About Abroad

John Lee is the Co-Founder of Work From Anywhere and a close friend of About Abroad. In today's show, we invited John back to chat about his recent move to Portugal with his wife and three children. We dive into the reasons for the move, why they choose Portugal, and some tips and tricks he has for everyone eyeing Portugal for their move abroad. This is currently ranked as the #1 place in the world for expats to move to, and it's easy to see why when you hear how John is thriving here!

You can find the previous episode with John here.

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This week Chase meets with Rowena Hennigan, founder of RoRemote, one of the top remote-work advocates in the world, and an internationally acclaimed author and speaker, as well as a veteran of the digital nomad world, currently living abroad in Spain. She walks us through converting from a nomadic lifestyle to one that better suits the needs of her young family, and how remote work provided her daughter with an opportunity to live a healthier and happier life. We also discuss adapting to life abroad as a family, and why a little traveled region at the foot of the Pyrenees might be the perfect place to settle down. This episode originally aired in season two and is being replayed today as part of our greatest hits series. 

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Note - if you choose to contact Rowena about her relocation services, consider that her experience is based on having European passports.

Thanks to my friends over at Ramp, issuing corporate credit cards (virtual and physical), paying for team perks, covering international transactions, and managing company expenses has become super simple! Create an account in minutes and get a free $500 Ramp bonus when you spend your first $1000 via the About Abroad affiliate link.

For your next retreat, offsite, or group gathering, save yourself countless hours of headache and tap into Lamont & Co’s extensive network and experience to source the best venues in the world! They’ll even provide sample budgets for each location, and negotiate contracts on your behalf - all for FREE! Click to learn more.

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In this episode the tables are turned as Mandy Fransz interviews Chase about his experiences living abroad, remote work, and some of the ups and downs with a nomadic lifestyle. Mandy is the Founder of Remote Workers Worldwide, the largest online community of remote workers in the world, with more than 125,000 members and growing everyday. She’s also a LinkedIn Top Voice for Remote Work and an expat herself, from the Netherlands, but living abroad in Portugal, and traveling frequently. She originally appeared as a guest on About Abroad in 2023, which you can listen to via the link below.

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Alex Hernandez is a well-known future of work leader, as well as the Co-Founder of Jobgether, a flexible-work website designed to help job seekers find (truly) remote work, in whatever country they desire to work in. He’s also a French expat that has moved around the world, and after stops in cities like London, Barcelona, and Paris (amongst others), he’s landed on Madrid as the place he feels most at home. Today we dive into Alex’s personal story, as well as some of his favorite aspects of life abroad in Madrid, and Spain in general. We also cover various topics related to remote work, Spain vs France, location independence, and work-life balance.

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Thanks to my friends over at Ramp, issuing corporate credit cards (virtual and physical), paying for team perks, covering international transactions, and managing company expenses has become super simple! Create an account in minutes and get a free $500 Ramp bonus when you spend your first $1000 via the About Abroad affiliate link: Click here

For your next retreat, offsite, or group gathering of any kind, save yourself countless hours of headache and tap into Lamont & Co’s extensive network and experience to source the best venues in the world! They’ll even provide sample budgets for each location, and negotiate contracts on your behalf - all for FREE! Click to learn more.

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Italy is one of the few countries in the world to offer a citizenship by descent program, which essentially allows you to obtain a passport and citizenship, if you can prove you have ancestors from that particular country. Today, Anthony Calvanese joins the show to share his experience completing this process, and moving from the US to Italy. We also dive into some of his favorite places to visit around Europe, the pros and cons of building a life abroad, and how you can follow in his footsteps to receive your Italian passport. 

Listen to Anthony’s first interview on About Abroad Here.

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France is one of the most visited countries in the world, but the French doors are not only open to tourists - they also provide a super simple pathway to long term residency. Today we dive into the details of the French Visitors Visa and the French Freelance Visa, both of which offer the opportunity to live in France for a year, with the ability to renew it multiple times, and even a pathway to citizenship. To help us understand your options, we speak with Eléonore Tavares de Pinho, Head of French Immigration at Lexidy Law in Paris. As an expat herself that grew up living in multiple countries, Eleonor is well aware of the challenges associated with immigrating to a foreign land, and today she specializes in helping expats around the world build a new life in France, while avoiding the bureaucratic headaches. 

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This episode originally aired in Season One and is being replayed today as part of our greatest hits series, while we close out 2023, enjoy the holidays, and take a break from producing new episodes.

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Ken Weary is a well known leader in the tech and remote work space, as the COO of the fully remote team at HotJar. When not leading 100s of employees spread across 30+ countries, he’s just living a typical life as a nomad dad and husband, traveling the world, homeschooling teenagers, and trying to decide whether to settle in Portugal or move on to the next adventure on another continent. Ken takes us inside his life as one of the most interesting CXOs you’ll ever meet, and shares all the details about full time travel with a family and a career. From history class in the Colosseum, to studying marine biology via a PADI certification in Honduras, this family is living what many of us would call, “the life”.

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Today’s guest is Jess Romano, an American who made the move to the Croatian island of Hvar. She was one of the first people in the world to receive Croatia’s Digital Nomad visa, which allows remote workers to come and live legally in Croatia! Jess walks us through the process to get the visa and the requirements to do so. She also takes us inside island life in a small village and shares how the sense of community and beautiful landscapes made her feel like she was on vacation every day.

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This episode originally aired in season two and is being replayed today as part of our greatest hits recap as we take a short break from new interviews during the holiday season. This episode was brought to you by Lexidy, the team of lawyers and advisors I trust for all my visa, tax, and property challenges in Spain, Greece, Italy, France & Portugal. Use the code "AboutAbroad2023" to receive 10% of your first service, and Click to learn more.

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