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A Year (Or Two) Abroad?
Help me figure out the viability of my current pipe dream - working remotely for a US-based corporation for a year or two, outside the US, with my family (and small dog). [more inside]
Friend needs full care-assisted living, costly here, looking outside USA
A good friend of mine has this gawdawful illness, genetic in nature, resulting in degenerative nerve damage throughout his entire body. The level of care needed will cost a small fortune here in the states. Where can he go to have quality living at a discounted cost, due to the dollar being stronger? Wherever he goes has to have not only high quality assisted living care but also good medical care available. Ideally, somewhere beautiful, temperate climate -- he's lived in Texas his entire life and heat is no problem. [more inside]
Should I stay in a country because of jobs or should I move?
I am in a tricky life situation and I need some help. I am currently living in a country and I don’t know if I want to stay here. Don’t get me wrong, I have enjoyed many aspects of my life here and I cherish the experiences that I have had but this country is lacking for me on the personal side. People here are very distant and aloof. Communicating is also a challenge. I do speak the local language but not perfectly. That has led to a lot of awkwardness and misunderstandings in my interactions. [more inside]
Lost, having doubts on my relationship and in a strange life situation….
I have been in a relationship for some time now. My boyfriend is a really nice person who I love and loves me. He treats me with respect, he listens to me and he is a very good friend. I also treat him with respect and in a loving way and we get along well. We rarely fight and he can count on each other. However, I have been thinking about leaving him and for a while… The problem is that I do not feel particularly attracted to him, although I do find him to be good looking… there is just not that attraction so we rarely have sex. I also don’t feel emotionally connected to him, he is a very cold person, in the sense that he doesn’t express emotion (either positive or negative), he is also very unromantic… he rarely compliments me and I don’t feel sexual or sexy around him… I feel that I get along with him but I also feel that we don’t really know each other well, he is not a curious person, he barely asks questions about me and our conversations are pretty mundane… And he is not creative so it’s me who has to come up with ideas about things to do… [more inside]
Expat "foreign expert" vloggers on Youtube?
Please help me in my research efforts, details inside... [more inside]
COVID US exit strategy
I currently live and work in the United States. I've been here on a work permit for only a couple of years and have moved around a bit during that time, so I don't have many ties at all here, except for my work. I'm trying to form a plan/decision tree for when I would decide to return to my home country (where the COVID response hasn't been perfect but is doing a lot better than the US) - something along the lines of "if X happens, or if Y number exceeds Z, it's time to start making arrangements to go, and if Q happens, it's time to go NOW". What sort of numbers/events should I be looking out for, and how do I set my breaking points? [more inside]
American outside the US: where can I still go that's not the USA?
So I'm an expat whose taxes are dependent on staying out of the US 330 days a year. When Covid hit my short term gig let me extend for a bit but it's over as of August. So where CAN I go next? I can go back to the US but if things don't change, I'm stuck there. So where CAN a US citizen go at this point or (more specifically) by August?
Moving Money to Investments While Abroad
I've recently begun a job outside my home country (not USA) and would like to continue contributing to my investment portfolio regularly. One complication is that the currency of my new country of residence is not a common enough one that it is accepted by my brokerage. I'm not a particularly sophisticated investor, so any advice on moving money affordably will be helpful! [more inside]
What's a cheap place to live somewhere in the world for a month?
My job is ending overseas in Asia and I have 2 suitcases and no permanent home. I need to get a new job but I want some cheap downtime somewhere to look for that next gig. About a month should do it. Where's a cheap place in the world with decent internet, a big airport not too far away (for a cheap flight), relatively safe and somewhere I can live on street food for a couple of bucks a day?
Leaving the U.S. for better health care system? esp. Canada vs Portugal
I've become interested in living abroad, particularly in permanent residency in Canada (via an investor visa or skilled worker visa) or Portugal (via their golden visa.) Is one better than the other if my concern is good public health care? [more inside]
Moving to Jakarta
It is 85% likely I will be moving to Jakarta as of the first of January for 2-3 years. I have a number of specific questions, but general advice is also welcome. [more inside]
Help me find my dream place(s) to live in the world!
I'm not moving, but I like to dream about doing so! Help me see if my dream location has any roots in reality by helping me find a place to move! Both inside or outside the US considered.
No answer is too crazy! I will seriously consider all responses. [more inside]
Seriously: how hard can it be to buy a memory foam queen bed in Japan?
Look normally my process on this is pretty simple. Go to amazon. Search for memory foam queen size beds. Filter by four stars. Sort low to high. Buy one for 250 bucks or less. Throw in the cheapest highly rated bed frame FRAME and call it a day. Then give it someone when I move and do it again. But for some reason this seems IMPOSSIBLE to do in Japan. For price. For size. For mattress thickness. FOR EVERYTHING. So please help.
