relair
American expat in Romania
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33
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About me
American
Lives in Brasov
Speaks English
Registration: 05 November 2015
Moving to Romania with a disability by Bhavna
Hello everyone, Having a disability should not be a barrier to living abroad. While the intricacies of one聮s move to Romania may be specific to the individual, certain steps can be undertaken to make the process smoother. What are the ...
I would like to clear up a few glaring fallacies for potential expats looking for 鈥渇acts鈥� First and foremost to recommend moving to India for higher quality medical care compared to Romania is equivalent to recommending moving from the ... Read More
Importing my car from Australia to Romania
Looking for a little information also We are seriously considering importing a Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Redeye from the U.S. (I know it is very impractical but I have an affinity for fast cars) Does Romania still levy a tax based on engine size ... Read More
Best cities to live in Romania by Julien
Hi, It聮s not always easy to decide in which area to settle in when moving to Romania. According to you, what are the best cites to live in? Which regions offer most of the job opportunities, a good quality of life, an affordable cost of ...
Too general ?? Are you looking for specific bars or restaurants ?? Generally the term 鈥渞easonable鈥� is used to lead people to actually do a little research into the subject in question since it would be extremely difficult to list a ... Read More
Cheapest cities in Romania by Bhavna
Hello everyone, Budget is an important consideration when moving to Romania. Ideally, expats would settle down in a city in Romania where the cost of living is low but where they could also enjoy a decent quality of life. Would you be able to ...
First off I have driven from one end of Brasov to the other for two yeats now and tjhe traffic is very light if you think otherwise you obviously have never experienced heavy traffic how many times have you driven Brasov daily ?? Second the majority ... Read More
Do and don't in Romania by expat.com
Are you living in Romania? We need you to share your experience of the local customs :) Is it difficult to adjust to the local customs in Romania? Could you please share with us a list of the [b] do's and don't's in Romania?[/b] Thanks!
You are able to re-enroll in medicare upon return to the U.S. even after you cancel it, you have to do it during open enrollment I believe it鈥檚 October-November (not positive about that detail) and you may have to pay a penalty based on the ... Read More
Do and don't in Romania by expat.com
Are you living in Romania? We need you to share your experience of the local customs :) Is it difficult to adjust to the local customs in Romania? Could you please share with us a list of the [b] do's and don't's in Romania?[/b] Thanks!
I assure U.S. medicare is NOT valid anywhere outside the U.S. I have confirmed that with the SSA without any doubt there are no waivers no exceptions the best thing you can do is submit your medicare cancellation form and stop paying for it Read More
Do people speak English where you are living in Romania? by HelloLife
Hi guys, I'm asking for my boyfriend. He is an English speaker, and he lives in Romania. At the moment we live in a medium-sized city, and I was wondering if bigger cities such as Timisoara and Cluj are expats friendly when it comes to speaking ...
We have lived in Brasov for almost two years now and we find that we ALWAYS find someone who is able to speak with us in English, if the person we are dealing with doesn鈥檛 speak any English they will go out of their way to find someone who is ... Read More
Cheapest cities in Romania by Bhavna
Hello everyone, Budget is an important consideration when moving to Romania. Ideally, expats would settle down in a city in Romania where the cost of living is low but where they could also enjoy a decent quality of life. Would you be able to ...
I can only comment regarding my own experience living in Brasov I do however have friends who are able to live a good quality of life with much less Being from the U.S. we are accustomed to a certain lifestyle in the last 2 years we have traveled ... Read More
Best cities to live in Romania by Julien
Hi, It聮s not always easy to decide in which area to settle in when moving to Romania. According to you, what are the best cites to live in? Which regions offer most of the job opportunities, a good quality of life, an affordable cost of ...
Hello, We have lived in Brasov for almost two years now and we love it we find it very family oriented a lot of parks and playgrounds and shopping the nightlife is above average mostly concentrated in 鈥渙ld town鈥� the location is amazing ... Read More
What town is best for living in Romenia? by Vargas2018
Hi all, I would like to move to Romenia. I like to live in differend countries and places. Romenia has lots of BBQed food and the cost of living is good compaired to orther countries in the Europian main land. I have a online job, so I do not need ...
