What do people who move abroad wish they had asked first?

A checklist of questions for a move abroad, each matched to who can answer it.


When to use
When moving abroad has gone from daydream to browser tabs, and every forum says something different.
Time
10 min

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A list of questions, not answers. Visa, tax and healthcare rules change by country and year. Confirm with official sources and qualified advisers.

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I’m thinking about moving from to , for . My situation: . Don’t tell me what the rules are. They change, they depend on details you don’t have, and I’ll confirm them with official sources, an immigration lawyer or a tax adviser. I want the questions. Give me a checklist of no more than 25 questions, grouped under right to live and work, money and tax, healthcare, housing, family, and what I’d leave unfinished at home. For each question, say who can answer it: an official website, a lawyer, a tax adviser, my employer or someone who has done it. Mark the five to settle before I commit to anything, and the ones people usually discover too late.

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