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1. Should I stay or should I go? The first dilemma all aspiring expats face is whether to move abroad at all. It’s easier not to of course, and from the comfort of our home country the risks can seem to outweigh the benefits. In practice though, the benefits will almost certainly provide overwhelming justification […]

An estimated nine millions Americans live abroad, including military personnel and federal employees, making US expats theoretically the eleventh largest State by population.   Turnout among expats for the 2012 presidential election was incredibly low though. With expats very much on the front line in terms of shaping and experiencing foreign perceptions of the US […]

Living abroad is the adventure of a lifetime. It enriches our lives and expands our horizons in ways we couldn’t previously have imagined. Read on for a run-down of our top five joys of being an expat. 1 – Experiencing another culture We grow up seeing the world through the lens of our country’s culture […]

When contemplating this year’s Presidential election, wherever you stand on the political spectrum, looking at the field of candidates there are one or two possible outcomes that might just make you flinch a little. For many people, if what they consider their worst case scenario actually happens though, their flinch could translate into a move […]

American expats can live incredible lives, and often have incredible stories to tell. New Yorker Caroline Calloway is a mature student studying History of Art at Cambridge, one of the UK’s (and world’s) oldest Universities. Her Instagram posts about her adventures in the bizarre “Harry Potter-esque” world of the university’s antiquated traditions and rituals have gained […]

Many young Americans are looking for opportunities abroad The following is an extract from ‘Survey says: 35% of Americans would expatriate’ published on CNBC.com. As sultry summer weekends loom and Americans prep their grills and ready their ongoing outdoor activities, some citizens are packing their bags. A recent online poll of more than 2,000 adults […]

A new type of bank launched in Europe today aimed at expats and immigrants. Monese, www.monese.com, registered in London and Estonia, is able to offer cutting edge banking services to the whole of Europe. Customers download an app and can then open an account in less than 3 minutes, providing a photo of their passport […]

It’s easy to understand why so many Americans choose to live, work, or retire in Mexico. If anything, it’s hard not to envy them. Mexico’s beaches, Spanish colonial cities, climate, delicious cuisine, and friendly people make for an incredible combination.   Americans living in Mexico are still liable to file an annual federal tax return […]

Internations.org has carried out an extensive survey of expat satisfaction levels for the second year running, and the results are in. The online expat resource questioned more than 14,000 expats in over 195 different countries to find out how they felt about the country that they were living in. It’s the biggest survey of this […]

Following the fantastic response to our recent ‘Top Five and a Half Things that American Expats Miss from Home’ post, and a quick online straw poll, here are our Top Five Things that American Expats definitely DON’T Miss from Home at all. One – Political Correctness While Political Correctness might have started out aiming to […]