Be a diocesan priest in a different diocese?

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As the title suggests. I’d love to live abroad - I couldn’t be a diocesan priest in my home archdiocese. Is this possible, or would being with a group like the FSSP be better?
 
It is possible, however, I’m not 100% sure how you go about it.

I do know that some seminaries accept seminarians for a short time who are not sponsored by a diocese or religious order. However, after a point, they cannot continue until they are picked up by a diocese or religious order.

One seminary that I can think of is Holy Apostles College & Seminary in Cromwell, Connecticut, USA (it’s a very good Seminary)
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Most seminarians are sponsored by a Diocese, Religious Community or Society of Apostolic Life at the time of application. However, if a qualified applicant is discerning a call to the priesthood but has not yet made a commitment to sponsorship, he may enter the seminary at the undergraduate or pre-theology level. He must obtain sponsorship before entering First Year Theology. Vocation directors who visit the seminary are often eager to interview unsponsored college or pre-theology seminarians.
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https://www.holyapostles.edu/seminary/admissions

As their website says, they often have vocation directors visiting the seminary in search of seminarians.

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