Relocating

[Mac]

My wife and I are wishing to change our life and relocate to a sunnier warmer tropical destination. She has her heart set on Maui but as a Canadian it seems like that is an almost impossible dream due to immigration restrictions. Does anyone have any advice on how two Canadians can make the move to Maui? Or any suggestions on other destinations that are both tropical but there is still a hint of western culture and home?

thanks

[Steven]

Depends on what you plan on doing when you get there, TN-1 is not hard to get if you can find a job and you've got the right qualifications, however it is a temporary immigration category. The Cayman Islands has all sorts of jobs on offer because they only let people stay six years.

If you want to do it permanently have a look at the Bahamas, as I recall you can stay indefinitely if you bring at least US$250,000 with you and you can get permanent residence (which leads to citizenship) if you bring in half a million.

Depends on how far you want to move really, immigrating into Australia isn't hugely difficult. If you get citizenship of an EU country through ancestry, there are Spanish islands off the coast of Africa, or you could move to New Caledonia or French Polynesia if your French is up to it (although pretty much everyone can speak English on Tahiti). Turks & Caicos is a British Overseas Territory.

Don't know what you'd do for a living though.