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Moving Abroad: Real-World Settlement Experiences

Anonymous research study about the practical situations people encounter when settling in a new country. Takes about 3–4 minutes.

Have you moved to another country to live for at least 3 months?

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A

Yes

B

No

When did you move to your most recent new country?

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A

Less than 6 months ago

B

6–12 months ago

C

1–2 years ago

D

3–5 years ago

E

More than 5 years ago

What was the biggest practical situation you struggled with after arriving?

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A

Finding housing

B

Bureaucracy / registration / documents

C

Banking / finances

D

Healthcare

E

Finding work / career

F

Transportation

G

Language / communication

H

Understanding local customs / everyday life

I

Making friends / building a social network

J

Other

Tell us about one specific situation where you didn't know how something worked in your new country.

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How did you try to figure it out?

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Google / search engine

Facebook / expat groups

Government / official website

YouTube / blogs

Asked a local

Asked another expat

Asked a friend / coworker

Trial and error

Paid a professional

Other

What was the main difficulty when trying to figure it out?

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A

I didn't know where to look

B

Information was scattered across different sources

C

Different sources gave different answers

D

I didn't understand the local terminology

E

I didn't know what was actually required

F

I didn't know what was considered normal locally

G

I didn't know what to do first

H

I didn't know what depended on something else

I

I couldn't tell which source to trust

J

Language made it difficult

K

Other

What happened because you didn't know?

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I lost time

I lost money

Something was delayed

I had to redo something

I made a bad decision

I needed someone else's help

I experienced significant stress

Nothing significant happened

Other

If you had known the relevant local information/context beforehand, would you have done anything differently?

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A

Yes

B

No

C

Not sure

What is the one thing you wish you had known beforehand?

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What country did you move from?

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What country did you move to?

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