Plan your family's move abroad, from the first conversation to the first week
One method and a set of tools that work together: decide as a family, see every number, keep every document and count the year back from departure day. Every visa question stays with official pages and licensed advisers.
- A 14-sheet master workbook: country scorecard, move budget in two currencies, proof of funds, your arrival cash number, document vault, 12-month timeline and a traffic-light dashboard
- Five fillable checklists, including a verification checklist for advisers, recruiters and job offers
- 35 ready-to-edit messages, eight brand-ready letters, a family move charter and 45 questions for advisers
- A 6-page moving week print pack, a 48-event calendar and a 44-task import board
The Move Abroad Master Plan · Bodhih Pro Kits · 294 by Bodhih Training, trainers to 2,000+ companies since 2008.
How do I plan a family move abroad?
Decide together first, then score destinations on weighted criteria, check every rule on the official government page and every adviser on the official register, work out your arrival cash number, build a document vault and count a 12-month timeline back from departure day. The Move Abroad Master Plan by Bodhih Training gives you the workbook, checklists and letters for each step.
Want the full free guide first? Read How to plan a family move abroad: a 12-month checklist.
You already feel the problem. Here is what it is costing you.
Forty tabs and no plan
Videos, forums and well-meaning relatives all say something different. Weeks go by and you still do not know what to do first, or what the whole thing costs.
The money surprise
Most of the money leaves in the last two months: flights, freight, deposits and furniture land together. Families who budget only for the application can run short exactly when they arrive.
Paperwork that stalls everything
One missing transcript, an expiring child's passport or a document without the right apostille can hold up an application, a school place or a job start.
Fear of being cheated
Fake job offers, unlicensed advisers and rental scams target people moving abroad. You need a simple way to check before you pay.
Picture the next few weeks with the kit open beside you.
Imagine a Sunday evening a few weeks from now. As you open the Dashboard at the family check-in, the timeline shows what is done, what is due and the two things that are late, and nobody has to remember anything.
When you fill in the Funds Plan, you see one number, your arrival cash number, and the gap between it and the money that genuinely counts. You can decide calmly how to close it, with a source and a date for each part.
As you check an adviser on the official register before you pay, or phone an employer's main number before you answer an offer, the fear of being cheated becomes a routine you can trust.
And when the day comes, the document folders are in your hand luggage, each child has a wallet card, the box labelled OPEN FIRST is where it should be, and the first week has one or two jobs a day, with rest.
20 files that do the work for you
The e-book shows you how. The tools make it happen. Here is exactly what you download.
The Move Abroad Master Plan (e-book, PDF)
The guide: methods, worked examples, scripts and exercises
Start here: your move abroad map
Your first hour, Brand it in five minutes, the whole move on one page with the file to open at each step, your first week and the 30/60/90 day plan.
Move Abroad Master Workbook
Fourteen sheets: settings with two currencies, country scorecard, move budget, monthly cost comparison, proof of funds, funds plan with your arrival cash number, transfer log, document vault, 12-month timeline, ship-or-sell inventory, housing and school shortlists and a dashboard with three charts and traffic lights.
Family decision and country comparison worksheet
Three-page fillable worksheet for the family decision meeting: why you are moving, every person's hopes and worries (children included), non-negotiables, a nine-criteria country comparison and the decision with its stop conditions.
Document vault and apostille checklist
Three-page fillable checklist: every document per person, the treatment each one needs (apostille, attestation, notarised copy, translation), where the original lives, the scan check and the carry-on folder for travel day.
Adviser, recruiter and job offer verification checklist
Two-page fillable checklist to verify an immigration adviser on the official register, check a recruiter and test a job offer against fraud red flags before you pay anything or share documents.
Housing and school viewing sheet
Two-page fillable sheet for remote or in-person home viewings and school calls: landlord verification, what to look at on a live video tour, the questions to ask a school and a scoring line that feeds the workbook.
Departure week and first-week arrival checklist
Three-page fillable checklist from seven days before you fly to the end of your first week: home-country close-down, travel day, and the first seven days in the new country by day.
Move abroad message and email library
35 ready-to-edit messages in six groups: telling people, advisers and fraud checks, documents, moving, housing and schools, money and banking, goodbye and arrival.
Family move charter and letters pack
A one-page family move charter plus eight brand-ready letters: school records, employment reference, notice to landlord, moving quotes, rental application cover letter, authority letter, school introduction and bank change of address.
