i This page provides general information about New Zealand immigration for reference only. It is not personalised advice. For your own situation, consult a licensed adviser via the Immigration Advisers …
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marshalleq
Marshalleq has lived in New Zealand his entire life. He started writing about what it's actually like to live here — the costs, the cities, the trade-offs — because most of what he found online was either promotional or out of date. He has also spent extended time in Australia and has a second home in Colombia, with travel across South America. During COVID he found himself unable to leave Australia and began planning to stay permanently, from this he came away with a first-hand sense of what it takes to put down roots somewhere new. The site grew from that experience. He is working toward spending an extended period living abroad, and wanted to understand what moving countries actually involves — the real costs, the visa routes, the things people do not tell you until after you arrive. For New Zealand, Australia, and Colombia, the articles draw on direct experience. For the other countries covered here, he is straight about his method: official statistics, government sources, and the accounts of people who have made each move, synthesised and checked rather than invented.
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Housing & Renting
Buying Property in New Zealand: A Foreign Buyer’s Guide
by marshalleqby marshalleqi This page provides general information about New Zealand immigration for reference only. It is not personalised advice. For your own situation, consult a licensed adviser via the Immigration Advisers …
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Visas & Immigration
New Zealand Digital Nomad Visa: What Actually Exists in 2026
by marshalleqby marshalleqi This page provides general information about New Zealand immigration for reference only. It is not personalised advice. For your own situation, consult a licensed adviser via the Immigration Advisers …
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i This page provides general information about Portugal immigration for reference only. It is not personalised advice. For your own situation, consult a qualified lawyer via the Ordem dos Advogados …
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Portugal spent the last decade with a reputation as the affordable corner of Western Europe: sunshine, safety and a cost of living that let a modest foreign income stretch a …
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Cost of Living
Cost of Living in Lisbon: A 2026 Neighbourhood Budget Guide
by marshalleqby marshalleqMost people planning a move to Lisbon arrive with a single figure in their head and it is usually the wrong one for them. It came from a video shot …
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Destination GuidesLife & Culture
Best Place to Live in Portugal: Where Should You Settle?
by marshalleqby marshalleqAsk five people where the best place to live in Portugal is and you will get five confident, contradictory answers. That is not a sign anyone is wrong. Portugal is …
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Destination GuidesLife & Culture
Living in Portugal: What It’s Actually Like
by marshalleqby marshalleqPortugal has a way of looking settled from the outside. Tiled facades, tram bells, a coffee that costs less than a euro and a coastline that runs almost the length …
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Sorting somewhere to live is the step that turns a plan to move abroad into a physical reality and it is the one most newcomers underestimate. Renting in Portugal follows …
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Most people who look into working in Portugal have already been sold on the destination. The climate, the coast, the slower pace, the cost of living that reads as a …