UPDATED - Moved to Copenhagen, Denmark...

[rwsmith]

That's a lot....

That's a lot to be taken care of if you cover all the bases. I guess if you don't cover all the bases it would nix the whole thing. With all that it looks like you're on your way. Good luck and I can think of much worse places to live than Denmark. Hope your daughter does well, too and take advantage of having family around.

 

[mrrick]

There's a good series on Netflix about a HS teacher in Denmark called "Rita". Worth watching to give you some idea of the education system there, funny too.

 

[Leatherman-Cowboy]

Denmark requires my daughter to have spent a specific amount of time there before she turns a certain age, or she will lose hers. If she spends the required amount of time there she will be a dual citizen her whole life no matter what.

Yes that is a lot of legal paperwork to be taking care of. But I ve had pretty good luck so far with US Immigration paperwork for my wife, coordinating my biometrics with the Danish Embassy in New York and the Danish Immigration paperwork for me. I am halfway there to being ready to buy plane tickets. Everyone has current passports and the dog even has a ISO Danish approved chip. The contact at my Danish gun club is going to start the importation paperwork tomorrow. I will probably call the US State Dept this week to try to get an idea of how long their part of the paperwork will take, I can't imagine it will be anything like waiting for an SBR stamp from the ATF. But I have been wrong before.

I wish you and your family a happy trip, and best of luck with your new chapter in your lives. The gun laws are not what we are used to here in the US, but perhaps you will still be able to enjoy what you are bringing. I lived in Denmark, and you will have no problem talking with people --a huge % speak English, and I think you will enjoy the attention because you are American.
Very friendly and accepting people--most take you for what you are-period.
Happy trails.

Mange tak= thank you.

Thank you,
Henry

 

[JJEH]

Good luck, have fun and stay safe.

 

[JJEH]

Thanks for all the words of encouragement. I wouldn't call myself an expatriot, even though I might be considered one by some. I will always be a patriot.

You are American, period! Not sure if Denmark allows dual citizenship but love knows no boundaries, that's for sure. So as long as you are happy go for it!

 

[Qball]

Income tax rate in Sweden averages +50%. You buy a car, you buy another for the govt. The govt provides a lot of benefits but they have to be paid for by someone. The worker bees. Nothing is free, for the worker bee.

Ehrrr....Wrong.
Income tax is 30%
But as you say, taxes are what make our world tick
Gas tobaco and alcohol are heavily taxed

But i dont smoke and i drink very small amounts of alcohol
so you might say that i'm a tax evader

 

[vigil617]

Thanks for all the words of encouragement. I wouldn't call myself an expatriot, even though I might be considered one by some. I will always be a patriot.


"Expat" is short for the word "expatriate" and has nothing to do with patriotism; just means one lives by choice outside of his or her native land.

Good luck to you, and enjoy the pastry opportunities!

 

[GunarSailors]

Thanks for all the words of encouragement. I wouldn't call myself an expatriot, even though I might be considered one by some. I will always be a patriot.


"Expat" is short for the word "expatriate" and has nothing to do with patriotism; just means one lives by choice outside of his or her native land.

Good luck to you, and enjoy the pastry opportunities!

Thanks for clarifying that... I didnt even get the spelling right.

 

[kozmic]

Gunar...You should always find the adventure in everything you do. That's the way we've raised our kids and conduct our lives. Go and learn, contribute and enjoy my friend.

And of course, to conform with the unwritten rules of the forum here...post plenty of pictures.

 

[hoosierone]

Maybe if you go to Afghanistan. No one in Europe gives a hoot where you're from. Been there many times no one cares if you're American or Italian or Mongolian

So why would I want to go to Afghanistan? My post indicates I like it here and have no intention of leaving.

 

[Arik]

So why would I want to go to Afghanistan? My post indicates I like it here and have no intention of leaving.

You wouldn't. I'm just saying that being an American and going to Europe doesn't make you a target as you suggested/though/implied/possible/figured/concerned about.

 

[M29since14]

What? Americans anywhere in the world ARE attractive targets - to some people. They have been for at least the last four decades. I wouldn't worry about that overly much in Denmark, but I certainly wouldn't ignore the possibility either.

 

[JJEH]

Americans will always be a target for radical extremists, no matter where we go. Even Germany!

2011 Frankfurt Airport shooting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[GunarSailors]

What? Americans anywhere in the world ARE attractive targets - to some people. They have been for at least the last four decades. I wouldn't worry about that overly much in Denmark, but I certainly wouldn't ignore the possibility either.

I agree, but you are probably are more likely to be targeted for a mugging or a car jacking here in Atlanta than you are to be targeted in Denmark for being an American.

 

[billwill]

Do what you and your wife think is best for your family. Best of luck and see all there is to see and do while you guys are there. Stay safe.

 

[Onomea]

I have lived in Japan for 30 years. I think that there is nothing like living abroad to bring it home to one what it is like to be an American. This is because when you live overseas, in an alien culture, you feel different. You are different. You are treated differently. At times this is good, and at times it is bad, to be treated differently.

Japan is a culture with greater differences from ours than Europe, where I lived (Germany) for five years as a child, but still, even in a foreign Western culture, an American will feel different, and be a subject of some curiosity.

Living abroad will broaden your mind. I would argue that it makes you more of an American, and consciously so, at least in your own mind, than simply spending your entire life in the US.

I spent my professional career helping to facilitate the export of US products to Japan, which in turn created jobs in the US. So I think my living abroad was of benefit to the US.

To each his own, but I think living abroad is a positive experience. And I think more Americans with international experience is a good thing for our country.

 

[ATF]

There is a big World outside of the Good Old USA. Go and enjoy it and stop listening to propaganda. Americans are no more of a target than people from other countries including China and Japan. Denmark and Western Europe are a walk in the park. Ok guns are restricted but just about every other country in the World thinks US gun laws are madness. It's a cultural thing, when in Rome.................

 

[GunarSailors]

There is a big World outside of the Good Old USA. Go and enjoy it and stop listening to propaganda. Americans are no more of a target than people from other countries including China and Japan. Denmark and Western Europe are a walk in the park.

Well said. Great advice.

 

[tekarra]

Best of luck on your move.

 

[Leatherman-Cowboy]

Denmark DOES allow dual citizenship now. The law was changed this year.
Him and his family can move to the ONLY other country that celebrates the 4th of july like we do.
The log cabin was made from American timber.

Thank you,
Henry