Everything Expat

Planning your retirement in Ecuador? Here’s what you need to know about US taxes for expats in Ecuador. This is a guest post by Ines Zemelman with Taxes for Expats. Full bio. US Taxes For Expats: What You Need to Consider You’ve done the hard part – spent the last 30 years of your life [...]

Considering a move abroad? In this guest post, Dan Thompson will share 10 reasons to live abroad. Dan is an expat living in Brazil. Full bio Top 10 Reasons to Live Abroad: Guide for Future Expats So here’s the deal: Why do you want to move abroad? Some folks become expats because they want to lower [...]

So you moved abroad. And then it hits you: “Do I have to pay U.S. taxes as an expat?” In this post, you’ll learn about your tax obligations as a U.S. expat. This is a guest post by Olivier Wagner, a Certified Public Accountant, U.S. immigrant and expat. See full bio at end of post. [...]

Editors note: Over the years, we’ve covered schooling for expat kids, including homeschooling. In this post by Social Studies teacher Jason Agins (full bio at end of post) you’ll learn about how to blend Ecuador experiences with online learning. Blending K-12 Online Learning with Hands-On Experiences in Ecuador US families living abroad in Ecuador have a [...]

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), some 450 million people currently suffer from mental illness. And one in four people worldwide will be affected by mental or neurological disorders at some point in their lives. If you have mental illness, how can you cope? Is travel and expat life out of the question? Here [...]

This is a guest post by Jess Signet, of Tripelio. “Special thanks to Gringos Abroad for sharing this article with their readers. It is an excellent resource of tips and advice for those considering whether to expatriate any time soon. I particularly found this article about how moving abroad can benefit your family.” ~ Jess [...]

Are you concerned about culture shock? Some new expats think that it won’t affect them. Others make their move, prepared to handle it. In this post, you’ll learn about common culture shock factors, the six stages of culture shock, and six ways to handle it. And, most importantly, why culture shock is good for you. What [...]

Since we began this blog more than six years ago, we’ve been asked this hundreds of times: “Can I do my own residency paperwork – or do I have to use a lawyer?” The short answer is yes. You can do your own paperwork. Lawyers aren’t needed. You will likely need translators and a notary [...]

This month we celebrate our 5-year anniversary of blogging. In this post, I share some of the benefits of expat blogging. But first, here’s a little history. Our Ecuador Expat Blog History Just a few months after arriving in Ecuador we published our first post (November 2009). Our first site was called Destination Ecuador. We quickly changed [...]