How easy is it to "move back" and get work?
Hello!
I was just wondering if anyone has insight into this - my bestie is "planning" (very tentatively) on moving (back) to Germany in about 5 years.
She was born in the US to a German National (at that time) and a US citizen, and later lived alternately in the US and Germany as an adolescent, eventually settling in Germany from about age 15 to 27ish. Both of her parents later lived in the US as US citizens, though both have since passed.
She previously had a German passport, and she says she had "dual citizenship", until she "had to choose," ultimately choosing US citizenship. She moved to New York with her daughter (who was born in Germany but is a US citizen as she was born to 2 US nationals in a military hospital) a while back and has lived in the US since that time. She has another much older adult child (a German citizen) who lives in Germany with her own family.
She will have lived in the US for around 20 years at the point she wants to move back. She is considered a US citizen (though it is not clear if she ever formally "gave up" German citizenship); she still has her old expired German passport from when she was younger, if that matters. She does not have any specialized training or degrees (she did not finish high school), and works in hospitality. She is fluent in both English and German.
She seems to think she can just decide to go back and will be able to get work and have no problems. I think that it may be more difficult than she expects. She says that since her older daughter (an adult with her own family) lives there, and she used to live there, it will be an easy move.... Does anyone have any insight into this?