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:earth_americas: A curated list of resources for expats

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Knowing about

  • ActeroUnited Kingdom

    Free Romanian-language guide for Romanians in the UK handling paperwork at the Romanian Consulate: passport renewal, national ID (buletin), powers of attorney (procură notarială), and birth/marriage certificate transcriptions.

  • All About BerlinBerlin

    Guides on settling in Berlin, finding an apartment, a job, a bank, etc.

  • An intro to German health insuranceGermany

  • Awesome Living in KoreaKorea

    Curated list of resources for foreign residents in Korea: visa categories, ARC registration, housing (jeonse/wolse), NHIS health insurance, banking, taxes, work, and Korean government portals. Available in English, Korean, Vietnamese, Filipino, Russian, and Chinese.

  • BerlinCheap.comBerlin

    Low-Budget solutions for Berlin: Free furniture, cheap apartments & public transport.

  • German banks that don't require an AnmeldungGermany

Temporary accommodation

Jobs

Finances

  • Awesome Digital Nomads

    Curated, link-checked list of tools and resources for digital nomads: finance and FIRE, visas, insurance, eSIMs, accommodation, and communities.

  • Banking Access Index

    Free CC-BY dataset of which 18 US banking providers accept non-US-resident business owners, across 8 countries — 239 claims verified against published policies, with CSV/JSON downloads.

  • Equity Compensation Guide

    Stock options, RSUs, taxes — a guide for humans.

  • FEIE vs Foreign Tax Credit Calculator

    Free, no-signup calculator for US citizens abroad: runs both tax elections (Foreign Earned Income Exclusion / Form 2555 and the Foreign Tax Credit / Form 1116) on official 2025/2026 IRS brackets and shows which one keeps more.

  • German Salary Calculator

    The calculator will assist you in determining how much of your gross salary will remain after taxes and social contributions have been deducted.

  • IndepAI Coast FIRE Calculator

    Free calculator that shows the age you can stop saving and coast to retirement, built for expats juggling multiple currencies and relocation plans. No signup needed.

Interviewing

  • Awesome Interview Questions

    A curated awesome list of lists of interview questions.

  • HackerRank

    Practice coding. Compete. Find jobs.

  • Interview

    Everything you need to kick ass on your coding interview.

  • interviewing.io

    Practice interviewing with engineers from top companies, anonymously. Get better at algorithmic problems, find a job, or just see if you've still got it.

Education

  • BabbelLanguages

    Another language learning app that's closer to a language course.

  • DuolingoLanguages

    Duolingo is the world's most popular way to learn a language.

  • MemriseLanguages

    Memrise uses images and science to make learning easy and fun.

  • OSSU Computer ScienceTechnical

    Path to a free self-taught education in Computer Science!

  • OSSU Data ScienceTechnical

    Path to a free self-taught education in Data Science!

  • The Programmer Competency MatrixTechnical

    The idea behind the project is to help people track their software skills studies.

Misc

  • Daybound

    Free Schengen 90/180 calculator and per-country stay-day tracker (calendar year and rolling 12 months), no signup, useful for managing visa-free day limits while abroad. Also a Telegram app with GPS country auto-detection and alerts.

  • IDPhotoSnap

    Free browser-only passport, visa, residence permit, and biometric ID photo tool for 100+ countries (248 document formats). Validated against 15+ official issuing-authority sources. No upload, no signup, no watermark. Useful for expat document renewals at consulates (passport-of-origin), host-country residence permits (BRP, TIE, PR Card, Aufenthaltstitel, Verblijfsvergunning, etc.), and visa applications when relocating again.

  • SeeYourFolks

    We’re so busy growing up that we sometimes forget that they are also growing old.

Destination

  • Expatisan

    The original source for International Cost-of-Living Comparisons

  • Numbeo

    Check the cost of living of different cities, compare them, and more (info about other living aspects, like crime, traffic, quality of life, etc)

  • ReloMap

    Free cost of living comparison for 208 cities with verified data, tax calculator, visa guides, and 3,000+ in-depth city guides.

  • Teleport

    Explore and compare the best cities based on your personal preferences.

  • Transita

    AI visa-pathway matcher: answer a short quiz and get ranked residence/work visa options across 10 countries (US, Canada, UK, Australia, Germany, Spain, Netherlands, Portugal, New Zealand, Ireland) with eligibility scores, processing times, costs, official sources, side-by-side comparisons, and points calculators.

  • Visa Income Calculator

    Free tool showing which countries' 2026 residence and digital-nomad visas you qualify for by income, plus an Affordability Index ranking each visa's income requirement against local cost of living.

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