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How immigration processes shape international relationships.
Nine countries measured against six things that actually decide whether you can meet someone there: visas, language depth, app reach, social norms, cost and the flight home.
Marrying across borders means running a relationship and a government application at the same time. The routes, the evidence, the waiting, and the first year after arrival.
The conversation most couples postpone until someone is miserable: who moves, what it costs, the shape of the visa route, and how to set a decision date you keep.
The money, the years, the sleep debt and the paperwork are all real. So is the upside. Here's a way to work out which side of it you fall on, rather than a verdict.
Immigration, earnings, healthcare, language, ageing parents, schools. A framework for choosing a country as a couple — and for naming honestly who gives up more.