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Ive lived abroad for almost a decade now.
Weve lost count of the number of countries weve visited.
Our daughter was born in Brasilia and has Brazilian citizenship for life.
The logistics have been surprisingly easy.
Alternatively, most traditional job platforms likeIndeedandZipRecruiterlet you filter your search for remote jobs.
you might also ramp up your freelance gig work through platforms likeUpworkorFiverr.
Of course, you could also search for in-person work in your destination of choice.
Arranging income that you could earn in another country proves the hardest part of moving abroad.
Once you put that cornerstone in place, the rest falls in easily.
Plan Your Legal Residency
Countries dont have open borders.
If you want to live somewhere for more than a few months, you need the governments permission.
For workers who earn remotely, many countries now offer digital nomad visas.
Applications and approvals are pretty quick and easy, at least by the standard of bureaucratic red tape.
Start with this list of countries offering digital nomad visas fromCitizen Remote.
If you take an in-person job overseas, your employer will almost certainly help you through the visa process.
Many people worry about this step, but its not the high hurdle that they assume.
Arrange the income first, and the visa process tends to go smoothly.
Just budget plenty of time for the red tape.
Plan Accommodations
Some overseas employersprovide housing, perhaps even subsidized or for free.
When in doubt, start by simply booking temporary accommodations on Airbnb or VRBO.
Plan Transportation
In the U.S,nearly every middle-class adultowns a car.
Thats not true in most of the world.
We didnt, which saved us a huge amount of money.
It turns out we didnt, and to this day we dont own a car.
As you explore countries, cities and neighborhoods, keep transportation in mind.
Most of our banking has remained in the U.S.
I use Bank of America for checking and savings, and Charles Schwab for brokerage accounts.
Youll needcell phone service, which is easy enough.
Foreign languages dont pose much of a problem in todays world.
Google Translate will get you by in most circumstances.
There just isnt much more to it.
If you own a car, you may need to sell it.
If you own a house, you may want to rent it out or sell it.
And so it goes for your furniture and other personal belongings.
The world gets easier to explore by the moment.
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