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For US citizens who live and earn abroad: how the two IRS tools for avoiding double tax differ, who each tends to suit, why revoking the exclusion locks you out for five years and where self-employment tax fits.
Read article: US citizens abroad: the exclusion or the tax creditArticles
Explore family life, retirement and working from somewhere new.
Retirement
For US, Canadian, Australian and New Zealand passport holders who work or retire abroad: how agreements between countries avoid double contributions, count years from both countries, and what changes where there is none.
Read article: Social security agreements and your pension
Places
For US, Canadian, Australian and New Zealand applicants whose visa checklist asks for a police certificate: how to get it, when it goes out of date and what comes after it.
Read article: Police certificates and apostilles: start early
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For Canadians planning to live abroad: how residency is decided, what the deemed disposition on leaving covers, which forms follow, and what happens to registered accounts and pensions.
Read article: Leaving Canada: becoming a non-resident for tax
Remote work
For US, Canadian, Australian and New Zealand employees who want to keep their job from another country: the checks your employer has to run, and what a remote-work visa does and does not settle.
Read article: Working remotely for your home employer from abroad
Retirement
For Australians and New Zealanders planning to retire overseas: which government pension keeps paying, what happens to the rate after 26 weeks, and what you must tell the agency.
Read article: Taking the Age Pension or NZ Super abroad
Places
For US, Canadian, Australian and New Zealand passport holders who want to spend a few months somewhere before committing: how the days are counted, what each stay allows and what it cannot turn into.
Read article: Using visa-free time to test a placeRemote work
Your job may come with you, but the working day around it will change. Start with the questions that keep it working.
Read article: A new country. The same working day?
Family life
Start with how your family spends a day, then turn each routine into a question you can research.
Read article: Moving with children: beyond the checklist
Retirement
Begin with the life you want to live, then turn that picture into questions you can research.
Read article: Retiring abroad: where to begin
Money
For US citizens who keep a 401(k) or IRA after moving abroad: how distributions are taxed, what a tax treaty may change, when minimum withdrawals start and which reports follow you.
Read article: Taking a US 401(k) or IRA abroad: what to checkFamily life
For families who plan to move abroad with a dog: what Europe, Mexico and Thailand ask on the way out, and what Australia, New Zealand, the US and Canada ask on the way home.
Read article: Taking a pet abroad, and bringing it home again
Work
For Australian fly-in fly-out and rotation workers thinking of living overseas on days off: which Australian rules still follow you, how days add up in each place, and which stays suit a job you do somewhere else.
Read article: Moving abroad on an Australian FIFO roster
Healthcare
For US citizens on Medicare, or about to be, who are planning a move abroad: what the card covers overseas, what keeping or dropping Part B costs, and where a visa's insurance rule fits.
Read article: Medicare and moving abroad from the USFamily life
What an international school is on paper, how to check that a school is registered in Portugal, Spain, France, Mexico or Malaysia, and what a return to a school at home involves for US, Canadian, Australian and New Zealand families.
Read article: Schools for expat children: international or local
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A consulate checklist gives one monthly figure and leaves the rest to you. This explains how four countries read it, and why clearing the line by a small margin is a risk.
Read article: How income tests for residence visas actually work