Consulting
One session. Your situation. Nothing to upsell.
Our guides cover each country comprehensively. A consultation covers you: what applies to your situation, and the answers to your most pressing questions, faster.
It's a single 75-minute video call with Blair Cummins, who has been living in Asia for the better part of the last decade. You send us your details in advance, and we come prepared. Afterward you receive a written summary of everything we covered.
It's one session, not a program, a package or an ongoing relationship. If you need a second one later, you can book it, but most people won't.
You probably don't need this if
- Your Country Match Report gave you one strong match
- Your income and age clear visa thresholds comfortably
- You're moving on your own timeline
In that case our guides are usually enough.
It's worth it if
- You qualify for more than one visa pathway and the trade-offs aren't obvious
- You're close to a threshold on age, income or deposit for a visa and want to understand your realistic options
- You're choosing between two or three countries, or between cities within one
- You have a complication: a younger spouse, a dependent, a pre-existing condition, a pet, income that is hard to document
- You want your budget checked against what things really cost, not what social media claims
- You're planning a scouting trip and want to spend it well
One to one
Talk your own situation through with us.
Seventy-five minutes by video, with your questionnaire read before we start and a written summary within three business days.
What we cover
Visa pathways and how they compare in cost, stability and effort. Where to live. Realistic monthly costs for the way you want to live. How healthcare access and insurance work at your age. Renting, and the rules around foreign ownership. The order to do things in, and how long each step takes.
What we don't
We don't give financial, tax or legal advice. We won't tell you how to structure your money, whether to buy property, how your home country will tax you, or suggest investments or ways to supplement your income. We also don't prepare or file visa applications.
We explain how the published rules work, show you the source, and help you write the questions to take to a licensed professional. You'll walk into that meeting knowing what to ask, which usually makes it more efficient and cheaper.
How it works
1
Request a session
Give us three times that could work and what you want out of the call. We reply with a firm time, usually within two business days, and invoice then.
2
Complete the questionnaire
It takes about 15 minutes and is due at least three days before the call. If you already have a Country Match Report, we have your answers.
3
The call
It runs up to 75 minutes by video. Partners are welcome, and we recommend they join.
4
Written summary
Within 3 business days you receive what we discussed, the sources for every rule we cited, your open questions and who should answer them.
Price
$295 for one session per household, with the questionnaire review and written summary included.
If you have a Country Match Report, the price is $225 while your code is live. You can schedule the session for any time in the following two months.
You can reschedule free up to 48 hours before the call and get a full refund up to 7 days before.
Independent, always
We accept no commissions, referral fees or payments of any kind for anything we mention in a consultation. If we name a professional who is also listed in our directory, we'll tell you they pay to be listed. If we think the honest answer is that none of these countries suits you, we'll say so.
We do not offer courses, coaching or mentoring, and we do not provide financial, tax or legal advice, in our guides or in our consultations. Consultations are one-off, fixed-scope sessions that help you apply published information to your own circumstances and identify the questions to ask qualified professionals. We strongly recommend that prospective retirees seeking personalized advice on financial, tax or legal matters retain qualified, licensed counsel.
Request a session
Three times that could work, and we'll come back with one. Nothing is charged until call scheduling is finalized.