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My Spouse Is Not Sure About Moving Overseas––What Advice Can You Give?
A spouse who’s all in for retiring overseas and a spouse who isn’t entirely sure is quite common. Unfortunately, there...
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The 2 Biggest Concerns Retirees Have Before Living Overseas
The Forbes reporter who interviewed me wanted me to give it to him straight. "Living or retiring overseas," he began, "is an...
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Reasons To Establish An Offshore Corporation
The question I get more than any other is to do with structures. At every conference we host and in...
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How To Find A Reliable Vet Overseas
Other than “How can I move my pet overseas?”, “How can I find a vet once I’ve made the move...
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What You Need To Know About Receiving Social Security And Medicare Overseas
We here at Live and Invest Overseas receive more questions to do with collecting Social Security and using Medicare while...
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Diversifying Offshore Is Essential Nowadays: Here’s What You Need To Know
I’ve been reviewing the schedule of confirmed speakers for my Offshore Wealth Virtual Summit taking place later this month, to...
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Assessing Your Best Overseas Residency Options
Why would anyone want to become a legal resident of another country? If you're interested in becoming a resident of...
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Renting vs. Buying Overseas: Which Is Best For You?
You have probably heard before that you should rent property before buying when moving overseas. It’s what we usually recommend...
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Why Diversifying Your Assets Overseas Is More Important Than Ever
After four months in northern Illinois, Kathleen and I are taking our leave of these United States this weekend. That...
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Where Is Portugal?
Portugal is a country that lies along the Atlantic coast of the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe. To the north...
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Real Estate Overseas: Smart, Safe, And Unreportable
8938. That is the number of the IRS form you have to fill out to report foreign financial assets. If...
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Why Moving Overseas Is Your Best Plan B In Today’s World
What a world we’re living in, right? The biggest global pandemic in 100 years... continuing terrorist threats... war... famine... mass...
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Worried About Your Future After The 2020 U.S. Presidential Election? Then The Offshore Wealth Summit Is
All the world is asking: Trump or Biden? But it’s the wrong question. You can’t control the outcome of next...
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You May Be Surprised At How Low Taxes In Europe Can Be
People often take Europe off the list of possibilities for where to move or invest overseas because they assume the...
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5 Things To Do In Lisbon, Portugal
Lisbon is the second-oldest European capital, after Athens. This is a global city because of its important role in the...
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7 Best Countries To Qualify For Residency Overseas
The American interested in establishing residency or citizenship in Europe has more options today than ever in history, depending on...
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Where Is Greece?
Location iStock/HadrienBRUNNER Greece is the southernmost of the countries of the Balkan Peninsula. Its geographical position...
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The 6 Best Countries To Get A Residency In 2021
When establishing a Plan B or backup residency, most people look for the easiest option... but "easiest" isn't a one-size-fits-all...
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How To Buy An Algarve Property From Afar
How can you keep up with your plans of moving and/or buying property overseas in the middle of a pandemic?...
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What Do You Need To Open An Offshore Bank Account?
As with any question related to your personal life, the answer is: It depends. It depends on how much money...
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How The Residency Process Gets Easier
Last week my husband and I successfully renewed our residency permits here in France, and, boy, are we relieved to...
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The Best Overseas Expat Havens – Our Top Picks For 2020
We recently wrote an article to answer the question, what is an expat? The short answer is that an expat...
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Our Top 5 Overseas Havens For Great Healthcare
There are many considerations to make when planning a move overseas, one of the most important factors to think about...
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Can I Move My Pet Overseas?
“Can I move my dog/cat overseas?” Yes, absolutely. Whether or not you can bring your furry friends along with you...
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A Safety Talk: Why Diversifying Is More Important Than Ever
In Argentina, crisis isn’t the exceptional state of affairs. It’s the usual. Each generation of Argentines grows up watching its...
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Where You Should Be Opening An Offshore Bank Account
We’ve been reporting lately on your best choices for establishing alternative residency overseas… and why the right to live indefinitely in...
