people have not realised "the grass is greener on the other side"syndrome until they are there and reality kicks in

Before you start to plan which place to live then your first hurdle (assuming you are US passport holders from your ID) is actually legally being able to move in the form of obtaining a working visa.  That is no easy task there days (same as for a European wanting to come to the US)

You will either need to be (a) self-employed and show evidence of a thiving business (b) a highly skilled migrant with skills/experience which are in demand in Europe (and usually already receiving a high salary in your domestic country) or (c) sponsored by a company - and this is only normally done in the case that they cannot fulfil the job from the pool of labour within the EU or that you have specialist knowledge/experience

Also in principle you will need to speak the language of the country you work as I mentioned, (although there are exceptions to this if the company is an International one whose working language is e.g. English)

There are small differences but there generally the policies are very similar and restrictive for all the countries you mentioned

The best thing to do in order to get accurate info including viability & time is to contact the embassy of the country you are interested in. They can provide you the official information (and often a lot of this is online e.g. for the UK and Netherlands it is anyway).  So search for the local embassy site, or if not then the immigration department site of each country.  

Read the details and see if you satisfy the requirements first.  If yes then you can start planning which different areas to live in first (although I would say personally come on a visit to each to see each first-hand for yourself as well, before moving)

Best of luck