2026-09-28
Birth abroad, the child’s citizenship, and the parents’ later years
When a baby born abroad is a citizen, when the baby is not, and why parents are not citizens two to five years later by default.
Journal
Written for families who are actually moving.
2026-09-26
Family is the most important thing in the move
Why Apichaya Brako plans a relocation around the children and the couple, not around a visa stamp.
2026-09-20
Make sure your family is safe — what that means in a move
Housing, health, schools, and a night plan. Safety as a checklist, not a poster.
2026-09-14
Step by step: from the first call to a safe first month
The six stages a household actually passes through when Apichaya Brako holds the mandate.
2026-09-08
Information evenings: what we host, and what we will not pitch
Quiet briefings in our office cities on moving, safety, residence, and remote work. No product theatre.
2026-08-30
The professionals on a family desk
Who actually does the work: two named principals, coordinators, and licensed partners. No invented staff page.
2026-08-16
Cities we can coordinate, and what that does not mean
A city on the map is a place we may coordinate with local partners. It is not a claim that we keep an office there.
2026-08-04
Remote work, without making the partner invisible
A job, a remote contract, or an online business: three lawful ways the second adult keeps a profession.
2026-07-12
Trust is a written mandate, not a slogan
How to judge a family office before you give it your children, your lease, or your money.
2026-10-02
How a family should read a visa rule change
A visa regulation change is a date, a category, and who it affects. It is not a headline to book a flight on.
2026-10-01
The date that matters on a residence permit
An extension is a calendar problem first. The school year does not pause because a card expires.
2026-09-28
A second residence is not a second passport
Residency, citizenship, and a tax home are three different decisions. Families lose money when those words are used as one.
2026-09-26
Clinic travel is a plan, not a cure
Finding a cancer specialist or a fertility clinic abroad is coordination. The physician treats. We do not promise an outcome.
2026-09-12
Moving a family from Freiburg to Rio de Janeiro
How a household with school-age children and a baby plans the corridor from Freiburg im Breisgau to Rio: schools, housing, shipping, and the first month.
2026-08-28
How to match schools when the family is still in Germany
A practical way to shortlist international and local schools before you leave Freiburg: language, siblings, commute, and a backup offer.
2026-08-02
Finding housing abroad when children set the radius
How families filter apartments and houses overseas: school run, clinics, leases for foreigners, and a comparison you can defend.
2026-07-18
Job support for the partner who moves
Work permits, CV translation, and a serious search plan for spouses relocating internationally. We coordinate. We do not promise an offer.
2026-06-30
A second home while Europe stays uneasy
How families think about a second base while the war in Ukraine continues to shape European risk — without treating relocation as panic.
2026-05-20
What a Thai-German marriage knows about starting over
Apichaya Brako and Gerd Nils Victor Brako on building a life in countries neither of them was born into — and why that shapes the desk.
2026-04-09
Documents to finish before you book the family flight
Passports, school records, civil status, and medical files to close before a family relocation, including Germany to Brazil.
2026-10-01
Can my baby get citizenship if born abroad?
It depends on the country of birth and on the parents. Jus soli, jus sanguinis, and the cases that are neither.
2026-09-20
What happens if my baby is born in Brazil?
A child born in Brazil is Brazilian. The parents are not. Here is the cartório, the embassy, and the residence question.
2026-09-18
Birth registration abroad for foreign parents
The local civil registry and your embassy are two registrations. Families get stuck when they do only one.
2026-09-16
Giving birth abroad as a foreign resident
What changes when you already live in the country, rather than flying in for the delivery.
2026-09-14
Birth abroad and the parents’ residence status
When a child’s birth helps a parent stay, and when it does nothing at all.
2026-09-11
How to obtain a baby’s passport after a birth abroad
The local birth certificate, the embassy appointment, both parents, and the timing that catches families at the airport.
2026-09-08
What documents are required after an international birth?
Hospital papers, the civil registry, embassy forms, insurance, and the residence file. A checklist that is not the same in every country.
2026-09-05
How to move abroad with children
School first, then the lease, then the flight. A sequence for parents who are tempted to do it backwards.
2026-09-02
How much does it cost to relocate a family internationally?
Why a single price is not honest, and which lines actually dominate the budget.
2026-08-22
How to find housing before moving abroad
What you can sign from home, what you should not, and why a serviced month is often the adult decision.
2026-08-18
How to move abroad without speaking the local language
Where English will carry a family for a year, and where it will not carry a child through school.
2026-08-12
International relocation checklist for families
Passports, school, visa, insurance, housing, and the landing week. In that order, not the order of panic.
2026-08-08
Moving abroad with a newborn
Passports, airlines, vaccines, and why the container should not be the plan for the first month.
2026-08-04
IVF abroad for international couples
Clinic questions, travel length, and the parentage rules that follow you home.
2026-07-28
Furnished apartments for relocating families
When a furnished or serviced flat is the right first month, and when it becomes an expensive habit.
