Success Stories

Success can be measured by a lot of things. Starting a new life in a foreign country and adjusting to a whole new environment and culture is a great success story. And there are many people out there from all over the world who left their old life behind to start a new one in the USA. Meet some of the expats that made it and learn about their individual journeys and experiences along the way.

Miki from Argentina

Miki met her future husband online and they decided to start a new life in California.
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Rebecca from Australia

Rebecca’s journey lead to San Francisco after living in Sydney, Washington and Chicago.
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Iris from Austria

Iris immigrated with her husband and 3-year old daughter in 2012 and shares her impressions.
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Evg. Enko. from Belarus

Read about some of the lessons, experiences and surprises of her new American life.
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Nathalie from Belgium

Read about Nathalie’s journey that led her to California after a little detour to England.
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Maria from Brazil

Maria’s immigrated from Monte Verde, Brazil, to the Carolinas, where she started a small business
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Lindsay from Canada

Lindsay’s journey went from Montreal, Canada, to South Dakota
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Peter H. Fogtdal from Denmark

Read about Peter’s expat life in Portland, Oregon.
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Claire from England

Claire moved to Maryland with her husband and son about a year ago and is blogging about her expat life in America.
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Edward from England

Edward immigrated to North Carolina after finishing his education in Southampton, England.
Read about his journey »

Katariina from Finland

Katariina is a Finnish expat living in New York City and clearly enjoying her new American life.
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Mathilde from France

French expat Mathilde followed her husband from Paris to Boston, Massachusetts.
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Jack from Germany

Jack Bosch is a self made multi-millionaire. Learn about his journey through immigration and amazing success story in real estate.
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Kai from Germany

Kai is an author of several German books about immigrating to America. He currently lives in Michigan.
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Mike from Germany

Mike took advantage of a job opportunity in Chicago, Illinois, before settling down in North Carolina.
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Attila from Hungary

Attila got a job offer while being on a business trip in America, which led him to North Carolina.
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Ritu from India

Ritu’s journey lead her through marriage to the San Francisco Bay area in California.
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Gyscha from Indonesia

Gyscha is an expat from Indonesia who took action on a job opportunity at Disney World in Orlando, FL.
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Omar from Iraq

Omar worked in 4 different countries before settling down in North Carolina
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Simona from Italy

Simona moved from Northern Italy to California twenty years ago to start her new American life with her (now) husband.
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Ming Lim from Malaysia

Ming Lim studied in the U.S. and returned later to settle down in Washington, D.C.
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Binny from Nepal

Binny moved to the U.S. 5 years ago to be with her husband.
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Sarah from New Zealand

Sarah took advantage of a job opportunity and moved to Texas with her husband.
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Las from Northern Ireland

Las moved with her husband Col to Houston, Texas.
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Denisse from Peru

Denisse’s journey went from Lima, Peru, to North Carolina
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Per from the Philippines

Per moved to Arizona to start a new life with her American husband.
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Toi from Thailand

Toi prepared herself for the colder Colorado weather by spending time in a hotel walk-in freezer in Thailand. Now, that’s dedication!
Read about her journey »

Chris from the United States

Chris Guillebeau is a best-selling author, entrepreneur and travel hacker, who has literally seen every single country in the world.
Check out my interview with Chris »
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