u/Fast-Ingenuity4266

I'm someone who has been looking forward to work and live in Germany for 8 years now, and now that my medschool journey is 2 years away from its end, I've started reconsidering my choice of coming to Germany.

On the one hand, you've got amazing infrastructure, free education, free Healthcare, walkable cities, amazing culture, food, nature, music, art and quality of life.

On the other, there's energy issues, political irresponsibility, aging population, low fertility rates, dependency on migrants (which I, as a possible future migrant, believe is a temporary solution as they too come from countries with low fertility rates and/or will adjust to the country within a generation or two), bureaucracy and all the promises to fix these issues for years or probably a decade now.

My other choice is the US but I might face some visa issues which could be resolved by the time I finish medschool (or maybe gets more complicated). It has a more robust and structured training program, more prestigious boards, much higher salary ceiling (albeit at the cost of having affordable Healthcare to the average citizen) and much greater research facilities and capabilities.

Despite everything the US has to offer, I would almost always choose to build a life in German. Salaries are by no means low, they easily place you within the top 10% to top 5% of the country but I fear that country I once dreamt of going to is slowly disappearing/will have disappeared by the time I start to build myself there. Many people (include native Germans) have left the country due to reasons stated above.

I'm 21 years old holding a Syrian passport, born and residing outside Syria but I don't and haven't lived in Syria my whole life. I applied to Interactive Brokers and unfortunately I was refused for unknown reasons.

I'd like to know what other good Brokers there are and, possibly, ones that are more likely to accept me in my case. I'm a university student who wants to invest a couple hundred dollars monthly to get the ball going for him.

I am currently in medschool (2 years left in addition to a year of internship) and am looking forward to investing some of my allowance. I am currently living in Middle East and hold a Syrian passport (this probably causes some issues?). I have been reading a bit about ETFs and I kind of feel lost.

I’ve got 2 questions: which is the best source to read from to learn about ETFs? Also, what ETFs would you recommend me to invest in? I’m looking forward to investing 200-250$ monthly to kind of get things going for me as I plan to move to Europe after my internship year, most likely Germany. Any specific apps or advisors that are best? Also something that wouldn’t complicate or cost transfer of assets to Europe would greatly be appreciated.

Thanks for the help in advance