How to decide where to go?
Are you a good candidate to live abroad?
This book is for you…
Chapter 1
Introduction Welcome! So, you’re thinking of moving and living somewhere outside the U.S.? Life can be a challenge when there is ever-increasing rent, out-of-pocket health care costs that your health insurance won’t pay, student loan debt, car repairs, family emergencies, job layoffs, or maybe some bad …
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Dedication
Acknowledgements
How to Become an Expat
Thinking of moving out of the U.S.? This book will tell you nuts-to-bolts how to do it: drawing on the experiences of actual expats who have gone before you, it will tell you whether you’re a good candidate to live abroad, how to decide where to go, what to do with your belongings, how to keep a U.S. phone number and receive essential text messages at little to no cost, how to get your mail or packages, how to do banking and manage your finances, how to receive Social Security while living abroad, how to watch your favorite U.S. sports & TV programs, how to practice safe online computing , how to prevent identity theft and credit problems while abroad, how to minimize and prevent federal & state income tax problems, where you should have your U.S. driver’s license and register to vote, and much more.
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I thought I’d prepared to move abroad after 10 weeks as a tourist and another 10 weeks living in an apartment in Cuenca, but I was wrong. Having this book before I moved from the States 5 years ago would have helped a lot. Even …
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This is the book I have been looking for. It contains the detailed “how to do it” of becoming an expat. Every expat has to solve the problems of banking, mail, driver’s license, health insurance, etc. I have lived abroad before, but an employer took …
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