Our family lives in Brasov we love it here, it鈥檚 not as much of a tourist destination as some would make it out to be. The winter months the surrounding areas are filled with tourists (Predeal, Sinia, Poiana) due to the fine skiing and ... Read More
Bringing a car to Romania by MyNamesJan
Hi everyone and nice to meet you, I am planning to move to Bucharest at the end of this month and wanted to ask a few questions regarding bringing a car to Romania. I went through several threads and believe that nothing has changed in the space ...
Ah I was under the impression you were bringing your vehicle from the U.S. Must have been another person posting so you have no problems like I did 馃憤 Read More
Bringing a car to Romania by MyNamesJan
Hi everyone and nice to meet you, I am planning to move to Bucharest at the end of this month and wanted to ask a few questions regarding bringing a car to Romania. I went through several threads and believe that nothing has changed in the space ...
Total import costs came to just over $8000 USD I explained the crosswalk and traffic circles wreaking havoc on mileage as well as the fact that my 470 horsepower supercharged engine is of ZERO use in Romania no open highways to run it car is too ... Read More
Bringing a car to Romania by MyNamesJan
Hi everyone and nice to meet you, I am planning to move to Bucharest at the end of this month and wanted to ask a few questions regarding bringing a car to Romania. I went through several threads and believe that nothing has changed in the space ...
They have chevrolet dealers here if you go through the port of Constanta expect to hire an importer (you can鈥檛 just bring your bill of lading and pick it up) make several trips before the customs officials decide when and for how much it will ... Read More
Bringing a car to Romania by MyNamesJan
Hi everyone and nice to meet you, I am planning to move to Bucharest at the end of this month and wanted to ask a few questions regarding bringing a car to Romania. I went through several threads and believe that nothing has changed in the space ...
Don鈥檛 know if you went through with importing your vehicle to Romania but interested in the outcome if you did, I went through HELL importing my car and it was EXPENSIVE I have a 4.2 liter supercharged engine and I was charged according to the ... Read More
Health insurance by Raich
Hello, I am looking for information on health insurance to foreign residents. The posts I saw are since 2010. Does anyone have a more recent information? Are there insurance companies that provide coverage to this issue? Any updated information ...
Hello, we have lived here in Brasov for nearly two years now and have used both private and government facilities, the government facilities have been comparable to what we experienced in the US, we have noticed no difference between private and ... Read More
residence visa and taxes by karmsun
What requirements and documents are needed to get Residence status in Romania as a US citizen retiree ? Also have heard different answers to being taxed on SS. Is it taxed or not taxed ? Would like to get the answer from someone living there that ...
I see this is an old topic so you may already know this. You may open a business (called an SRL) with NO financial activity, you only pay an accountant 100 euro per year to report to government that your business income is 0. This is how my family ... Read More
Retiring in Romania by Priscilla
Hello everyone, Why did you choose to retire in Romania? What are the advantages compared with your home country? What were your main considerations when deciding to move? For example, taxes, ease of transferring your pension, etc.. Are ...
I had good experience with medical care in Romania I had prescriptions from the US that needed to be filled, I was able to see a physician with no insurance for 150 lei and obtain my medication. I would NOT recommend bringing a vehicle from outside ... Read More
Retiring in Romania by Priscilla
Hello everyone, Why did you choose to retire in Romania? What are the advantages compared with your home country? What were your main considerations when deciding to move? For example, taxes, ease of transferring your pension, etc.. Are ...
No problem I'll PM her info tomorrow, she is very knowledgeable and professional. Read More
Retiring in Romania by Priscilla
Hello everyone, Why did you choose to retire in Romania? What are the advantages compared with your home country? What were your main considerations when deciding to move? For example, taxes, ease of transferring your pension, etc.. Are ...
