Tags: Live Abroad

How You Can Plan A Move Overseas In Today’s “New Normal”

January 11, 2021

What Does 2021 Have In Store For You? I love the feeling that comes once Christmas has run its course… After all the gluttony and indulgence, the natural inclination come January is to swing toward austerity. Most of the world tries to give up some bad habit in the New Year… or to begin some…

The 7 Best Countries To Get A Residency In 2020

November 9, 2020

7 Easiest Backup Residencies In The World Today Last week I shared with you the hellscape that is the French residency process (if you missed it, you can catch up here)… but I neglected to set your mind at ease. Because, while some countries make residency difficult and painful to acquire (ahem, France), others make it…

The Importance Of Obtaining A Backup Residency

November 2, 2020

Lessons Learned Standing In Line With 600 Other Desperate Folks… It’s 8 a.m. It’s cold and windy, with flecks of rain pelting down in angry bursts. I’m glad I grabbed that extra layer before heading out. I look at the line that snakes around the huge plaza I’m standing on. Nope, not mine. One small…

Discover Why Fortaleza, Brazil Is A Top Expat Paradise

September 28, 2020

Last week, LIOS’ widespread experts, expats, and editors took attendees at our 2020 Retire Overseas Virtual Conference on a tour of the top 21 destinations worth your consideration for living and investing in today… One of the places that recently entered this top 21 list is Brazil… We haven’t talked much about Brazil here before.…

5 More Things To Check Before You Move Overseas

January 6, 2020

Last week I began a list of things you’ll need to think about when you’re planning for a move overseas. This week, we continue… 6. Get Your Affairs In Order Go paperless on all accounts and make sure you know how to use online banking. Don’t close any bank accounts, but change your address on file…

The Top 5 Things To Check Before You Move Overseas

December 30, 2019

New Year, New Home—Part I We’re but a couple of days to the New Year… The last holiday in the seasonal marathon and one that causes excitement and anxiety in equal measures around the world. The potential and the promise… yet also the expectation and the daunting. The optimist sees the shiny, golden path paved…

How To Make Friends Overseas, Even For Introverts

November 25, 2019

How To Make New Friends Overseas (Even If You’re An Introvert Like Me) One of the hardest things about upping stakes and pitching your tent somewhere new is the social aspect. You’ve likely spent a lifetime putting together a social fabric wherever you currently call home, and it’s a great loss to have to leave…

Retire To The Algarve For A Stable Climate Year-Round

November 4, 2019

Going Where The Weather Suits Your Clothes… As much of the world settles into a winter chill this month, fireplaces crackle and mugs of warm drinks steam… Personally, I’m enjoying my first autumn in eight years. Life in Panama, ever-hot and humid, didn’t allow for many of my favorite things in life—the smell of leaves…

All The Info You Need For A Second Residency Or Citizenship

October 14, 2019

The Trials And Tribulations Of (Trying) To Plan Your Plan B When my husband and I moved to Paris, the only real motivating factor was that we wanted to live in the city. I’d wanted to move back since I left at 18, and Harry was looking forward to a change of pace from Panama,…

Why I Had To Return And Make More Great Memories In Belize

September 23, 2019

The Affordable, Sun-Soaked, Caribbean Paradise That Also Speaks English Tropical, laid-back Belize has so much to offer… A two-hour flight from Florida, Belize is just a short hop from the United States (four hours from Toronto). It’s an affordable, sun-soaked, Caribbean paradise with lifestyle options ranging from rustic countryside to hammock beachfront. It offers easy…