Moving to Mongolia: what do I need to do? What do I need to know?
So it looks like I'm about to take a job in Mongolia teaching english for a year, starting in November. While I'm looking through all the travel websites about the country, most of them seem to be focused on visiting not LIVING there. So what should I know about: banking, phones, customs, food shopping, internet blocking, stuff that's legal here but illegal there and vice versa, things I should be immunized for, etc. What are the known unknowns of life up there for an American?
Remote bonding with sister
I'm living pretty much permanently overseas and want to play games or watch stuff with my sister via the internet while gabbing. Do you know good options? [more inside]
Buying property when you are not a resident in the country.
I'm currently living in Hong Kong, and I'd like to buy a small apartment in either Rotterdam, Arnhem or Antwerp. This is a combination retirement option and investment. (It makes no sense at all to buy in Hong Kong.) I won't have much time to look, but I can ask local friends to help me by visiting places for me. Does anyone have any experience doing something similar which they can share? Difficulty Level: Dutch/US dual citizenship. [more inside]
Help me decide where to live in Latin America/Caribbean this winter
Looking for somewhere warm and cheap to work remotely for 3 months, this winter, in Latin America or the Caribbean. Having a hard time narrowing down my options. Please advise! (Criteria below) [more inside]
[AU PR filter] Do they really check the residency requirement for a RRV?
Australia expat filter: When applying for a RRV, does the government actually check/enforce the two-year residency rule or are they just happy accepting the fee and granting the RRV, even if you haven't lived in Australia at all in the past five years? [more inside]
Travel insurance for American Expats Abroad -- to America
I know this has been asked before but it was a while ago so I'm hoping for updated information! I am an American living abroad with insurance in my resident country that does not cover the US. I am going back to the US for several months with my family (mix of US and non-US citizens.) What kind of health insurance do I get? [more inside]
Medical Travel Insurance for U.S. Citizen traveling to the U.S.
I'm looking for an medical insurance plan I can buy for 10 ten days that will cover me while I'm in the U.S. [more inside]
Best work-from-home *careers*
I want to move abroad from the US for a few years. I know this kind of a move will be expensive. I have a pretty severe stutter and use a wheelchair. I don't want to struggle in a foreign job market after having struggled in America for six years. I have a BA in psych with an interest in both scientific and creative fields, and some hospital-based experience, but not sure if I want to stay in science or medicine, but maybe? How can I build a life that allows for a reasonable degree of comfort and mobility by working from home? [more inside]
What is 'home'? And how do I choose mine?
I am reaching a crossroads about where I want to put down roots in the next year or two. But I am seriously torn on staying in Spain or moving back to Scotland. Help me decide, or begin the thinking process? Or tell me your experience? [more inside]
What Is This Job: US expat health insurance advisor
My mom is thinking of moving back to the States after forty-plus years in the UK. She is in her sixties and understandably worried about getting healthcare there, as well as allergic to paperwork. Is there someone we can pay to give expert advice and perhaps help with paperwork and budgeting? Something like a financial advisor, but for healthcare. [more inside]
Italian Residency & Health Care
I'd like some input on the most efficient way for me to set up a life in Italy. I have some ideas with regards to registering a business &c. but I'm confused about a couple of things. Thanks! [more inside]
Teaching ESL Abroad, Difficulty level: Cats
I am thinking about teaching English abroad, but I have two cats, and no-one who can really keep them for me for too long. I need to work out if I can take them along. [more inside]
Have Funds, Will Travel... Possibly Permanently. How?
My family has been considering leaving the US for a while for France, Germany, Austria, or Switzerland. We wouldn't necessarily have jobs lined up, but we have language skills, in-demand high-level job skills, and a good amount of liquid dollars. What are some ways we could make this happen? Expat status is on the table. [more inside]
Where can I buy British-style sausages in the US?
My husband is British. We live in the States. He really misses sausages. I would love to be able to buy some for him. Can anyone help? [more inside]
What does it take to move abroad?
I am curious about what it takes to move to or spend significant time in another country, especially during a time in my life where most of my peers are "settling down" and launching their careers. I've lived/worked abroad briefly, but nothing on the scale of 3-5 years. [more inside]
Software development jobs overseas for non-rockstars.
I am an apartment-dwelling 30-something web developer working for a boring Fortune 500 company in the midwest. I've recently been re-assessing my life, which is sans partner or children at the moment and likely to remain so for awhile, and thinking I need a change. This is probably going to involve relocating in the US, but I got to thinking... if I was just willing to broadly move basically anywhere in the world that's interesting and is generally safe and politically stable, how hard would it actually be for me to get a job overseas? [more inside]
What are the benefits available to someone born in Britain but left?
I was born in the UK but left when I was under 10 years old. I've re-visited as a tourist but never stayed for long and never worked there.
