Helping Americans Build a New Life in Europe
Research-led relocation planning: the residence route that fits your income, what it really costs where you would live, and the order to do things in, with every rule taken from an official source and dated.
Answers You Can Check, Not Opinions You Have to Trust
Anyone can summarize the internet. We read the law, the consulate checklists and the official statistics, date every figure, and show you where it came from.
Official Sources, Numbered
Each of our 40 country pages cites between 77 and 170 official sources, each linked and dated. Where official pages disagree, we follow the law and say so.
Your Numbers, Worked Out
Income tests for your household and taxes at real prices, with calculators on every country page and full workbooks in the guides.
The Right Order of Steps
Tax number before bank account, bank account before visa, documents timed so they are still valid on the day you apply: the sequence that avoids starting over.
What Changed for Americans in 2025 and 2026
Articles written two years ago can be wrong today. A few of the changes our pages already reflect, each with its official source on the page linked:
- April 10, 2026: the EU’s Entry/Exit System replaced passport stamps for visitors. As of October 4, 2026, ETIAS, the travel authorization, had no start date. Details
- May 19, 2026: Portuguese citizenship by residence now takes 10 years for Americans, not 5. Details
- April 22, 2026: new EU rules for traveling with dogs and cats. Details
- Tax year 2026: the U.S. foreign earned income exclusion is $132,900. Details
Whatever Stage of Life, the Move Starts With Your Income
The kind of money you will live on decides which residence routes are open to you. That is where we start.
Retirees
Pensions, Social Security and savings: the passive-income routes, healthcare before and after Medicare, and how your retirement income is taxed abroad.
Social Security →Remote Workers
Keeping a U.S. salary or clients while living in Europe: remote-work visas, their income tests, and the tax that follows residence.
Nomad visas →Families
Moving together rather than one by one: family members on the same application, schools, and the costs a family move adds.
Moving costs →Buyers and Investors
What buying really costs in tax, the current investment routes, and the case for renting first.
Renting first →Four Steps From “Someday” to a Dated Plan
Start with a free call. Go as far as you need: a shortlist, a full roadmap, or support after you land.
Free call
Thirty minutes on your goals, timeline and income, with honest first thoughts on which countries deserve a closer look.
Shortlist
Up to three countries compared for your situation: routes, costs, healthcare and the tax questions to ask.
Roadmap
One country, month by month: the route, the documents, the budget and the questions for licensed advisers.
Arrival
Settling-In Support and Compass keep the plan on track once you land. Licensed professionals, if you need them, you engage directly.
Where Will Your New Life Begin?
40 countries, one standard: official sources, dated figures, calculators and the order of steps.
Portugal
Lisbon, Porto, the Algarve and the islands
Spain
Madrid, the Mediterranean coast and the islands
Italy
Cities of art, small towns and the south
France
Paris, the regions and village life
Greece
Athens, Crete and the islands
All destinations
The United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Sweden, Poland and more
Do the Groundwork Yourself, Properly
For when you would rather plan the move yourself: a relocation guide for each destination, and planners that keep the whole move in one place.
Everything on the Country Page, Then the Plan
Each guide takes one country page further. It carries every rule and figure from the page, each with its official source, and adds the planning chapters and the files to work through them.
- Worked households with assumed incomes
- A first-year cost plan
- A document tracker for each route
- A month-by-month plan to moving day
- An Excel workbook and Word checklists
- Dated, with errors corrected free
Available now for all 40 countries we cover: Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Belgium, Slovenia, France, Ireland, Cyprus, Germany, Switzerland, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Albania, Denmark, Sweden, Poland, the United Kingdom, Finland, Luxembourg, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Montenegro, Norway, Estonia, Latvia, Romania, Andorra, Iceland, Georgia, Serbia, Monaco, Liechtenstein, San Marino, North Macedonia and Türkiye. Each guide has passed its independent fact-check.
Relocation Planner
A timeline that dates itself from your move day, budgets in dollars and local currency, a document tracker and an inventory.
See what is inside →Scouting Trip Planner
A weighted neighborhood scorecard, a property log, day plans and the questions to ask agents, schools, doctors and banks.
See what is inside →The Free Relocation Roadmap
The steps of a move to Europe in order, from choosing a country to your first months there.
Get the free roadmap →Read Before You Decide
Articles on the questions that come before any move, built the same way as our country pages: every rule and figure numbered to an official source and dated.
Healthcare in Europe vs the U.S. for American Expats
Healthcare in Europe is not automatic for Americans. What each visa asks for, when public coverage starts, and what Medicare will not pay abroad.
Read the article →
What $3,000 a Month Buys in Different European Cities
$3,000 is about 2,639 euros. Official rents and Eurostat price levels show how far it goes in Lisbon, Porto, Madrid, Valencia and beyond.
Read the article →
Banking in Europe as an American: FATCA, Wise, and Local Accounts
Banking in Europe as an American: what FATCA means for account opening, your EU right to a basic account, FBAR and Form 8938, and where Wise fits.
Read the article →Independent Research, Not Legal Advice
Who we work for, and where our work stops.
Not Tied to a Country, a Developer or a Visa Program
We compare countries for your situation and recommend none by default. When you need licensed advice, we introduce independent immigration lawyers, tax advisers and other professionals, and you engage them directly.
We take no developer or property commissions. We may receive a referral fee from some professional partners. It never changes what you pay, and we tell you when it applies.
Planning, Not Legal Advice
Quantum Jetset does not give legal, tax, immigration, financial or investment advice. We do the research and the planning, and we tell you which questions belong with a licensed professional, and why.
Founded by Inga Barkauskaite, an America-to-Europe mover herself.
The Move. The Taxes. The Money.
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Thirty minutes on your goals, your income and your timeline. No pressure, and no obligation to buy anything after it.