The U.S. is among the top nations whose citizens go to Netherlands for work or study.
Maggie Cheng is taking classes on Dutch language and culture with the goal of emigrating to the Netherlands with her husband, Thomas Plaisier. The Netherlands requires people who move there to pass a language and culture exam.
Lentz said those heading to his homeland tend to do so for career reasons, particularly if they’re in the health or software fields, though he has also taught same-sex couples who wanted to emigrate when their marriages weren’t legally recognized in the U.S.The Dutch embassy in Washington could not provide exact numbers, but said the U.S. is among the top nations whose citizens go to Netherlands for work or study.
“I think it’s not too awfully difficult, like trying to learn Mandarin scripts or Russian Cyrillic,” she said. “People tell me everyone speaks English , but I think it’s slightly disrespectful to assume you can just walk into another country and have no knowledge whatsoever of their language,” he said.
Amanda Kleinman and her husband, also Chicagoans, became enthralled with the country during a 2019 visit that coincided with the 350th anniversary of the death of the painter Rembrandt. They are taking Dutch lessons with Lentz after getting started with the Duolingo language app, but any possible move to the Netherlands remains a daydream, she said.“We’re realistic,” she said. “Our home is here. Our work is here. But it would be pretty special if it could happen.
“They haven’t been doing that well, though they’ve won enough to get this far,” Lentz said. “We’re not all that excited yet about their chances.”
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