Getting Packages From Home After You Move Abroad
You have settled into your new country, and now the requests start coming in from home. Your mother wants to send a birthday box. You need a replacement part that is only sold in the…
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Shipping Your Home Office When You Move Abroad
If you work remotely or run a business from home, your home office is more than furniture. It is the laptop that holds your client work, the monitors you rely on every day, the files…
The Hidden Costs of Moving Abroad and How to Plan for Them
When people budget for a move abroad, they usually think about the flight and the shipping quote. Those are often only a fraction of the real cost. The money tends to leak out in smaller…
How to Choose an International Moving Company
Hiring a company to move your household overseas is one of the biggest purchases of an international relocation, and one of the easiest to get wrong. Quotes for the same move can be wildly different,…
Moving Back to Nigeria From the US: Shipping and Paperwork Tips
Moving back to Nigeria after years in the United States is a big step, and the logistics can feel overwhelming. You have a household to sort, a decision to make about what is worth shipping…
How to Pack Dishes and Kitchenware for an International Move
Kitchen boxes are where international moves go wrong. A domestic move might involve one truck and a few hours on the highway, but an international shipment is lifted, stacked, loaded into a container, carried across…
Dual Citizenship and Passports: Traveling With Two
Holding two citizenships can make international travel easier, but it also creates questions that single-passport travelers never face. Which passport do you show when you leave Houston? Which one do you use to enter your…
Apostilles for Documents Used Abroad: How to Get and Ship Them
A bank in Mexico wants your power of attorney “apostilled.” A university in Spain asks for an apostille on your diploma. A government office in India needs your marriage certificate legalized before it can update…
eVisas and Travel Authorizations: What US Travelers Need
A few years ago, most US travelers could land in Europe, the UK or Australia with nothing more than a valid passport. That is changing. More countries now require visitors who do not need a…
How to Apply for a Tourist Visa: A Step-by-Step Guide
A US passport opens a lot of doors without a visa, but not all of them. Travel to many countries in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and South America still requires a tourist visa, and…