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Friends sharing dinner on a terrace overlooking the hills at dusk in Italy
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Is Italy Still the Dream Destination Everyone Imagines?

  • BY Isha Sesay
  • November 13, 2026
Italy sits near the top of almost every American wish list. Food, history, landscapes, and a pace of life that feels like the opposite of a US work week. The number of US citizens officially…
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How to Evaluate Physical Assets Before Adding Them to a Financial Plan
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How to Evaluate Physical Assets Before Adding Them to a Financial Plan

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  • November 12, 2026
Why Physical Assets Require Careful Evaluation A lot of people look at tangible items as a way to round out a broader financial strategy, something to diversify into beyond the usual mix of…
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How to Manage Your Finances While Adjusting to Life in a New Country
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How to Manage Your Finances While Adjusting to Life in a New Country

  • BY Guest Contributor
  • November 12, 2026
Moving to another country can be exciting, but the financial adjustment often takes longer than expected. You might arrive thinking your monthly expenses will be lower, only to discover that…
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Two friends stand on a hilltop at sunset, the kind of bond that comes with making friends abroad
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The Quiet Art of Making Friends Abroad

  • BY EA Editorial Staff
  • November 10, 2026
There is a moment that arrives for almost everyone who moves abroad. The boxes are unpacked, the visa is sorted, the view from the window is everything you hoped for. And then, in the quiet of…
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The Rua Augusta Arch on Praça do Comércio in Lisbon, Portugal, home of one of the best known startup visas in Europe
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The New 2026 Visas Built Specifically for Founders and Creators

  • BY EA Editorial Staff
  • November 10, 2026
For most of modern history, a country that wanted economic growth went looking for large companies to build factories and offices. That logic has quietly flipped. In 2026, a growing number of…
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Red double decker bus on a street in central London
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  • United Kingdom

Moving to the UK from the US in 2027: Visas, Settlement Rules and Real Costs

  • BY Isha Sesay
  • November 10, 2026
The UK has always been an easy move for Americans to imagine. Same language, familiar culture, short flights to the East Coast. At the 2021 Census, 203,281 people born in the US lived in…
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A hand turns a wooden block from Plan A to Plan B, the idea behind getting a second residency
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Why a Second Residency May Be the Most Important Plan B You Ever Make

  • BY Isha Sesay
  • November 9, 2026
For many years, obtaining a second residency was largely associated with wealthy international investors, retirees looking for warmer climates, or people who had decided to leave their home…
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A yellow tram 28 on a cobbled street in Lisbon, Portugal, a popular place to start the clock on citizenship by residence.
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How to Turn One Year Abroad Into a Lifetime of Options

  • BY EA Editorial Staff
  • November 4, 2026
Most people who spend a year abroad come home with photographs and little else. They treat the year as an interval, a pause between chapters of their real life, and when it ends they pick up…
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Colorful houses and old wooden sailing boats on Nyhavn in Copenhagen, Denmark, one of the best countries to raise a family
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The Best Places to Raise a Family Overseas

  • BY EA Editorial Staff
  • November 4, 2026
Moving abroad as a single person is a question of lifestyle. Moving abroad as a family is a question of everything, because the decision now has to answer to the smallest and most important…
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Porto old town and the Luís I Bridge over the Douro River, Portugal
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  • Portugal

Pros and Cons of Living in Portugal: An Honest Guide for Americans

  • BY Isha Sesay
  • November 3, 2026
Portugal has been near the top of American moving lists for years. The numbers show it. The country had 19,258 US residents in 2024, up about 36% in a single year, according to immigration…
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Dancers in embroidered huipil dresses and flower headdresses perform a traditional Yucatecan dance.
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  • Mexico

Discover the Charm of Valladolid in Mexico

  • BY Ulrich Baer
  • November 2, 2026
If you’re investigating relocation destinations in Mexico where daily life remains intimately tied to regional traditions, head to Valladolid: a historic city in the eastern Yucatán Peninsula.…
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Sending flowers home when you live thousands of miles away
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Sending flowers home when you live thousands of miles away

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  • October 30, 2026
Roughly 9 million U.S. citizens live outside the country, according to the State Department’s 2023 estimates. Missing a parent’s birthday or a friend’s graduation stings –…
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