Recent Expat Blog Posts

Is Expatriating Right For You? – Part 3

5 more steps

In this, the concluding part of a 3 article series, the author Blake Sawyer continues with the 10 essential steps he suggests you take in order to ensure your transition to a new life overseas goes as smoothly as possible.  You can read the first 5 steps in part 2 but we also suggest you [...] Read more »

Would you like your wine, light, medium or dark toasted?

oak barrel

If you were asked this question at a wine bar or restaurant you would probably and understandably stare at the waiter asking the question with a dumfounded expression of, “What, I just wanted a glass of wine???” True, wines are not toasted, however, many fines wines will age for 6 – 24 months in oak [...] Read more »

Threats to Your Wealth and How to Protect your Assets

threats to your wealth

Wealth can be attained in many different ways, a successful project, inheritance, a lottery win or through old fashioned hard work.  It can be very difficult to obtain and surprisingly easy to lose so once you have your wealth the next step to consider is how to hold on to as much of it as [...] Read more »

Is Expatriating Right for You? – Part 2

10 steps part 1

Following on from part 1 of this 3 part series, Blake Sawyer guides you through the first five steps you need to take in the process of moving to start a new life overseas and become an expat. Expatriating is a PROCESS. Those that do it methodically: 1, 2, 3, 4, and A, B, C, [...] Read more »

Can My Ex Move our Children Abroad Without My Consent?

Mother daughters on tropical dock_SB

The short answer…it depends. Usually, if your ex has the idea of moving your children abroad, and you share joint custody, a relocation order needs to be approved by a judge. You can state your case to the judge, but if the court deems that it would not be a harmful move to the child, [...] Read more »

The FBAR: What It Is and Why Expats Need to File It

us treasury

Many, if not most, American expats know that no matter where in the world they live, they are still required to pay taxes to the U.S. government. What expats often don’t know is that they might also have a filing obligation with the U.S. Department of the Treasury. This separate filing obligation is called the [...] Read more »

Ask Yourself – Is Expatriating Right for You? – Part 1

departure

Some people are just giddy with the thought of moving to a new country. The adventure! The excitement! Leaving problems behind. Starting anew! Moving to a more ideal climate. The scenery. For other people, the thought of expatriating can create deep feelings too, but on the opposite side of the emotional scale. Fear! The unknown! [...] Read more »

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