I am getting transferred to budapest on intra-corporate transfer, need help with booking any hotel/hostel/apartment for two people for 1 month. Main concern is that the landlord or manager of the property willing to sign Accomodation receipt form. It is required for visa application as per my firm.
Am planning to move to Vietnam but can’t find any information on this topic anywhere. I’ll be living in the country for more than 183 days so I’ll be considered a tax resident for sure.
However, I plan to start moving funds from my IRA to my Roth over time. If this is taxed at 35% that’s a huge difference. I understand that pensions and other retirement distributions are not taxed but not certain about Roth conversions.
What other expats have been doing this?
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Curious to hear how long you’ve been married
What are the cultural differences that you love?
What are the cultural differences that can sometimes be annoying?
I spent the first 36 years of my life in the UK, and I've been living now in Nice, France for 8 years. I would say I feel about 75% British, 25% French. I plan to stay here into retirement and I'm sure how French I feel will only continue to rise. Learning the language was a big turning point. For the first couple of years my wife and I struggled and missed home a lot. Now home is France for sure.
We moved to Spain in August of 2022 after blowing it all up and selling off our life in Canada. At the time, people were paying ridiculous sums of money for houses and it made a ton of financial sense timing wise, and we were tired of living in rural Ontario and winter.
We chose Madrid because our eldest son is huge into basketball, and it was really only Paris, Madrid and Barcelona as far as elite development go. All of that is still developing globally.
The Good?
It has been amazing for our eldest son. He has fit in so well, loves being at school, has a way better friend group, became fluent in Spanish within the first year of high school. The choice to move if only based on him was A+!
Our younger son is autistic (10 years younger), adhd and has some other difficulties. He's a great kid, he's just living life at his own pace. Madrid has been awful for him. He can't learn Spanish and we were shocked at how poor the international schools for kids with challenges are. There is nothing in the entire city for him. Yes, we have looked at all of them.
Our eldest is finished high school this year, so we were looking for schools anywhere in Spain for our youngest and we planned to move to wherever that was. I work from home, so it doesn't matter where we are.
We found 3 schools, and it has been more than a month to get any kind of consistent replies to simple questions that should be on their web sites. Navigating this type of issue is doable, but these decisions need to be made with some notice so we can get on with other things to make it possible.
The second biggest issue is real estate. How on earth the Spanish government allows it to run unregulated is beyond me. I don't hold real estate agents in high esteem anywhere, but they take it to another level in Spain. This isn't bashing Spanish people, half of them aren't even Spanish. Since anyone can be an agent without consequences for actions, it seems to attract people from anywhere and everywhere who really shouldn't have anything to do with real estate, or people in general.
We have been at it for 4 months to find something. There is inventory in the two possible areas for schooling, However, once you start to get into it, the nonsense begins. We're done with the process, it's inexplicable how its allowed to happen. It's not just expats like us that are getting screwed by the industry, Spanish people are too, which is worse.
I consider housing and education necessities of life. Maybe the two biggest things as a parent. We feel that Spain has completely defeated us. It has nothing to do with the beautiful country, the lovely people you meet, the fun of butchering Spanish in funny ways at times.
All governments have their nuances that don't make any sense, and I'm sure people that move to Canada think the same thing about our govenrment.
Has anyone else been defeated by Spain for these couple of reasons? Maybe we're so discouraged that we aren't seeing the solution that exists.
We love the country, but we love our kids more.
We have no plans to go back to Canada, but we have started looking at other options. It's a shame.
About to begin my green card process through my employer. I've done a ton of research but I keep feeling like I'm missing something important that only people who've been through it would know. What caught you off guard or what do you wish had been explained to you earlier???
American here! I make 4k a month and am thinking of moving me my wife and three kids to another country. My question is for any Americans living abroad. Whats your experience? Is 4k USD a viable monthly income to provide a quality life for my family?
I'm a dual US - Peru citizen, and have an AS degree in Environmental Horticulture, and a BA degree in General Studies with minors in Basque and Spanish.
I was thinking of getting an MS in soil science, since that is very relevant to the agroforestry restoration work I've been doing on my land in Peru for the past six years. Problem is that in Peru you are typically gatekept from jobs at the undergrad (colegiatura) level. Which means since I don't have a five-year Ingeniero Agronomo or Ingeniero Forestal title, HR tends to filter you out. It doesn't matter that you're a great soil scientist and excelled in your Masters program. think it's the same elsewhere in latam. They all want you to have that underlying Ingeniero title. That's a tough constraint since I have a BA.
If I get the MS degree, are my only options for using it in the anglosphere?
I can always pursue a Masters in TESOL to get a good English-teaching job pretty much anywhere. But I don't want to give up on my dream of being a scientist.
