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The Move Abroad Toolkit is six execution tools — built to turn the decision you've been sitting on into a plan you can actually follow.

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Built for Americans. Updated for 2026.
Visa Decision Tree
Budget Calculator
Financial Runway Calculator
Per-Visa Application Checklists
47-Point Scouting Trip Methodology
90-Day Pre-Departure Planner

The Problem Isn't That You Don't Know Enough.

You've read the articles. You've watched the videos. You know the D7 visa exists, you know your dollar goes further in Cape Town than Chicago, you know you want to go.

The problem is that information without a decision framework is just more tabs to close. Here's what that looks like:

The toolkit doesn't add more information. It gives you the tools to turn what you already know into a decision — and then a departure date.
What's Inside

Six Tools.
One Move Made.

Every tool is built around a specific decision or action — not content for content's sake. If you already have the information, these are what you use it with.

01
Visa Decision Tree

Answer 8 questions about your income type, age, timeline, and target countries. The decision tree tells you exactly which visa you qualify for — and what the application actually requires. Not a list of options. A decision.

  • Covers 15+ visa types across the top American expat destinations
  • Filters by income source: remote salary, freelance, passive income, asset liquidation
  • Flags the income threshold for each qualifying visa
  • Shows which visas lead to residency and which don't
  • Built from the same research I used to qualify for my own South Africa long-stay visa
📍 Built from real visa research — SA, Portugal, Spain, Thailand, Mexico
02
Monthly Budget Calculator

Pick your target country, your income, your accommodation type, and your lifestyle. The calculator gives you a full monthly breakdown — rent, food, transport, health, utilities — adjusted for purchasing power, not just the exchange rate. It also tells you right there whether your income meets the visa threshold. No more guessing what "affordable" actually means for your number.

  • 30 countries with real COL multipliers and PPP factors built in
  • Accommodation options: shared room, studio, 1BR city center, 1BR outside center
  • Lifestyle selector: budget, moderate, or comfortable — changes every line item
  • Instant visa income check — shows whether you qualify at your current income
  • One-time setup cost breakdown: deposit, visa fees, 3-month buffer, flights, gear
  • Side-by-side comparison across up to three countries
📍 PPP data sourced from real on-the-ground costs — SA and France firsthand, 28 others researched
03
Financial Runway Calculator

The Budget Calculator tells you what life costs once you're there. This tells you how to get there — and how long you can last. Input your assets: home equity, savings, car value, belongings estimate. Input your target country. The calculator gives you your runway in months, your go date, and your exact liquidation sequence. Stage O of the M.O.V.E. Method™ made into a working tool.

  • Covers both paths: remote income and full asset liquidation
  • House equity, car sale (CarMax vs. private), and personal property estimates
  • Purchasing power adjustment so your runway reflects real local buying power
  • One-time move costs folded in: visa fees, flights, deposits, setup
  • Side-by-side runway comparison across up to three target countries
  • 20% buffer built in — so you don't land short in month three
📍 Based on the liquidation path I used — house equity, CarMax, Facebook Marketplace
04
Visa Application Checklists

One checklist per visa type. Not "you'll need bank statements" — the exact document, the exact format, the notarization requirement, the apostille step most people confuse for the same thing, and the correct submission channel. I had one document error on my South Africa application. This checklist exists because of that error.

  • Portugal D7 Passive Income Visa + Digital Nomad Visa
  • Spain Digital Nomad Visa
  • South Africa Long-Stay Visa
  • Mexico Temporary Resident Visa
  • Thailand LTR and Retirement Visa
  • Colombia and Panama options
  • Notes on what to verify with official sources before submitting
📍 SA long-stay visa application experience, hands-on Portugal + Spain research
05
47-Point Scouting Trip Methodology

A scouting trip is not a vacation. It's a structured reality test — and if you do it like a tourist, you leave with a feeling instead of an answer. This methodology is what I developed across scouting trips in South Africa and France. 47 items. You don't do all 47. You do the ones that apply to your situation — and you leave knowing whether you're going.

  • Neighborhood-level checklist: test the commute, the grocery store, the internet
  • Local cost verification — what things actually cost vs. what blogs say
  • Visa feasibility check: confirm your visa path works on the ground
  • Housing market walk-through: how to find local pricing, not tourist pricing
  • The day-5 reality test — when the tourist brain turns off and the 'could I live here' brain turns on
  • What to document so you're not second-guessing yourself when you get home
📍 Tested in Cape Town and Paris — every item came from something I had to figure out in person
06
90-Day Pre-Departure Planner

A Notion template reverse-engineered from your move date. At 90 days out you're selling, canceling, and transferring. At 30 days you're finalizing. At 7 days you're packing and confirming. The planner tells you exactly what to do at each stage — so nothing falls through the cracks and your move date actually holds. Duplicates directly into your Notion account in under five minutes.

