You need multiple bank accounts to have a secure expat life. In this tip, The Prepared Expat shares why and how you can have bank redundancy.
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Secure Stays: Why Bringing an Extra Lock to Your Hotel is a Must
Staying in a hotel? Protect yourself from robbery or assault with these special tools.
How to Get a Social Security Number as an Expat
Getting a Social Security number for your child born overseas can be infuriating. Here’s a guide to walk you through how to do it so that the path is more clear.
One Step Ahead: Easing Child Passport Renewal Stress
Save yourself a ton of time and hassle by preparing now the facial development photos you’ll need to renew your child’s passport.
Borderline Genius: The Surprising Benefits of a Passport Card
Few expats know how a passport card can keep you safe and secure. This tip from The Prepared Expat gives you six reasons why you should consider getting a passport card today.
Our plan to reduce our risk of infection while traveling during the COVID pandemic
Forced to travel during COVID? The Prepared Expat shows how to reduce your risk of infection while traveling, weather by plane, train, or automobile
COVID: To go or stay? A guide toward assessing risk
In this COVID crisis, should you bug out or stay where you are? The Prepared Expat provides a guide to assessing risk to inform that critical decision
Ten tips from a COVID quarantine survivor
Read about ten lessons that The Prepared Expat learned by enduring a monthlong enforced self-quarantine overseas