Aussie expat HECS debts: your questions answered
Aussie expats who still have student debt in the form of HECS, HELP or TSL bills may have to begin paying it back based on their worldwide income. If you’ve managed to miss this piece of news, you can catch up on what you need to do and why in this...
4 Ways the Australian budget impacts expats
Aussies across the country settled in for the annual drinking game that is “The Budget”, last Tuesday (May 9). While Treasurer Scott Morrison (aka ScoMo) swayed and leant on the lecturn, we waited with baited breath, shot glasses at the ready, listening...
What do you want from Bright Lights of America?
What do you want from an expat blog? More tips on how to get make life easier? A bunch of “how-to” articles to get you set up in the US? Tips on where to travel on the cheap in your new home country? Now’s your chance to tell me what you want to see...
11 best junk foods in the USA
Regular readers of Bright Lights of America already know that I spend a fair whack of my time whinging about how terrible junk food in the US is. Namely the chocolate. I don’t understand how anyone could enjoy Hershey’s. I may have misrepresented the array...
Getting a social security number (SSN)
One of the first things a new expat in the United States needs is a Social Security Number (SSN). It is the key to everything from building a credit history to working and reporting income to the government. It’s free to apply for and receive a SSN – and...
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