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5 Tips from Someone that Moved Alone to Another Country Twice
The first time I moved alone to another country I was in my early twenties. I was a Brazilian girl moving to Toronto, Ontario, Canada to be an international student and learn English. I remember how happy I was. That was my dream and I was living “my best life”. Back then, this term didn’t exist yet. I was able to move to another country because my parents paid for my studies, giving me a study and work permit to be there for one year. I stayed for more than one year.
Later in my life, when I was in my late twenties, I moved again to another country, this time the UK, to live in London. I didn’t come alone, I had a partner back then, but I was in a toxic relationship, so I felt alone emotionally and it felt like we were both coming together but with different agendas. I was able to move because this time, he had European citizenship. We separated after around a year and I was alone (physically) again. Because I had the rights to European citizenship as well (because of my grandparents), I was able to stay in the UK on my own two feet and that felt good.
The circumstances of my two times living alone in another country were really different and that is an important point to take into consideration. In the first case, I was an international student and I could have stayed in Canada and become a resident and further…
