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        The only honest answer is, we have no idea. And neither does anyone else. The only one who can answer that question is you. Here’s the most important thing to understand about budgeting your new life overseas…

        Super Cheap

        • Chitré, Panama
        • Santa Marta, Colombia
        • Phuket, Thailand
        • Dumaguete, The Philippines

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        • Medellin, Colombia
        • Boquete, Panama
        • Kyrenia, Cyprus
        • Hua Hin, Thailand
        • The Algarve, Portugal

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        • Cascais, Portugal
        • Las Terrenas, The DR
        • Pisa, Italy
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          The Key To Living Long-Term Overseas

          by Lief Simon
          Oct 14, 2024
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          The key to living long-term overseas… and to escaping home at a moment’s notice if you need to… is residency and/or citizenship overseas…

          You can obtain residency or citizenship in more than one country. However, most expats obtain residency or a second citizenship in just one country outside their home country. Which country depends on your personal goals.

          Maybe you simply want to know you have a place to retreat to if things get too bad in your home country…

          Or perhaps you want to be able to spend more time each year in a country than that country’s tourist visa allows…

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            Or maybe you’re looking to move to another country full-time…

            While most countries offer viable options for taking up full-time residency, some countries make more sense than others as backup residency options (i.e., for your emergency “get out of dodge” plan).

            Acquiring a second citizenship is typically a later step in any go-offshore plan. Most people don’t start here.

            And not everyone is interested in the idea of obtaining a second passport at any stage.

            Understand, though, that this can be the single most powerful option for creating options… not only for you but also for your children (because you can pass on your citizenship rights).

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              The world is an ever-changing place. A U.S. passport is still one of the best in the world today, but what value will that passport have in ten or twenty years… or a generation after that? Impossible to say.

              In the late 1800s, the U.K. was recognized as the major world power… and many probably expected that to continue indefinitely. But Britain’s global reign ended after World War II and the breakup of its empire.

              Today, the country is still economically, politically, and militarily strong, but it’s not a superpower.

              The United States could still be the major power in the world in another one hundred years… but it probably won’t be.

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                It’s About The Future

                Will it still be someplace your great-grandchildren will be able to find economic and personal security? I hope so.

                But why not give them options and hedge their bets by obtaining a second citizenship that can be passed down to them?

                A second citizenship also gives you immediate residency and the right to work in the country.

                Maybe those things are important to you now… maybe they’re not. But maybe they could be important to your future generations.

                Kathleen and I both hold Irish citizenship and Irish passports, thanks to the time we spent in Ireland. We became naturalized Irish citizens.

                When I first suggested to Kathleen that we get naturalized in Ireland once we were eligible, she wasn’t terribly interested in the idea. It required paperwork, and she dislikes administrative tasks.

                Her attitude changed when having Irish citizenship allowed us to live in Paris full-time when we decided to move there (because both countries are part of the EU).

                When the pandemic closed off travel routes, she was even happier that we had options and were able to make travel plans thanks to this decision made more than a decade before…

                My immediate family all came together for Christmas during the pandemic in Chamonix, France. We followed the lockdown rules in France, but the fact that we were all able to be in France during the pandemic is a testament to the thirty years of internationalization I’d done… including—and most importantly—getting second citizenship.

                Our granddaughter was able to take in her first sledding experience in the shadow of Mont Blanc because her parents moved to France before she was born. Our daughter wanted to live in the culture and art that overflow in Paris.

                Our son, thanks to the pandemic, skipped his classes at NYU Shanghai since he wasn’t interested in taking remote classes. He used that time to work on various music projects, including his first album. Then he was able to take in-person classes from NYU in Paris the next semester, thanks to his Irish passport.

                Kathleen and I were able to go to the States to help my mother with some work on her house over the summer and return to Paris via Ireland… again, thanks to our Irish passports.

                We had residencies, citizenships, properties, and bank accounts organized to allow us this very flexible international life… even in the most inflexible times.

                Stay diversified,

                Lief Simon

                Editor, Offshore Living Letter

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                  Lief Simon has lived and worked in 7 countries on 5 continents and traveled to more than 75 countries. His real estate investment career began with a $5,000 down payment on a three-flat building in Chicago. Less than three years later, Lief sold the building for a leveraged return of 3,000%—$150,000 in profit after closing costs and commissions.

                  From there, he turned his attention overseas and has bought property in 24 countries including France, Croatia, Portugal, Ireland, Belize, Spain, Argentina, Cyprus, Romania, and beyond. Thanks to his decades-long career as a global property investor, Lief has built a multi-million-dollar portfolio that includes rental properties, significant land holdings, and 7 personal residences.

                  Lief has established residency in 3 countries and acquired a second passport from Ireland.

                  In 2008 Lief and wife Kathleen Peddicord made the most important investment of their lives—a 215-acre oceanside finca, known as Los Islotes. There, on Panama’s largely undiscovered Veraguas coast, they’ve installed underground electricity, water, and internet and built a forever family home that sits at the heart of their ultimate vision: a gold standard private residential community for those in search of a true safe haven escape.

                  Lief’s latest book, “Cowboy Millionaire—The New American Pioneer,” collects all the wisdom he has learned in three decades of living and investing outside America.

                  He offers advice on international diversification in his twice-weekly Offshore Living Letter and monthly Simon Letter dispatches. For real estate investment opportunities, check out his monthly Global Property Advisor service.

                  If you’d like to meet Lief in person, join him for one of our upcoming in-country conferences. You’ll find further details here.

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