Expat Water Cooler

Welcome To Expat Water Cooler!

Here you can find overseas jobs and advice on living overseas. Our members section allows you to meet other expats and share advice with one another or just show pictures of your travels. You will find jobs all over the world in our jobs section and advice from various expats in our articles section.  Aftere you are a member you can inviite your friends to join your friends list from your Facebook, Linked In, Yahoo, Gmail, Hot Mail and many other address books.

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Mail Forwarding:

For APO/FPO or DPO mail forwarding check out APO Box

Learn a Language:

Try Rosetta Stone* one of the better language learning software's out there.

Taxes:

If are a U.S. citizen working overseas make sure you know about the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion

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Are You Moving Overseas? Know What You Need to Do Financially
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Getting your finances in order before you take an overseas job is something you need to do now rather than after you get there. When you are already overseas the cost of making a call back to your home country can cost a lot of money. Wiring money can be a hassle if you do not already know the time it will take and the process you will have to go through when you cannot go to one of their branch offices. There will be times when you may need to wire money from the country you are in to one of your financial institutions and you will need to know the process you need to go through to do that. You will want to ensure your financial institutions let you manage your accounts online. Having a personal computer is pretty much a must because you do not want to do any online banking from an internet Cafe. Along with a personal computer you will need to not only have a good antivirus program you will need internet security software that can check for fishing sites and scan your emails that you import onto your computer through Microsoft Outlook or a similar kind of Email software.

 
Moving Overseas For the First Time

So you have excepted your first overseas job and want to know what you need to do before you make the move . First off I would like to say congratulations and I wish you well on your new adventure. Now lets get into some of the things that you have to get into order before you make your move.  Banking can be a very hard and frustrating thing to deal with if you do not bring the right information with you. You will want to make sure your passport is up to date. Contact your company and find out what kind of mail service you will be using.  A drivers license will be needed whether or not you need to drive to work you may at some point decide to buy yourself a vehicle. Making sure you have a copy of your medical records is a very important thing to do. You will want to make sure you can call back home to friends, family, and for any personal business you may need to have handled when you are gone. There are many different things you will probably find yourself needing when you get there but there are only a few that you may want to get ahead of time.

 
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