Move to Another Country
You've lived in the United States your whole life. You've visited everywhere: New York City, California, Florida, purple mountains and the plains. You've seen the Grand Canyon, you've skiied the best slopes. Now, you're ready for a change. You want to move to another country. This article will show you what to do to move to another country. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
1. Apply for a passport. If you're going to be able to leave the United States and enter a foreign country, you're going to need a passport. It doesn't matter how long you will stay, or whether you will work in the country. You need to obtain a passport in general.
2. Decide whether you will be working in the foreign country. If so, you may need a work visa. There is a great website, listed in the resources, that will help you determine if you need a visa for the particular country you will be moving to.
3. Find out if there are any residency requirements for the country. For instance, an American citizen is only allowed to stay in the Bahamas for a period of eight months or 240 days.
4. Determine the language of the country. If it is not a language you are fluent in, you may wish to consider learning the language before you move. You can get language tapes or cd's, and at least become familiar with popular and necessary phrases you will need to know upon arrival.
5. Discover any health precautions you need to know about. You may need vaccines for certain countries, for example. You may also need to take extra care, for instance, when drinking the water or eating certain foods in a foreign country. An excellent article on this is listed in the resources.
6. Decide how you will fund everything for the move. Will you use a credit card, or will you need to access an American checking account with a Visa Check card? Keep in mind that when you use American credit cards overseas, you get charged a 3% transaction fee for each purchase. You might wish to contact your credit card company and switch to an overseas branch of the card, so that your purchases are considered local from that point on. Or, you could set up banking in the foreign country.
7. Find a job in the new country. If you really want to be ready, start looking for jobs in the foreign country while you are still here. Do internet searches, and make contacts in your field. You can find websites that show job openings for positions in foreign countries. You might even be able to get a job with a US based company that does work abroad, such as an international company like Citibank.
8. Find somewhere to live in the foreign country. Even if you just find somewhere temporary, you've got to find somewhere to rest your head when you arrive in the foreign country. You might stay in a hotel briefly, or stay with relatives or friends. You can then find a more permanent residence once you get there.
9. Find out about healthcare and get this set up ahead of time. Find out how you can access local doctors and hospitals should the need arise and whether you need to have some type of insurance set up when you arrive in case of an emergency. You might be able to get your own healthcare to cover you at first, provided that the healthcare provider will allow for services incurred outside of the US. Make sure to call and ask, and have a letter stating that they will cover foreign health care costs with you at all times while you are in the foreign country.
10. Start wrapping things up in the United States. If you are going to move temporarily, you may wish to rent out your home while you are gone, and put your things in storage. If you're making a permanent move, you will either need to sell your things or find a way to get them to the new country. This might not be cost effective, especially if the move requires air travel. Take only the things you need and buy new furniture once you relocate. You may also need to wrap up your finances, such as accounts you have in the US. Shut off your lights, your water, your cable.
11. Book your transportation, such as your plane ticket.
12. Get the things together you will take with you.
13. Go! Have everything with you you will need, such as emergency funds and phone numbers, and access to all your accounts. Get on the plane and get ready to meet your new homeland!
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