  • 90 / 60 / 30 / 14 / 7-day pre-departure timeline with specific tasks at each stage
  • What to sell, what to store, what to ship, what to donate — and in what order
  • Mail forwarding and virtual mailbox setup checklist
  • Banking, brokerage, and financial account transition guide
  • Subscription, insurance, and utility cancellation tracker
  • Pet logistics checklist (microchip standards, health certificate timing, carrier rules) — because this changes everything if you have a dog
  • First 30 days abroad action plan — set up your life, not just your apartment
📍 Built from my own pre-departure process — including relocating with a dog

Built Around the M.O.V.E. Method™

Every tool maps to a specific stage of the M.O.V.E. Method™ — the four-phase relocation framework that sequences every decision in the right order. Most people fail because they skip Stage O and go straight to booking flights. The toolkit makes sure you don't.

M

Map Your Mindset

The 90-Day Pre-Departure Planner starts here — your timeline, your vision, your non-negotiables.

O

Own Your Financial Runway

The Budget Calculator shows what life costs there. The Financial Runway Calculator shows how you fund getting there. Both live in Stage O.

V

Venture to Your Country

The Visa Decision Tree + Checklists + Scouting Trip Methodology live here. Choose where. Get legal. Go test it.

E

Establish Your Life Abroad

The first 30 days action plan inside the Pre-Departure Planner. Land and set up your actual life.

Already have the free M.O.V.E. Method™ guide? Good — you know the map. The toolkit is everything you use to walk it. The free guide tells you what the four stages are. The six tools give you the actual execution layer for each one.

This Toolkit Is For You If...

You can't pick a visa and you're not sure why

Your income type determines which visa you qualify for — and most people don't know that until they're deep in the application. The decision tree settles it in minutes.

You don't know what your life actually costs there

Not a vague sense of "it's cheaper." A real monthly number — rent, food, transport, health — adjusted for PPP, with your visa income check built in.

You don't know your actual runway number

Not a vague sense that you "probably have enough." A real calculation: your assets, your target country, your runway in months, your go date.

You want to do a scouting trip but don't know what you're testing

Tourists take scouting trips and come home with photos. The methodology turns your trip into a structured answer about whether you're moving there or not.

You're not relying on remote income

The Financial Runway Calculator covers the asset liquidation path — selling your house, your car, your belongings — not just remote salary. This is how I funded my own move.

You're moving in the next 3–12 months

The 90-Day Pre-Departure Planner works backward from your move date. Every task in the right order, at the right time. Nothing falls through the cracks.

You've been "almost ready" for too long

More research won't make you more ready. The toolkit gives you the decision framework — not more content. At some point you have to book the flight.

This toolkit is not for everyone.

If you're still in the dreaming stage — no target countries, no timeline, no real intention to go in the next year — the toolkit isn't where you start. Start with the free M.O.V.E. Method™ guide and the Country Finder Quiz. Come back to the toolkit when you're ready to execute.

Before You Go...

"Can't I find all of this for free online?"
Some of it. Scattered across a hundred sites, written by people who visited somewhere for a long weekend, last updated in 2022. The value of the toolkit isn't the information — it's that every tool is built around your specific situation, sequenced in the right order, and comes from someone who has actually navigated the process. My South Africa visa application had one document error on the first submission. That error is in the checklist.
"I don't have a remote job — is this still for me?"
Yes. The Financial Runway Calculator is explicitly built for both paths: remote income and asset liquidation. I funded my own move by selling my house, selling my car to CarMax, and selling everything else on Facebook Marketplace. Stage O of the M.O.V.E. Method™ — Own Your Financial Runway — is built around the reality that a remote job is one path, not the only path.
"I haven't picked a country yet."
The Visa Decision Tree and Financial Runway Calculator are how you pick. Start with the tree — it filters countries based on which visas you qualify for given your income type. Run the runway calculator across your top two or three. By the time you're through both tools, you'll have a country. That's the point.
"I don't use Notion."
Notion is free and takes about five minutes to set up. The Pre-Departure Planner duplicates directly into your account — no building from scratch. If you genuinely prefer something else, the checklist content works in Google Docs or printed. The structure is what matters, not the platform.
"What if I buy it and it's not what I expected?"
Reach out within 7 days and we'll make it right. The toolkit is built to be genuinely useful — if it's not working for your situation, I want to know.
Where You Are in the Journey

There's a Path for Every Stage

Start free. Get the tools. Go deeper if you need it. Each step is designed for where you are right now.

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