Are there any benefits that an expat like me is entitled to? I imagine I wouldn't get a pension but are there other things that I'm overlooking? Thinking not just of gov't things but other stuff available from corporations etc, regardless of how trivial they may be!
Teaching abroad in retirement.
OK. Starting to do some long range planning. My wife and I would like to retire in three to eight years. Probably around five years from now. I would be 60 and she would be 65. Our after tax income will probably be between 2500 and 4000 bucks a month. House paid off. Liquid assets of $150,000 to possibly $400,000. No debt--hopefully. [more inside]
Probable move to Germany and I have SO MANY QUESTIONS
It's looking like there's a very good possibility that I will be transferring to my company's home office in Munich, Germany by the end of the year. We would be there for 3-4 years. I have never been out of the US for more than 1 day. I have a bazillion questions inside! [more inside]
Where in the world should I live?
Requirements: cheap cost of living (this is the most important factor!); no need to learn a language beyond English (also crucial!); warm weather (75-90˚F/23-30˚C); fast internet; safe. Thoughts and advice? [more inside]
Seeking short-term furnished apartments in Zurich
Hello! I'll be moving to Zurich (for work) and living there from mid-Sept to mid-Nov and need to find housing. Can anyone recommend sites where I can book a furnished apartment for about two months? Thank you!
Finding peace in strange exile
I was set to emigrate to country B but for sudden legal reasons am very likely to remain in country A for the next 10+ years with my children. I spent two years making plans about a future in country B and detaching from country A. What are strategies I can consider to reconcile myself for the next decade to country A? How do I engage in a place I know I won't live in permanently as country A doesn't want me permanently either? I don't want to live insulated or resentfully for a decade.
Walk us through relationship and financial pitfalls?
My partner and I are looking for resources that can help us systematically address two things: 1) identifying and discussing potential relationship conflicts and 2) planning for legal/financial issues like retirement savings, wills, etc. [more inside]
Where should I go to make money to put my brother through college?
I'm a recent liberal arts graduate supporting a sibling, but I need to find a country to live in and a job. Cannot return to home country, current visa ends soon. What to do? [more inside]
Best books about American Expats?
Looking for book suggestions about the American expat experience. [more inside]
Credit scores - I'm the invisible man
What is a cost-efficient way for a long term (15+ years) US citizen expat to re-establish a credit score from overseas? Has anyone done this? I'm not moving back yet, but would like to get things set up. [more inside]
[Expat tax filter] U.S. citizen in Italy - how to minimize taxes
What's the ideal financial situation for a U.S. citizen living permanently in Italy, for the purpose of paying the least amount in taxes and still having a comfortable lifestyle with some flexibility? [more inside]
Oh, Canada?
There's a 10 to 15 percent chance my family will leave the U.S. within the next five years, but where would we go? [more inside]
Staying on top of Canadian politics.
I am looking for resources for following and understanding Canadian politics. I read the news regularly but I would like to have a better sense of political news, specifically what is happening, why, and when. I am also looking for ways to be more involved. [more inside]
You are an US Expat. You have some money. What do you do with it?
I have no idea where to put this money as an American abroad. [more inside]
Expat plotting a return
I'm a multi-decade US expat planning on a return to the US in 5-ish years (maybe even less). Help me with a few financial/planning questions! [more inside]
TV buying advice for dinosaurs. Non-US dinosaurs.
We're Americans living abroad in Europe. We've lived an essentially TV-free life for the last several years but watch a lot of DVDs, and some internet stuff. We have a ˜15 year old CRT tv, but we really want to upscale to a big flat-screen. I'm tech savvy, but feel like a total dinosaur on this. Need some really basic guidance. [more inside]
Simple postnuptial agreement for american expats.
My wife and I (one child) need to make a *simple* agreement that concerns only one thing: money that will potentially be given to her by her parents to purchase a property here in Germany. I have several questions about this before going to a lawyer or notary. [more inside]
Where do I belong?
I've lived abroad for three years, now I'm wondering where to settle down. [more inside]
Where should my brother and his same sex-partner live?
My brother, a US citizen, has been living in Southeast Asia for over ten years and has a same-sex partner. They were married in the U.S. about two years ago, and are applying for a green card for the partner. They intend to move to the States next year as soon as that process is completed. But having not lived here for so long, he is not sure where a good place for them would be. He has asked me to help them find a region to move to. [more inside]
Help Me Become a Would-Be Expat.
Please help us talk ourselves out of moving out of the USA. No, not to Canada. [more inside]
How do I, an American, manage the practicalities of moving to France?
I am moving to France in two weeks - I speak French, I have a visa, I'm enrolled in a doctoral program, my money is more or less straight. . . but I'm starting to flip out. What do I do? [more inside]