MOVING TO NEW JERSEY: If you’re deciding on a move to America’s garden state, one of the most critical steps for an expat is to clarify if New Jersey is safe to live in. It’s a question almost anyone moving to a new location should get answered before they relocate, to ensure their future security […] Continue reading → 
RELOCATION: Although some expats will end up buying a property when they relocate to New Jersey most will end up renting, at least to begin with. When you rent a house or apartment here, you will usually be asked to sign a rental lease agreement. Rental leases are usually setup to run for a minimum of one year, […] Continue reading → 
LIFE IN NEW JERSEY: Before we left for the USA, we sold off or gave away nearly all our Australian appliances. It was a strangely discomforting feeling, ridding ourselves of all this consumer materialism; like we were taking up some weird middle age vow of poverty. Once we arrived in New Jersey though, we were […] Continue reading → 
EXPAT LIFE: If you haven’t had the exquisite joy of visiting a DMV (Department of Motor Vehicles) in the USA yet, then you haven’t really lived. As an expat, I would definitely classify the DMV as an adventure travel experience – expat thrill seeking at its most dangerous. Just mention ‘going to the DMV’ and you […] Continue reading → 
LIFE IN NEW JERSEY: Moving to a new location is always a huge task. Enrolling your children in school in your new home town is just part of the logistical challenge that relocating families face. If you are moving to New Jersey however, you should know each public school district makes its own rules about […] Continue reading → 
RELOCATION: Moving to another country nearly always requires a number of documents. No matter where you are moving to, there will always be specific important documents needed for immigration, employment, school enrolment plus others. The USA is certainly no different. If anything, moving here will possibly require more paperwork than you could even anticipate. For a […] Continue reading → 
EXPAT LIFE: How different is the USA to Australia? Well I’d say very different, culturally. But considering we were both colonies of Great Britain only two hundred years or so ago and settled by the same people (Brits originally), you would think that when it came to everyday systems, we’d be pretty similar. Surprisingly, that’s […] Continue reading → 
RELOCATION: Thinking of renting in New Jersey? For many expats this can be a very good strategy. The main benefit being that as newcomers, they can get a comfortable familiarity with choosing where they want to live, before investing a large sum of money in purchasing either a house or apartment. Although quite a number of […] Continue reading → 
LIFE IN NEW JERSEY: OK. You’re an expat and you’ve been here two months already. You have an International Driver License (IDL) but do you need a New Jersey Driver License too? Well according to the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (NJ MVC), the answer is yes! When to get a New Jersey Driver […] Continue reading → 
As a follow on from an earlier article ‘What is the New Jersey School system like?’, during May, I will be publishing a series of six posts about New Jersey schools. My aim is to make the challenging decision of choosing the right school, a little easier for Australian and other expat families. This is […] Continue reading →