Please bear with me… U.S. to Germany.

I imagine with yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling this sub may see an influx of Americans looking to leave the U.S. and for a lot it’s probably a pipe dream to leave. However we have a little bit of a unique situation.

My mother in law was born in Germany to a German mother and American father in 1957. My husband has dual citizenship in the UK and the U.S.. Obviously we could go to the UK and that’s what we will probably do first depending on how quickly things fall apart here.

I was doing some research and it appears there’s been so proactive laws passed regarding citizenship by descent. It looks like when my mother in law was born she wasn’t afforded citizenship automatically but since she was born before 1973 to a German mother and American father she can now qualify under the gender discriminatory law and that would qualify my husband under #4 in the above list.

After using AI discussions to help guide our research for different areas We are looking specifically at Freiburg to settle down in. Access to education is important to us, stability obviously (I know the political climate everywhere is shaky at the moment however in comparison to the U.S. it’s more preferable abroad)

My husband is a relatively high earner with the ability to work remotely. And honestly it might be more preferred to the company he works for that we be on that side of the world because we’d be in the same time zone as the rest of his team.

Obviously the language barrier is intimidating but my husband will pick it up quickly because he was pretty fluent as a kid from his mom being stationed there when she was in the military. So I know our two youngest should pick it up quickly. However my teen and I might struggle more in that department.

I have a masters degree in English Composition and rhetoric with experience teaching secondary. So once I get acclimated and comfortable with the language I could potentially teach after the little ones are in school full time.

Anyway, Freiburg looks nice but I’d like to hear from real people about quality of life, education, how family friendly it is, and affordability. If you have other suggestions for locations that fit what we’re looking for I would love to hear them. I’m scheduling a call with an immigration lawyer for the next week or so. If you know of any good lawyers as well I’d be happy to look into them so that we are sure to have the smoothest process of getting a passport as possible.