The Global Peace Index measures the peacefulness of 163 countries by assessing and ranking various attributes such as military expenditure, political instability, and civil...
Are expats who live overseas required to sign up for Obamacare?
Dateline: Tartu, Estonia As a perpetual traveler, medical insurance can be a touchy subject. Sure, it's easy to obtain health insurance as an expat, or even someone with no...
Living in Latvia: Low Cost and High-Quality European Life
Some expats and expats-to-be share get excited about the opportunity in Asia, especially places like Cambodia and the more developed Malaysia. Others feel closer...
Get A Second Residency in Europe: Start a Business in Lithuania
For many, living in Europe, with its charming old towns steeped in centuries of history, is the ultimate dream. For business owners, there are a number of European...
How to Get Nicaragua Permanent Residency: The Easy Second American Home
While I believe many of the world's best investment opportunities lie in emerging markets in Asia and even Africa, you can't deny the appeal of Central America as a place to...
Expat Life and The Cost of Living in Nicaragua
What we like about Nicaragua is that there is truly something for everyone. If you're looking for a cheap second residence and you like warm temperatures and Latin culture,...
The Safest Place to Live in Central America
Nicaragua's capital city of Managua is only one of the many beautiful places in the country where an expat could live without worrying about its security. Dateline: Managua,...
Jeju Island: Where Anyone Can Get a Residence Visa
It's barely a one-hour flight from Seoul's Incheon airport to the capital city of the self-governing Jeju Island off the southern coast of the Korean peninsula. They call it the...
Christmas in the Philippines… and out of prison
Dateline: Davao, Philippines There are perhaps few places on earth where Christmas is more widely and lovingly celebrated than the Philippines. In the extended family culture...
Loss of nationality: How to lose your citizenship
Dateline: Cebu, Philippines With all of the madness coming out of western governments today, it's increasingly common for even the most benign critics of the state to ask "can I...
Like living in Singapore – for one-third the price
Dateline: Bonifacio Global City, Taguig, Philippines Finding the right place to live overseas can be a challenge. Here in Asia, some of the most livable cities come with steep...
The 5 most famous people to renounce US citizenship
Dateline: Manila, Philippines Thousands of people renounced their US citizenship last year. In fact, citizenship renunciations reached record levels. And the Federal Register,...
10 Countries with the Fastest Internet in the World
Last updated February 10, 2021 Dateline: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia In this day and age, having fast internet is a necessity. Whether you’re a serious location independent...
Living in Indonesia: Jakarta’s cheap cost of living
Dateline: Jakarta, Indonesia I have friends who, despite my commandment to never live or do business there, still live in Southern California. I lived there myself for seven...
Three key attitudes to being location independent
[Editor's Note: Pete Sisco, author of The Freedom App, is filling in for Andrew today while he's in transit to Indonesia.] Dateline: Murcia, Spain Living and working the location...
Nomad guide to living in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: a hidden gem for the Asia expat
Last update: September 15, 2017 Dateline: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia As a kid, I was in awe of skyscrapers. Even at four years old, I would count the windows from the ground level to...
Expat health care: how getting sick outside the US saved me $2,000
Dateline: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia I was reminded of an important lesson yesterday. It all started with my coming ill on Friday. Really ill. I spent the weekend in bed, sick as a...
The five most livable cities in frontier markets
Frontier markets offer some of the best opportunities for adventurous, enterprising global entrepreneurs and investors today. Frontier market investor Chris Tell told me that...
The three most important words in Thailand
Reporting from: Udon Thani, Thailand I've been stuck in airport limbo for most of the day, so please excuse the brevity of this post. After a month on the ground in Thailand, I'm...
Is living in Thailand a bastion of freedom for expats?
Reporting from: Bangkok, Thailand The idea of living in Thailand sounds good to a lot of expats. Just look around Bangkok and you'll see any number of location independent...
