Emigrating is an increasingly tempting alternative for many who, thanks to the possibilities of remote work and the hyperconnectivity typical of these times, can easily pack a suitcase and buy a plane ticket.
However, what is not so easy is actually adapt to the new destination, get in tune with your culture and settle in a wide range of aspects that are considered once the big step has been taken.
To facilitate this task, some countries have made an effort to facilitate the basic and most urgent questions to newcomersso that your journey is not so exhausting.
Internationalsa community of expats 4.5 million members in 420 cities around the worldmade a survey of nearly 12,000 migrants and determined the most and least chosen countries to start a new life.
To do this, he relied on the Expatriate Essentials Indexwhich contemplates the evaluations of newcomers in matters such as the digital life -access to online services-, the House -affordability and ease of finding a place in the real estate market-, red tape -opening of bank accounts, need for visas- and the language -need to know the local language or facility to learn it-.
Based on this, Bahrain ranked first out of 52 places thanks to the convenience of obtaining a visahow easy it is to get a home, the large number of government services and procedures that can be carried out over the Internet and the possibility of moving around without having to resort to the local language.
In second place was United Arab Emiratesfollowed by Singaporetwo countries in which those surveyed agreed that there are no major language barriers and that they highlighted good administrative management.
A spokesperson for Internations commented in dialogue with CNBC that, most likely, it is not a coincidence but, rather, a deliberate job that the Executives of the countries carried out to attract migrants. Likewise, he said that in these cases the facility of the native language does not stand out, but rather that they are nations in which the English it is widespread, benefiting many aspects of everyday life.
Both in Bahrain and in the United Arab Emirates and in Singapore there was a large presence of travelers from India who settle in these destinations for job -either because they come looking for a new position, for a particular project, for recruitment outside their borders or, even, with the desire to start their own business-.
Most of them work in the field of finance and the banksadded the survey, and denied, on the contrary, that they are suggested destinations for retired people.
One of the countries that stood out in the ranking was Canada, only North American to achieve a place in the top ten. There, the new residents assure that they can carry out the initial basic procedures without great difficulties and highlight the strong digital infrastructure achieved, although they acknowledge that it is difficult to find housing at an affordable price.
Meanwhile, at the end of the list were Germany, Japan and Chinawhere language barriers and limitations to navigate online and access digital services play a big role in stopping migrants from traveling.
The top 10 friendliest countries for expats:
1. Bahrain
2. United Arab Emirates
3. Singapore
4. Estonian
5. Oman
6.Indonesian
7. Saudi Arabia
8. Qatar
9. Kenya
10. Canada
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Source-www.infobae.com