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10 Retiree-Friendly Visa Options For Easy Residency
Friday, resident go-offshore expert Lief Simon introduced you to the best places worldwide to establish residency to cut your tax bill... even...
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A Guide To Tax Obligations For U.S. Citizens Living Overseas
The United States and Eritrea, a small African nation, are the only two countries in the world to tax citizens...
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Free E-Book On How To Diversify Outside Of The United States
We're living in unprecedented times. Times so extraordinary that it's natural to feel powerless. With all the doom and gloom...
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The Offshore Guru’s Guide To Residency And 2nd Citizenship
Freedom... security... special benefits... a reduced cost of living... a new life... a new start... a better retirement... a grand...
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Figuring Out Your Best Choices For An Alternative Residency
A Plan B has never been more important than it is right now. Your all-important backup plan starts with the...
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How To Move Out Of The U.S. In 7 Simple Steps
A new life overseas comes with a lot of benefits. For a start there’s the weather. Move overseas and you...
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Diversify And Protect Yourself Against Another Coronavirus Situation
COVID-19 has been a wrecking ball to many savers and investors. Although we are still very much at the start...
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How And Why To Obtain Ecuadorean Citizenship
Ecuador wouldn't usually rate high on a list of top offshore destinations. This country is a number-one retirement and lifestyle...
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Generational Wealth: How To Gift A Teak Investment
Generational wealth bothers some people, from politicians who want to seize and redistribute it to the super wealthy who don't...
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Portugal: Europe’s Hidden Gem That’s Getting Harder To Ignore
Ireland, Spain, France, and Italy might all make it into the answers of a Family Feud survey about where people...
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All The Info You Need For A Second Residency Or Citizenship
When my husband and I moved to Paris, the only real motivating factor was that we wanted to live in...
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Do You Really Need An Offshore Corporation?
Lief Simon’s Offshore Wealth Summit in Panama City last week was built around a series of workshops that addressed the key concepts to...
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A Post-Divorce Plan B That Can Really Stretch Your Nest Egg
In today's world, it can be a good idea to have a backup plan... A game plan for where to...
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Why An Integrated Lifestyle Overseas Is The Best Plan
For my Offshore Wealth Summit taking place in the W Hotel in Panama City this week, I added a new panel discussion...
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Best Alternative Residency Options You Can Qualify For Today
Choices. The whole live-and-invest-overseas thing comes down to choices. Because taking control of your future is all about understanding your...
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How Buying Real Estate Overseas Can Protect Your Assets
Putting your money into foreign real estate is becoming a more urgent strategy all the time. Thanks to that crazy...
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Our List Of The World’s Easiest Residency Programs
Our annual Retire Overseas Conference is primarily a lifestyle event. The focus is on where and how to live or retire overseas....
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Why I Believe A Backup Residency Is More Critical Than Ever
In this month's issue of my Simon Letter advisory service, I continue my "Residency Through Real Estate" conversation. Last month, I detailed...
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Staying IRS Compliant When Abroad: Dates And Common Qs
How many tax dates do we Americans have to deal with? Let's see... There's the initial tax deadline of April...
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5 Best Reasons To Move Your Wealth Offshore
Moving assets offshore isn't a new idea. But, in the minds of most Americans, it continues to bear the stigma...
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How An Overseas Citizenship Can Protect Your Wealth
Could Royal Baby Archie be the herald of a new dawn for Americans overseas? I've been following his story with...
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Should You Use An Attorney For Residency In Panama?
A friend in Panama who is connected to the country’s new president is soliciting ideas for improving the country’s immigration...
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An Update On Tax Changes And Qualified Opportunity Zones
The U.S. tax code is nearly 75,000 pages long. That is to say… U.S. taxes are the most complicated in...
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How You Can Stay Compliant With Offshore Taxes
This month’s issue of my Simon Letter service features my annual review, overview, and update on taxes for the American abroad. The big...
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