Tag: Move abroad

"What are we doing?" Lief asked me the other morning as we were dressing for the day, rushed, hurried, confirming ...

In a matter of days, we will release our 2022 Overseas Retirement Index. This survey presents our selection of the ...

Why... how... and where.Those are the three big questions to answer as you consider the world map in the context ...

This will be a piece of cake, I told myself as we prepared for our move from Baltimore to Waterford ...

Cordon Bleu pastry chef, Frédéric Hoël, held up two handfuls of dough, one that you could have mistaken for a ...

Why would anyone want to become a legal resident of another country? If you're interested in becoming a resident of ...

Bright and early this morning, our entire far-flung Live and Invest Overseas team convened for this year's Retire Overseas Virtual ...

In the last issue, I began telling you about the biggest aspects of moving overseas—the things that, in my experience ...

When you're planning a move to a new country, it helps to surround yourself with supportive, like-minded people. Your fellow ...

This week I've been thinking back and remembering readers I've been fortunate enough to get to know personally. Readers whose ...

As a reader of Live and Invest Overseas, you probably have dreams of living in another country, as I did ...

I hosted the first conference of my career some 35 years ago in Costa Rica. It was a tour, too. ...

I give a presentation for our annual Live and Invest in Europe Conferences… sharing my “expat story,” as we refer ...

My first trip to Belize, about 30 years ago, was organized courtesy of the Belize Tourism Authority. I was a ...

Yesterday, I promised thoughts today on where Live And Invest Overseas is headed next. All this week, as we’re celebrating ...

Don’t judge a country by its food. Or, at least, not by the first dish you experience. On my first ...

We here at Live and Invest Overseas receive more questions to do with collecting Social Security and using Medicare while ...

"Do you know where our passports are?" my husband asked, sounding slightly panicked over the phone. I was away on ...

Retirement is looming. With it comes the challenge of deciding where to live. I plan to take the next three ...

I'd say that this world of ours is a pretty great place to be. I make the point in case ...

As I mentioned last week, the Forbes reporter who interviewed me recently wondered about the implications of the pandemic for anyone planning a ...

The first and perhaps most important step you must take to make sure that you arrive where you want to ...

“How do I collect my Social Security while living abroad?” is one of the most frequently-asked question we receive here ...

James Joyce’s “The Dead” is often praised as the greatest Irish short story ever written. Though I first read the ...

“In 2013 my wife Carolyn and I decided we needed a change. Our lives in Hawaii were stalled.” That’s how ...

Having spent the majority of this year unable to travel due to closed borders has made many people anxious. The ...

When moving abroad, we usually recommend to not bring things like furniture, appliances, or any other household goods that would ...

The ideal life for many is being able to take a short drive from home to the beach, or from ...

While some countries make residency difficult and painful to acquire (ahem, France), others make it exceedingly easy. They want foreign ...

The question I get more than any other is to do with structures.  At every conference we host and in ...

Other than “How can I move my pet overseas?”, “How can I find a vet once I’ve made the move ...

After four months in northern Illinois, Kathleen and I are taking our leave of these United States this weekend. That ...

If you’d been thinking about taking your job on the road and embracing the digital-nomad lifestyle sometime in the future, ...

What a world we’re living in, right? The biggest global pandemic in 100 years... continuing terrorist threats... war... famine... mass ...

One of the most frequently asked questions by travelers is if their current health insurance will keep them safe and ...

For overseas travelers’ insurance from back home may cover them while they are traveling overseas, however these options are limited ...

One skill that is extremely beneficial for living, traveling and investing overseas is the ability to speak multiple languages. Being ...

“Can I move my dog/cat overseas?” Yes, absolutely. Whether or not you can bring your furry friends along with you ...

Planning a retirement/move overseas can be overwhelming if you’re a first timer or if you’re making the decision to leave ...

Imagine your ideal lifestyle. Then look at the numbers in that context. Where will the budget you’ve got buy you ...