I know we've all read tips before, but I'm always on the hunt for hidden gems. Bonus points if you have other helpful advice you deem 'Must Know'
What belongings did you take that you have 0 regrets about? Conversely, what did you leave behind that you still miss? Did a certain tool make your move easier -- ie, digital luggage scale, packing cubes, etc?
I’m 20 years old from the UK and currently a student pilot. My long term goal is to eventually move out of the UK and live/work somewhere in Europe, ideally flying there in the future as well.
I’ve been looking into different ways of getting EU citizenship or residency rights and originally thought I might qualify through Ireland because of my ancestry. However, after researching it more, it seems like it only works if your parent or grandparent was born in Ireland, whereas in my case it was my great grandparents who were Irish citizens.
From what I’ve seen, that means I probably can’t claim Irish citizenship through descent, but I wanted to ask if there are any other possible routes people would recommend looking into.
For example:
• visas/residency routes that could eventually lead to citizenship
• countries that are easier for UK citizens to move to
• aviation-specific pathways
•studying or working abroad first
• anything related to ancestry that I might have missed
Would appreciate any advice from people who’ve gone through something similar.
Is there any way I can get an immigration lawyer that I can afford? I am ready to unalive myself if I can't get my dual citizenship and leave the country. It is unfair because my one parent is an American and my other parent is Greek but I have to jump through hoops to recognized as Greek. I will not survive much longer. I can't live in America any longer
My husband and I live in the middle east, we are thinking about starting over in a new country and would love some advice from people with experience living abroad. We’re open to pretty much anywhere and haven’t narrowed it down yet. Some things we care about:
1- Ease of getting a visa/residency.
2- Cost of living.
3- Quality of life (safety, healthcare, community).
4- English friendly or easy language to pick up.
Has anyone made a big move like this? What country did you choose and would you recommend it? What do you wish you knew before going? Any advice is welcome! the good, the bad and the ugly.
Thank you in advance. 💖
After the last few years of travel chaos and political shifts, I finally started looking into getting a second residency in Europe, mainly Portugal or Greece. A friend mentioned using a consultant rather than going it alone, which honestly makes sense given how much paperwork is involved. Someone pointed me toward a US-based firm. Before booking anything, I wanted to ask here since this community tends to have real experiences to share. Is Plan-B Outbound Migration consultancy legit? Has anyone actually worked with them for a Golden Visa application? Would appreciate any honest feedback from people who have gone through the process.
My husband and I visited San Miguel de Allende for the first time last fall and completely fell in love with it. We're both retiring next year and the idea of stretching our savings in a beautiful colonial town is really appealing. I know there's a big expat community there already, but I'm not sure where to start with actually purchasing a home. Is the process very different from buying in the US? Any agents or firms you'd recommend that have experience with American buyers in that area?
Where can I move? The USA is getting more and more insane. I'm looking for somewhere to move that's at least kinda warm, has decent health care, and I don't have to work a lot of hours.
I don't want my taxes to go towards blowing up schools anymore (among other things). The USA is prbly gonna let data centers use all the water, and I don't want to be here for that
Hello to everyone, I’m Italian and I live in Italy Sardinia (the island) me and my wife (she is Iranian) we want move to Netherlands Around the end of November because now we are doing seasonal job, how is the situation now? Any suggestions? we both know English and Italian and little French ,and Farsi (my wife) I have high school diploma in science computer, and my wife bachelor degree in education, I have different tipe of experience like restaurant coffeehouse and Rental car ( still I’m working in) and my wife olso in vip lounge airport, I know the situation of the rent and house here where we live is worse than Netherlands, because the job are most of the time Sesonal and the houserent too each year we don’t know how it goes and is stressful and we are tired,I’m doing some research about Netherlands especially for go to Eindhoven, what you guys of Reddit suggests?
Thanks in advance!
Exploring moving from Midwest USA to Canada. Where really depends on finding a job. Anyone make that move and go through the whole visa -> PR -> citizen process have any advice?
I've recently moved to a new country, and had been learning the language for some time before that (1 year roughly). I'm really finding it difficult to connect with people.
I mostly understand what people are saying in conversations and I try my best to get some words in but to a native speaker I don't sound natural, or have the flow of regular everyday conversation. The rejection is hitting my confidence hard and I don't know if i can keep doing it. But I know immersion is the best way to get the level I want. I know this will take time and I need to persevere, but damn it makes me feel horrible.
In my NL, if I wanted to connect with someone we would try find common interests, but that's the thing with learning languages, I'm stuck learning things without the context of things I like, such as science, space, history to name a few. Especially on these topics, the level is often too difficult and it is discouraging me. I’m not much of reader either which doesn’t help, but I feel there should be an easier way
Has anyone else experienced something like this? I'd like to think I'm not the only one :/