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Best Countries for Expats with Chronic Illness or Medical Needs

Most lists of the countries with best healthcare for expats are written for someone who is healthy. They rank hospitals, quote an index, and move on. For chronically ill expats, the question is not which country has good hospitals. It is whether they can get in, get covered, and keep

How to Get EU Citizenship by Descent: Countries That Offer Ancestry Visas to Americans

An EU passport is one of the most valuable documents an American can hold: it grants the right to live, work, study, and retire in any of the 27 European Union countries, with no visa to renew and no clock ticking. For millions of Americans, that right is already an

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How to Find Housing Abroad as an Expat: Renting Before You Buy and Where to Start

Most guides on how to find housing abroad as an expat open with a checklist of dream neighborhoods. This one opens with a warning: don’t buy anything yet. nce you accept that, the real question stops being rent or buy and becomes where do I even start looking? This guide

Shipping Items Abroad vs. Selling Everything: A Real Cost-Benefit Guide (2026)

Most guides to moving abroad frame the decision about your stuff as an emotional one: what can you bear to part with? That’s the wrong question. Shipping items abroad is a math problem; once you treat it like one, the answer usually gets clearer and cheaper. Two numbers anchor everything.

The Ultimate Moving Abroad Checklist for Americans: Everything to Do Before You Leave

You’ve made the decision. You’re moving to another country. Then reality lands: the passport, the visa, and a hundred smaller things you haven’t thought of yet. This moving abroad checklist is built to turn that overwhelm into an order-of-operations plan you can actually work through.
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Moving Abroad with Kids: Schools, Residency, and What Families Wish They Knew First

Moving abroad with children is a different project than moving as a single person or a couple. You are solving three things at once: school, legal residency, and how everyone adjusts to a new life. This guide covers all three, honestly and with real numbers, for children of every age.

Bali vs Chiang Mai for American Expats: Which Southeast Asian Base Wins in 2026

This is a candid comparison of Bali vs. Chiang Mai for American expats, covering cost of living, visas, healthcare, taxes, safety, and community, with a clear verdict for retirees, families, remote workers, and early-retirees alike. Every figure here is current for 2026.
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Living in the UAE as an American: Tax-Free Income, Lifestyle, and the Reality Nobody Shows

There's a version of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that lives on Instagram: gold-flecked everything, a paycheck that lands in your account untouched, and a skyline that looks photoshopped, even when it isn't. Then there's the version Americans actually move into - and the gap between the two is the

Living in Panama as an Expat: Why It Tops InterNations Rankings Every Year

When 10,085 expats ranked the best countries in the world to call home, they didn't choose Portugal, Spain, or Mexico. They chose Panama, for the second year in a row. Living in Panama gives Americans a rare combination: U.S. dollars, three-hour flights to Miami, spring-like mountain towns, and a retirement

Living in Vietnam as an Expat in 2026: Cost, Visas, and Why Americans Are Moving There

This guide covers what living in Vietnam actually costs in 2026 - city by city, household by household - every visa route open to a U.S. passport, what the safety numbers say, and the American tax bill that no relocation brochure mentions. If you're seriously considering moving to Vietnam, the

How to Buy Property Abroad as an American: Restrictions, Taxes, and What to Watch Out For

Buying property abroad as an American is entirely doable. Thousands do it every year, but only if you go in with clear eyes. This guide walks through how to buy property abroad as an American from both angles: where you can and can't own, whether a purchase earns you the
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Living in Germany as an American: Visas, Bureaucracy, and What Expats Really Think

Here’s what most relocation guides won’t tell you. Germany offers remarkable safety, public transit good enough to replace your car, healthcare that won’t bankrupt you, and a genuine path to an EU passport. It will also make you fight some of the world’s most stubborn paperwork to get those things.

Living in Canada as an American: What Nobody Tells You Before You Move

This guide is the version we wish existed when our founders first looked at Vancouver and thought, “how hard could it be?” Below, you'll find the honest picture: who can actually move, which immigration pathway fits which life, what it costs, the tax obligation that follows you across the border

Are Americans Leaving the US for Good?

It’s no secret that Americans leaving the U.S. has been on the rise over the last 20 years. Their reasons will vary from person to person and across time periods. The 2008 housing crisis brought about its own wave of expatriates seeking stability overseas. Political shifts in the U.S. during

Medicare for Expats: Does Medicare Cover You Abroad? What Retired Americans Need to Know

Understanding how Medicare for expats really works is the difference between a smooth retirement overseas and an expensive surprise in a foreign emergency room. This guide explains exactly when Medicare pays anything outside the United States, whether you still owe premiums after you move, how to decide whether to keep
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WSJ: Who Is Really Moving Abroad Now?

More Americans than ever are moving abroad right now. But who is really moving, and where are they going? A recent Wall St Journal article sheds light on the trend.

Financial Planners Are Hearing It First: “What If I Move Abroad?”

For many Americans, moving abroad begins with a spreadsheet, determining their monthly expenses, liquidating assets, and more. For financial planners, this creates a meaningful opportunity.

FBAR and FATCA for Beginners: What US Expats Need to Know

Moving abroad involves plenty of adjustments, whether you’re finding a home or learning local customs. However, for American expats, it also means managing unique financial reporting rules. FBAR and FATCA are two separate U.S. reporting requirements for foreign financial accounts and assets. They’re easy to confuse, and many expats end
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LGBTQ Americans Moving Abroad: The Complete Guide 2026

LGBTQ people are under attack in the U.S. and looking for the exits. Expatsi is here to help you find the best countries for LGBTQ expats.
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FEIE vs. Foreign Tax Credit: Which Is Better for US Expats in 2026?

Moving abroad comes with a lot of excitement, but it also introduces unique financial obligations. We Americans are bound by U.S. citizenship-based taxation, which means we must report our worldwide income to the IRS regardless of where we live. Fortunately, the tax code provides tools to prevent us from paying
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