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1) you have to purchase private health insurance until the country covers you. As an examples: In Italy, you need to show proof of private health insurance for your visa. Then you would have to be resident for five years (and prove you had private health insurance the whole time) before you are allowed to PURCHASE their health coverage. After ten years, you are covered. Private health insurance is very expensive like $10,000 to $20,000 per year.
2) the US is the only country which required their citizens to pay taxes on their out-of-country income. Make sure your new country has some sort of agreement with the US so you aren't taxed twice.
Yes, many countries require a police report before you can apply to live there.
Yes, we had to get up-to-date STATE (every state for the last 5 years you lived in) criminal reports, and Federal FBI reports that were only good for 6 months. It was a nerve-wracking process. DH had a 6-page report on his MJ bust when he was 16, LOL. It got dismissed, but was still there in the FBI files! He slid into Ecuador anyway.
Birth certificates, divorce decrees, diplomas, marriage license---they want it all.
1) you have to purchase private health insurance until the country covers you. As an examples: In Italy, you need to show proof of private health insurance for your visa. Then you would have to be resident for five years (and prove you had private health insurance the whole time) before you are allowed to PURCHASE their health coverage. After ten years, you are covered. Private health insurance is very expensive like $10,000 to $20,000 per year.
2) the US is the only country which required their citizens to pay taxes on their out-of-country income. Make sure your new country has some sort of agreement with the US so you aren't taxed twice.
That's stiff. Here, we just continued our Obamacare until we got on the national plan after getting residency here. We didn't get any private coverage: the national plan is fine. Out-of-pocket is so low here, it is possible to pay your way without coverage, in the interim. There are private plans for about $250 a month, but the national plan is just $80 for us both, and works just fine. A major motivation for moving here.
We don't make enough to be taxed by anybody, so that's a wash, LOL.
That's stiff. Here, we just continued our Obamacare until we got on the national plan after getting residency here. We didn't get any private coverage: the national plan is fine. Out-of-pocket is so low here, it is possible to pay your way without coverage, in the interim. There are private plans for about $250 a month, but the national plan is just $80 for us both, and works just fine. A major motivation for moving here.
We don't make enough to be taxed by anybody, so that's a wash, LOL.
How does Obamacare work in a foreign country? I know that Medicare/Medicare Part B (for seniors) only covers you for the first 60 days out of the country.
1) you have to purchase private health insurance until the country covers you. As an examples: In Italy, you need to show proof of private health insurance for your visa. Then you would have to be resident for five years (and prove you had private health insurance the whole time) before you are allowed to PURCHASE their health coverage. After ten years, you are covered. Private health insurance is very expensive like $10,000 to $20,000 per year.
2) the US is the only country which required their citizens to pay taxes on their out-of-country income. Make sure your new country has some sort of agreement with the US so you aren't taxed twice.
You are not correct. US requires reporting but there is no double taxation.
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