If you go through an experienced attorney the process is almost painless, our attorney filed the SRL and our immigration papers for pennies compared to the cost of an attorney in the US. Our permit is only good for one year before it has to be ... Read More
Expat Adoption
Good to hear from you again. We have had our heart set on Brasov since the beginning, the residence permit was getting us a little discouraged so we made Sofia our plan B Since then the family we had been in contact with made the move (I'm in ... Read More
Expat Adoption
Greetings, We are an American family relocating to Brasov in June of this year. We have one child who we will be sending to private school, we are financially stable (our income is fixed, roughly $6300 USD monthly) so income shouldn't be an ... Read More
New members of Bulgaria forum, introduce yourself here 聳 4th quarter of 2015 by Julien
Newbie on Bulgaria forum? Don聮t know how to start? This thread is for you ;) We invite you to introduce yourself on this topic, to share with us your expat story if you are already living in the country, or to tell us more on your expat ...
Greetings I am doing as much research as possible before moving to Bulgaria. It will be myself my wife and our 6 year old son. My chief concern of course is financial, I am 47 retired from the US military, my spouse has a bachelors degree in health ... Read More
Anyone have input regarding our quality of life on my pension alone? by relair
Greetings I am a 47 year old American military retiree I am interested in moving to Brasov Romania with my wife and 6 year old son. I plan on sending him to international school and plan on all of us learning the language I'm wondering how well ...
I really appreciate all the great information. We blended pretty well when I was stationed in Germany and I'm a pretty simple person, I spent almost nothing over the course of 4 deployments and my wife adapts relatively well she lived with my ... Read More
Anyone have input regarding our quality of life on my pension alone? by relair
Greetings I am a 47 year old American military retiree I am interested in moving to Brasov Romania with my wife and 6 year old son. I plan on sending him to international school and plan on all of us learning the language I'm wondering how well ...
Lol not at all my wife accuses me of being a total cheap skate. She says I sound like a total cheap skate when I tell her as a kid I could buy a candy bar coke and a comic book for under a dollar 馃榾 Read More
Anyone have input regarding our quality of life on my pension alone? by relair
Greetings I am a 47 year old American military retiree I am interested in moving to Brasov Romania with my wife and 6 year old son. I plan on sending him to international school and plan on all of us learning the language I'm wondering how well ...
Wow I was hoping to keep our costs to between 2000-2500 euro per month after reading your post maybe that's not realistic. If it's not too personal I was wondering if the average monthly salary in Brasov is between 400-800 euro what do you ... Read More
Anyone have input regarding our quality of life on my pension alone? by relair
Greetings I am a 47 year old American military retiree I am interested in moving to Brasov Romania with my wife and 6 year old son. I plan on sending him to international school and plan on all of us learning the language I'm wondering how well ...
From my understanding my pension translates into approximately 21000 lei (or leu) not sure I will probably just redeem dollars for euros though it seems much simpler. As for the apartments I've seen from 175-4000 euro per month and villas to buy ... Read More
Anyone have input regarding our quality of life on my pension alone? by relair
Greetings I am a 47 year old American military retiree I am interested in moving to Brasov Romania with my wife and 6 year old son. I plan on sending him to international school and plan on all of us learning the language I'm wondering how well ...
Some of it looks pricey any guidance regarding how you were able to achieve retirement in Romania Read More
Anyone have input regarding our quality of life on my pension alone? by relair
Greetings I am a 47 year old American military retiree I am interested in moving to Brasov Romania with my wife and 6 year old son. I plan on sending him to international school and plan on all of us learning the language I'm wondering how well ...
I was hoping to find something for the 3 of us in an upper middle class area as close to 650-750 euro as possible I could go a little higher say 900 but my savings plan go beyond that, thank you for your responses Read More
Anyone have input regarding our quality of life on my pension alone? by relair
Greetings I am a 47 year old American military retiree I am interested in moving to Brasov Romania with my wife and 6 year old son. I plan on sending him to international school and plan on all of us learning the language I'm wondering how well ...
Really I live ok in the us but still have to watch the budget sometimes I looked on some sites and the rent looked kind of expensive so im just looking for some guidance 馃榾 Read More
Anyone have input regarding our quality of life on my pension alone?
Greetings I am a 47 year old American military retiree I am interested in moving to Brasov Romania with my wife and 6 year old son. I plan on sending him to international school and plan on all of us learning the language I'm wondering how well ... Read More