The Essential for Expats

Learn what expats need for a smooth life abroad. From finding a new home to mastering local customs, we’ve got tips to make your move easy. Settle in and enjoy your new country with confidence.

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25 Countries That Offer Retirement Visas in 2025

From Austria to Uruguay, retirees who want to live abroad may look for countries with retirement visas One of my colleagues, still in his early 40s, asked about my opinion on the idea of retirement abroad in some tropical English speaking countries with retirement visas (the name of the place you will discover in a

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Study Abroad in Poland: An Increasingly Popular Idea

An external author wrote this article about international students planning to study abroad in Poland. No statement made below should be interpreted as representing expatriateconsultancy.com‘s views or recommendations. Poland is a beautiful country that will instantly impress you with its European atmosphere allied with really, really affordable costs (especially when you compare it with other

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10 Tips to Study in Brazil for International Students

An outside author wrote this article with tips to study in Brazil for international students. No statement made below should be interpreted as representing expatriateconsultancy.com‘s views or recommendations. In the last decade, Brazil has taken deliberate steps to boost the internationalization of its higher education sector. This means that it is happy to have foreign

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Retire to Finland – Pros, Cons, and How Much

Living Costs, Best Places, and What You Need to Know When Planning to Retire to Finland So, you’re pondering both retirement and a serious change of scenery – here’s a thought…why not retire to Finland? Finland is a Nordic northern European country that borders Sweden, Russia, Norway, and Estonia and has a heartwarming claim to

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What Are the Best Days of the Week to Fly and Travel in 2025?

The key to discovering the cheapest day of the week for an international flight. Often people ask what is the best day of the week to fly, or how to find the cheapest and avoid the most expensive day to fly domestically or internationally. Years of working as a specialist at the headquarters of the

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Hold Your Breath: The Dirtiest Cities in the World

We analyzed air pollution, water quality, and wastewater disposal to list the dirtiest cities in the world What makes a city… dirty? When I was 21, I moved from a countryside town where the air smelled like orange cake (since we had some fruit processing plants around) to an 11-million-resident metropolis. Every day on my

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Retiring in Jamaica: Don’t Make Any Plans Before Reading This

Is Jamaica a good place for retiring? Learn more in the next paragraphs.  Jamaica is one of the most beautiful and welcoming places in the Caribbean. It has breathtaking beaches, stunning waterfalls, and lush rainforests (besides the lovely fauna; my favorite of the local species are the lovely hummingbirds). With a pleasant climate and an

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How to Immigrate to Spain – 5 Points on How to Move to Spain

Immigration to Spain – A Basic Checklist for 2023 When you think about moving to Europe, Spain is one of the few countries that will make you come up with new ideas. Let’s face it, this bright corner of Europe has something for everyone. Many people would ask themselves how to immigrate to Spain because

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