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You are here: Home / General / Why Consider Moving Abroad?

Why Consider Moving Abroad?

March 11, 2009 by FutureExpat

There are many reasons to live outside of your native country, in my case, the USA. Your job could take you somewhere else. Maybe you have a strong sense of adventure, or you want to really learn another language fluently. Perhaps you want to help those less privileged than yourself. Maybe you want to retire someplace with a slower pace of life. Or maybe it comes down to a simple matter of dollars and cents — the expense of living here has outstripped your means. All of these are legitimate reasons for relocating.

If you have a job that relocates you to a different country, you are in a unique category of expats, and the issues you need to deal with and obstacles you need to overcome in moving abroad are different from mine.

I am writing this for  US or Canadian citizens like me who, for the other reasons stated above — or perhaps some reason not included in my off-the-cuff list — are making the decision on your own to leave your native land for a time. We have a lot of research to do, many decisions to make, and a multitude of tasks to complete in order to make our moves.

But let’s start at the beginning. What reason(s) do you have to consider an overseas move.

Filed Under: General, What Kind of Expat Are You? Tagged With: adventure, expat, expense, language, live overseas, retire

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