Why doesn't the US have mandated paid maternity leave?
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The US is the only rich nation offering no national paid parental-leave programme. Why is that – and could it change?
  • drudoo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    36·
    2 years ago

    Good luck getting visas and residence permits.

    I (Danish) am married to an American and it was easier for me to get a US green card, than for her to get a residence permit in Denmark. After living some time in the US we decided to move to Denmark and while it’s great to live here, it was a freaking painstaking process to get her a permit.

      • NathanielThomas@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        2 years ago

        My mother is literally German and most of my family is as well, and I can prove direct lineage. But I can’t get Germany citizenship because the laws are so strict.

        You’re right, Great Britain is easier for the children of Europeans, but other countries (possibly Denmark as well) are hard.

          • Imotali@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            2 years ago

            Could you maybe go over the process for how you got Italian citizenship? Trying to go through the process now with my fiancée and it’s… a lot (neither of us speaks Italian either).

            Specifically, how did you go about requesting documents from Italy? How did you know which civil registry to request from? What if I can’t find the civil registry for the state her descendant is from?

          • NathanielThomas@lemmy.worldEnglish
            11·
            2 years ago

            Oh for sure. Your EU citizenship is infinitely more valuable than my German lineage. The EU is a very sweet deal. I can’t how stupid Britain was to leave.