Tag: Move abroad

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

The Forbes reporter who interviewed me recently wanted me to give it to him straight. "Living or retiring overseas," he ...

It might seem that retiring abroad alone could present additional challenges… That taking this big leap on your own could ...

After living abroad part-time in Guanajuato, Mexico, for 15 years, I've noticed that, for many expats, the relationship of living ...

When is the right time for you to make a move overseas? Right now. OK, I don't know you personally, ...

One of the biggest lessons of the past two-and-a-half years has been this: We all need to seize opportunities when ...

All this week, as we celebrate Live And Invest Overseas’ 14th anniversary, we’ve been taking a stroll down memory lane, ...

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

Today, Valentine's Day, reminds us all, wherever in the world we are, that love is something to be celebrated. But ...

"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 ...

Honestly, there’s only one reason that’ll prevent you from retiring overseas… you’re dead. Other than that, there’s no reason you ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...