Getting Out
Your Guide to Leaving America (Updated and Expanded Edition)
Published on 6. March 2012
350 pages
978-1-934170-30-4 (ISBN)
Description
One of the most popular titles in Process' Self-Reliance series, Getting Out is a smartly designed and easy-to-navigate compendium about your best options for a new homeland, and how to navigate a myriad of hurdles before and after you get there.
Here are the rules, resources, and experiences of dozens of expat Americans on every continent, including author Mark Ehrman, who moved from Los Angeles to Berlin after publishing Getting Out. The updated and expanded edition contains new information on taxes, healthcare, food, drink, drugs, security, and suggestions about how to start a business or make a living in foreign lands.
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Author Mark Ehrman's work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Playboy, Travel and Leisure, Fortune, and numerous travel magazines. Mark is a practiced expat, having lived in the Czech Republic and Germany.
Editor Cletus Nelson is also the author of "Depression 2.0: Creative Strategies for Tough Economic Times" (Process Self-Reliance Series).
Editor Cletus Nelson is also the author of "Depression 2.0: Creative Strategies for Tough Economic Times" (Process Self-Reliance Series).
Content
- Contents
- Foreword: What Are You Waiting Waiting For?
- About This Book (a.k.a.: the fine print)
- Introduction: Enter the Matrix. . . And Get Out!
- Expatriate, Know Thyself
- I Got Out
- PART I The Basics: Living and Working
- Getting In. . . And Staying In: Visas, Residency, Work Permits and Citizenship
- Visas: What Are They Good For?
- Field Guide to Common Visas
- Working With Your Visa
- Whatâ??s Your Visa Story?
- Getting Out to the Max: Foreign Citizenship, Second Passports and Renunciation
- Getting By: Jobs and Other Hustles
- Studying Abroad
- Volunteer Organizations/NGOs
- Retire, Slack or Slum It
- Teach English
- Working for Uncle Sam: U.S. Government Jobs Overseas
- Ply Your Trade Overseas: Who Gets Hired and How
- Careers with the United Nations
- Correspondent/Stringer/Editor/Blogger
- Minding Your Own Business
- Independent Contractors/Internet Commuters
- Odd Jobs and Working Off the Books
- PART II For Your Consideration The Rest of the World
- Is It Any Better There? Choosing the Country That's Right For You
- How Much Does It Cost? Bargain vs. Boutique
- Liberty and Justice for All? Freedom, Democracy and Good Governance
- Do the Trains Run on Time? Infrastructure/Availability of Goods + Services
- Is it Safe? Crime and Terror
- Healthcare: How Free and How Good?
- Gimme Shelter: Taxes Abroad
- Going for Broke: Business Climate and Economic Health
- Greener Pastures: Ecology and Sustainability
- Whatâ??s To Eat? Food and Agriculture
- God and Country: Religion and You
- A (Wo)Manâ??s World? Gender Issues
- LGBT: Who Do You Love?
- Expat High: Drugs and the Law
- The Donâ??t-Even-Think-About-It Countries
- The Right to Bear Arms: Gun Control
- Is Everybody Happy? Happiness and Life Satisfaction
- May We Suggest? The Getting Out 61 +1
- 1. Andorra
- 2. Argentina
- 3. Australia
- 4. The Bahamas
- 5. Belize
- 6. Brazil
- 7. Bulgaria
- 8. Cambodia
- 9. Canada
- 10. Chile
- 11. China, People's Republic of (excluding Hong Kong)
- 12. Columbia
- 13. Costa Rica
- 14. Croatia
- 15. Czech Republic
- 16. Denmark
- 17. Dominican Republic
- 18. Ecuador
- 19. Egypt
- 20. Estonia
- 21. France
- 22. Germany
- 23. Greece
- 24. Hong Kong
- 25. Hungary
- 26. India
- 27. Indonesia
- 28. Ireland
- 29. Israel
- 30. Italy
- 31. Japan
- 32. Latvia
- 33. Malta
- 34. Mexico
- 35. Morocco
- 36. The Netherlands (Holland)
- 37. New Zealand
- 38. Nicaragua
- 39. Panama
- 40. Peru
- 41. Philippines
- 42. Poland
- 43. Portugal
- 44. Russia
- 45. St. Kitts & Nevis
- 46. Saudi Arabia
- 47. Singapore
- 48. Slovenia
- 49. South Africa
- 50. South Korea
- 51. Spain
- 52. Sweden
- 53. Switzerland
- 54. Thailand
- 55. Turkey
- 56. United Arab Emirates (UAE)
- 57. United Kingdom
- 58. Uruguay
- 59. Vanuatu
- 60. Venezuela
- 61. Vietnam
- 61+ Everywhere and Nowhere: Nomadic Living
- Part III: Doing It
- Driving
- Ex-pets
- Gadget Power
- Insurance and Health
- International Shipping: Take It or Leave It?
- Minor Details: Your Children
- Money Matters: Deposits, Withdrawals, Currency and Cash
- Real Estate: The Ownership Society Abroad
- Staying in Touch
- Taxes: The IRS and You
- The Long Arm of U.S. Law: A Short Course in Extradition
- Web Resources
- General Expat Resources
- Alternative Accommodation
- Currency
- Currency, Brokers
- Cost of Living
- Drugs and Drug Policy
- Ecology and Sustainability
- Electricity, Adapters, Etc.
- Families/Children
- Gay and Lesbian
- Guns, Crime and Safety
- Governance, Regulatory Environment, Human Rights
- Health
- Insurance: Overseas Providers
- International Calling
- International Embassies
- International Mail Forwarding
- International Moving
- Internet Cafés
- Internet ISPs
- Internet Penetration
- Internet VoIP
- Internet Wi-Fi
- Jobs
- Jobs, Au Pair/Nanny
- Jobs, English Teaching
- Jobs, Journalism/Writing/Media
- Jobs, Private Military Contractor
- Pets
- Permanent Traveler/Digital Nomads
- Religion
- Schools, American and International (Primary and Secondary)
- Study Abroad
- Taxes
