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My move was the easiest thing ever, and a four-year Blue Card was great. QoL is phenomenal, too.

The same can be said of the US under the Trump regime.

And before... the process has been a nightmare for years - be it for H1-B, L1 or even O1 visas.

As a German: It's probably easier to just come here and pretend you lost your passport or something than going the official way. Start the process in multiple Bundesländer, under different names. That way, the bureaucracy probably won't catch up with you for the next 40 years.

Unless this is a sarcasm, you have proven that either you are 150% disconnected from reality or is discounting the entire immigration hurdle and access to every basic necessity(bank, housing, healthcare, work permit, qualification recognition etc) requiring a valid ID.