Last Friday, my employer and I first discussed the possibility of working my US-based IT job from overseas.  WOW!  I was floored!  I didn’t see that coming.  Living abroad with our family has been a dream for 20 years.  Laura and I are extremely motivated to do what we can to make this dream a reality, though there are so many hurdles to overcome… it’s quite overwhelming.

The first hurdles are corporate.  It’s fine to shoot the breeze with the boss about the idea, but would The Company(TM) approve?  How about our customer?  Does the current contract allow overseas employees?  The answers to all these questions was very positive!  We ran the concept all the way to the top of the company and over to our customer’s contracts team.  Everyone supported the idea and said it should be fine (assuming I can accomplish the work via broadband)

Our next steps:

• Figure out visa needs (non-lucrative residence visa may be best choice)
• Investigate regions for suitability and advantages
• Plan a short trip to scope out the land