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Guides · Page 10 of 28

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Practical guides to eating, drinking, and getting things done after a move. Guides marked Brasil only cover rules, documents or customs specific to Brasil. Country guides for Americans abroad are grouped on the Expat Abroad page.

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Money · 5 min read

Cards, Cash, and Codes: Keeping Your US Banking Working Abroad

Most banking trouble abroad is not about money. It is about a text message that never arrives.

Modern white apartment buildings on Nuijatie with a garden in front
Housing · 5 min read

Renting an apartment in Finland as an American

How long-term leases work in Finland, the documents landlords ask newcomers for, deposits and notice rules, home insurance, and how to read a Finnish rental listing.

Modern Nyboda school building in Stockholm after a snowfall
Daily life · 5 min read

Schools in Sweden for American families

How preschool, compulsory school and upper secondary work in Sweden, how to choose a school, grades, free lunch and support for new arrivals.

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Documents and ID · 3 min readBrasil only

Getting a CPF

What the Brazilian taxpayer number is, why nearly everything asks for it, and how a US citizen gets one from abroad or in Brasil.

A grey hard-shell suitcase and a brown leather duffel bag in an empty arrivals hall
Customs · 4 min readBrasil only

Customs Basics: What You Can Bring in Your Luggage

The duty-free allowance, the quantity limits, and when you must declare, from the Receita Federal traveler guide.

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Money · 5 min read

Sending Money Abroad as an American: How Transfers Actually Work

The fee you see is rarely the fee you pay. A plain guide to exchange rates, spreads, and moving money without leaking it.

Red OBB Railjet locomotive at a station platform
Getting around · 6 min read

Public transport in Austria: trains, buses and resident passes

How Vienna's annual pass, single tickets and core zone work, what the ÖBB Vorteilscard saves on trains, and which trips your pass does not cover.

Gozo Channel Line ferry leaving Mgarr harbor on Gozo
Getting around · 5 min read

Driving on the left in Malta and Gozo: licenses and ferries

Using a US license in Malta, why it cannot be exchanged, driving on the left, and how the Gozo Channel car ferry works: tickets, fares and validation.

Historic black and white photograph of the US Embassy in Lisbon and its garden square
Documents and ID · 6 min read

US embassy services in Portugal: passports, voting and STEP

How Americans in Portugal renew passports by mail, book embassy appointments, register a child born abroad, get notarials, vote absentee and keep a US address.

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Health · 5 min read

How healthcare works in Germany for foreign residents

Statutory and private health insurance in Germany, who joins which, family cover, choosing doctors, 116117 and co-payments, for Americans living there.

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