2026-07-20
Finding a nanny abroad
Language, the right to work, and a contract that is local. We introduce. You employ.
2026-07-12
Surrogacy abroad: the legal considerations
Lawful countries, parentage, the child’s passport, and the arrangements we will not touch.
2026-07-02
How to compare family relocation destinations
A way to choose a country without a ‘10 best’ list. School, permit, hospital, and the month you can leave.
2026-09-29
A wedding abroad for an international couple
How two people from different countries marry away from home: documents, the registrar, and whether Germany, Thailand, or a third country will recognise it.
2026-09-18
Surrogacy support abroad, only where the law allows it
What families should ask before an international surrogacy: legality, parentage, clinics, and why Germany and Thailand are not loopholes.
2026-09-02
How families plan a second residence abroad
Golden visas, residence permits, and a second home: what to search, what counsel must decide, and how it connects to schools and housing.
2026-08-20
Citizenship and a second passport: what is real
What people mean when they search citizenship by investment or a second passport, and how a family office coordinates counsel without selling status.
2026-08-08
Renew a passport, or get a baby’s, while you live abroad
Consular passport renewals, infant travel documents, and the lead times families miss when they already live outside their home country.
2026-07-22
How to open a bank account in another country
What expats and non-residents need for a foreign bank account: residency, tax numbers, source of funds, and why private introductions still face compliance.
2026-07-04
Investing in a foreign country as a family
How households look at overseas property, funds, and companies without treating a family office as a broker.
2026-06-16
Buying real estate abroad when a family will live there
Foreign-buyer rules, schools, guarded communities, and the bank: how to search for property in another country without buying the wrong thing.
2026-06-02
Gated and guarded communities for a relocating family
What to check in a guarded compound abroad: security, schools, foreign ownership, and the rules you will live under.
2026-05-12
How to transfer family wealth to another country, lawfully
Large international transfers: source of funds, tax reporting, receiving banks, and what a family office will not do.
2026-04-28
International health insurance when the family moves
Expat medical cover, pregnancy exclusions, and how health insurance fits a relocation or a birth abroad.
2026-09-22
A remote online business when the family moves
How a relocating partner keeps or starts lawful online work: visa, company, bank, and a plan that does not wait until everyone is unpacked.
2026-09-30
IVF and artificial insemination abroad
How a family plans IVF or insemination in another country: the clinic, the law at home, travel, and what a coordinator does not do.
2026-09-30
Adoption from abroad, without a private market
How intercountry adoption actually works: central authorities, the Hague Convention, a home study, and why a coordinator will not find you a child.
2026-09-30
Company registration abroad
The documents, the address, and the professional who registers the company.
2026-09-30
Open a local bank account
The appointment, the papers, and a bank that will see a new resident.
2026-09-30
Move abroad on your own
A full landing for one adult: visa questions, a home, a bank, and the first week.
2026-09-30
A multi-generation move
Parents, children, and grandparents in one sequence, not three competing plans.
2026-09-30
Homeschooling abroad
Whether homeschool is allowed where you are going, and how to set it up if it is.
2026-09-30
Flights for the household
Routing, seats, and a flight a family with children can actually take.
2026-09-30
Airport pickup
Someone with your name at arrivals, and a car that fits the bags and the children.
2026-09-30
Chauffeur and family driver
A driver for school runs, appointments, and the first month of a city you do not know.
2026-09-30
Family security coordination
A licensed security firm, assessed for the city you are actually living in.
2026-09-30
Ongoing family support
The same coordinator, month after month, for school, care, appointments, and the next problem.
2026-09-30
Move with a pet
The papers, the crate, and a flight or a truck that the destination will accept.
2026-09-30
Shipping the household
What goes in the container, what flies, and when it can enter the country.
2026-09-30
Translations and apostilles
Birth, marriage, and school papers in the form the next country will read.
2026-09-30
Move your employees
A repeatable landing for staff you are sending, and for the families who go with them.
2026-09-30
Students moving for school or university
The admission, the housing, the guardian question, and the first week on campus.
2026-09-30
Retire in another country
Residence, healthcare, and a home that still works when you are not working.
2026-09-30
Work for the partner who moves
A job search, a remote contract, or a pause, chosen on purpose.
2026-09-30
Temporary furnished housing
A furnished place for weeks or months while the real home is found.
2026-09-30
Driving after you arrive
Whether your licence works, and what the conversion actually requires.
2026-09-30
A life that is not half a tax bill
Tired of a tax take that can reach close to half of a high income, while daily life for the family still feels tight?
2026-09-30
Help starting a family
Surrogacy where it is legal, IVF and insemination abroad, and adoption through the proper authorities.
2026-09-30
Specialists and clinic travel
A search for the right specialist, including cancer doctors, in Switzerland, Germany, at home, or further away.
2026-09-30
A pension move, arranged
Pickup, a SIM card, a doctor, therapy if you need it, and a caretaker. One plan for a life on a pension.
