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What’s my best strategy for health insurance for retiring in Mexico?

Melanie Lansing - Mexico Insurance Advisors

The best strategy for health insurance in Mexico is:

Find an insurance agent in Mexico who offers many different options: Mexican, International and Expat health plans.
Find a bilingual / bicultural agent who can assist you with navigating the Mexican health & medical systems.
Purchase a full cover, full term plan that offers guaranteed lifetime renewability in the contract.
Speak to your agent about pre-existing medical conditions and how they...

What are the best places to live in the world?

ROSALIND MCCOY - PANAMA SIGNATURE REALTY

The question "what are the best places to live in the world" is too board to answer. For the cities, I know you can find the best in Australia, New Zealand, Canada...... If money is not an issue, you will find a whole lot more.

In my opinion, the answer to this question also concerns the heart. If you have a secure home with a loving family and good friends around you, you already have one best and happiest places to live.

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How much rain does Cayo, Belize, including San Ignacio and Belmopan get? When is the Rainy Season and the Dry Season in Cayo, Belize, including San Ignacio and Belmopan and what is it like?

Gwido Mar - Grupo Mar Realty Ltd.

Gwido Mar House Hunters International, Cayo District, Belize – Best Places In The World To Retire – International Living

The Cayo District in Belize ranges between 60 to 75 inches of rain per year. The rainy season is between June and November. The heaviest rainfall is in September and October.

In the peak of the rainy season, which should be October, you typically won’t get a torrential downpour. It's just light drizzle that's constantly there but a lot of things may get muddy because we've gotten enough rain previously that the ground is super saturated.

Even during...

What are the advantages and disadvantages of having a Portugal passport?

Luis Rodrigues - Gouveia Pereira, Costa Freitas & Associates, Law Firm, RL

Electronic passport from Portugal – Best Places In The World To Retire – International Living

To have a Portuguese Passport it will be necessary to apply for Portuguese Nationality first.

The Permanent Residence Permit allows for citizens of third states to apply for the Portuguese Nationality after 6 (six) years of residence in the Portuguese Territory.

Nonetheless the citizen applying for the Portuguese Nationality shall also have to comply, namely, with the following requirements:

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To have a Portuguese Passport it will be necessary to apply for Portuguese Nationality first.

The Permanent Residence Permit allows for citizens of third states to apply for the Portuguese Nationality after 6 (six) years of residence in the Portuguese Territory.

Nonetheless the citizen applying for the Portuguese Nationality shall also have to comply, namely, with the following requirements:

a) Proof of residence in Portuguese territory for at least 6 years;

b) The applicants must be over eighteen years old;

c) Sufficient knowledge of the Portuguese Language;

d) Absence of conviction for crime punishable in Portugal by imprisonment for more than 3 years;

e) Birth certificate;

f) Passport;

(Electronic passport from Portugal, pictured.)

g) Incorporation about personal data as the name of the parents, profession, etc.;

h) Countries where the applicant had residence besides Portugal;

i) Criminal registry issued by the Portuguese entity of the county of birth or of the nationality where the applicant has its residence.

The Portuguese Passport allows the holder to establish residence and free movement in Portugal and in other European Union Countries. Thus, with a second passport to get into countries that require visas for certain citizens could benefit you in substantial costs and less paperwork and unnecessary bureaucracy to travel around.

Other advantages of having a Portuguese Passport are the access to medical assistance, to education and others publics rights on the same terms as the Portuguese without losing your American citizenship.

(Electronic passport from Portugal, pictured.)

What is the typical Panama church like? What is the religion of Panama?

Linda Jensen

Catedral in Casco Viejo Panama City Panama – Best Places In The World To Retire – International Living

The religion of Panama is Christianity, Catholic, and there are a lot of Jehovah’s Witness, too. I have some friends who are pastors. The missionaries come here. The new influence here are the Bible churches, which are basically bilingual American missionaries. The churches are Christian.

There are mosques in some places like in David and Panama City, but mostly you’re in a Christian nation. Mostly you’re in a place where you can...

How much does it cost for a housekeeper or maid in Managua, Nicaragua?

Gabriela Estrada

In Managua, the basic salary for a full time (maximum 48 hours a week) housekeeper or maid is between $150 to $200, plus extra hours.

Housekeepers or maids usually sleep at the place where they work, meaning in a room at their house of service. But others chose to leave at the end of the day to go back home. This would usually depend if help is from the city where she works. If she is from a different city far away, it is...

Recently Posted Expat Stories

The Benefits of Being Bilingual

Ok, so I’m British, and for me it is all about good manners, I was coming to live in a Spanish speaking country, so the least I could do was to learn the language! “How hard could it be?” I asked myself!
Well, when my family and I started this adventure back in 2012, we took Spanish lessons every time we visited Panama, because right from the start, it was apparent that English was not widely spoken and if we were to live here, we really needed to be able to communicate! Of...

The Dog

About two and a half weeks ago a stray dog got locked in our landlady’s garage. She howled all night but we thought that our landlady was just keeping the dog for a friend. It wasn't until the next morning, when we asked if we could walk the dog, we realized that she had no idea that a dog was trapped in her garage. She even walked the neighborhood to find the source of the unhappy dog howls.

At that point, she was freed and she became our compound dog. We live in...

How I Fund My Life in Panama... Real Estate, Rentals, and a Happy Happy Lifestyle!

I purchased my first rental property in the ski resort village of Whistler, BC, Canada, when I was 23-years-old with a very small down payment.

At the time, I was working as reservations manager for a property management company so I had first-hand knowledge of the strong returns that could be achieved through rentals. Over the following eight years, I proceeded to buy, renovate, rent short-term and ultimately sell nine Whistler properties.

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