Guides
Guides to moving abroad from the US
Two kinds. The ones below apply wherever you land, because they are about being American rather than about where you go. Everything else is written per country, four guides deep.
Wherever you go
Country by country
Each of the 15 countries has a guide of its own and four deeper ones beneath it. The pillar answers whether the move makes sense; the four answer how.
- Cost of living. Category-by-category price levels, rent and a worked monthly budget.
- Visas & residency. Every route a US citizen can actually use, with costs and official links.
- Taxes. Residency triggers, the US filing obligation, treaties and FEIE.
- Healthcare. How the system works, what foreigners can access, what cover costs.
- Moving to CanadaCost of livingVisas & residencyTaxesHealthcare
- Moving to IrelandCost of livingVisas & residencyTaxesHealthcare
- Moving to AustraliaCost of livingVisas & residencyTaxesHealthcare
- Moving to New ZealandCost of livingVisas & residencyTaxesHealthcare
- Moving to PortugalCost of livingVisas & residencyTaxesHealthcare
- Moving to SpainCost of livingVisas & residencyTaxesHealthcare
- Moving to the UKCost of livingVisas & residencyTaxesHealthcare
- Moving to ItalyCost of livingVisas & residencyTaxesHealthcare
- Moving to JapanCost of livingVisas & residencyTaxesHealthcare
- Moving to MexicoCost of livingVisas & residencyTaxesHealthcare
- Moving to GermanyCost of livingVisas & residencyTaxesHealthcare
- Moving to the NetherlandsCost of livingVisas & residencyTaxesHealthcare
- Moving to NorwayCost of livingVisas & residencyTaxesHealthcare
- Moving to SwedenCost of livingVisas & residencyTaxesHealthcare
- Moving to ThailandCost of livingVisas & residencyTaxesHealthcare
Most-read guides
Where most people arriving on this page go next.