Adviser question pack: visa, tax, money and schools
45 questions in seven sets for a licensed immigration adviser, tax advisers in both countries, banks and transfer providers, school boards, vets and movers, with space for answers.
Worked example pack: the Fernandes family, Mumbai to Toronto
The main forms and sheets completed for one illustrative family: decision worksheet, scorecard, budget, funds plan, documents, timeline, ship-or-sell, housing, schools and the first-week plan.
AI prompt pack for moving abroad
26 tool-agnostic prompts in seven groups, from the family decision to the first week, each with what to paste in and what to check before you use the output.
Move abroad decision card
If X, do Y rules for choosing where and when, advisers and money, moving and arrival.
Move abroad mistakes and fraud red flags
Ten costly mistakes with what to do instead, eight fraud red flags and what to do if it has already happened.
Numbers that matter: move abroad KPI card
The twelve numbers a family move runs on: plain words, exact formula, where each lives in the workbook and what to do if it moves.
Official sources by country (correct at November 2026)
Dated sheet: adviser regulators, apostille status, India recruitment and remittance points, pet example and where to check everything else.
Moving week print pack
6 printable pages: fridge timeline poster, room-by-room box labels, document folder covers, a travel-day card, a first-week arrival poster and a 'my move' page for children.
12-month move abroad calendar
48 events from the family decision meeting to day 30 after arrival, with a monthly check-in. Starts 4 January 2027 with departure on day 361; drag events or change your calendar's dates to match your own departure.
Move abroad task board (CSV import)
44 tasks with phase, days before the move, status and the kit file to open, ready to import into Trello, Asana, Notion, Planner or Jira.
Chapter by chapter
Each chapter opens with a real situation, gives you a method and ends with something to do today, using the tools in your kit.
- Format
- PDF e-book + XLSX + fillable PDF + DOCX + printable PDF + ICS + CSV
- Files
- 20 files plus a one-click ZIP
- E-book
- 66 pages
- Works with
- Excel, Google Sheets, LibreOffice, Word, Google Docs, Acrobat Reader, GoodNotes, Google Calendar, Outlook, Apple Calendar, Trello, Asana, Notion
- Best for
- Families, couples, professionals and students planning a move abroad in the next 6 to 18 months
Deciding Together: The Family Move Charter
Hold one family meeting first: reasons, hopes and worries, non-negotiables, stop triggers and a signed one-page charter.
Choosing Where: The Country Comparison Scorecard
Score up to five destinations on nine weighted criteria and shortlist two, using official sources for anything official.
Official Sources, Licensed Help and Fraud
Use official government pages and check every adviser on the official register, and spot job and visa fraud before you pay.
The Money Plan: Budget, Proof of Funds and the Arrival Cash Number
Build the one-off budget, compare monthly costs, track proof of funds and find your arrival cash number and the gap.
The Document Vault: Apostille, Attestation, Translation and Copies
Keep every document for every person in one vault, with apostille, attestation, translation, expiry flags and two carry-on folders.
The 12-Month Timeline: Backwards from Departure Day
Count every task back from departure day, give each one owner and let the Sunday check-in and Dashboard show what is late.
Ship, Sell, Store or Carry
Decide what to ship, sell, store or carry with a simple item test that weighs cost, love and whether it will work there.
Housing, Schools and Pets: A Home Base From Far Away
Search for housing, schools and pet rules together from far away, with landlord checks and live viewings.
Banking, Money Transfers and Tax Questions for Your Adviser
Log transfers against the mid-market rate, plan accounts and take written tax residency questions to advisers in both countries.
Goodbye Well, Arrive Well: Departure Week and the First Week
Plan goodbyes for each person, departure week, travel day and a calm first week of one or two jobs a day.
Not just reading. Tools you will actually open again.
Start here
- 00-Start-Here-Move-Abroad-Map: your first hour, Brand it in five minutes, the whole move on one page with the file to open at each step, your first week and the 30/60/90 day plan
Workbook
- Move-Abroad-Master-Workbook (14 sheets): Settings with two currencies and an icon legend, Country Scorecard, Move Budget, Monthly Costs, Proof of Funds, Funds Plan, Transfers, Documents, Timeline, Ship or Sell, Housing, Schools and a Dashboard with three charts and traffic lights
Fillable forms
- Family-Decision-and-Country-Comparison-Worksheet (3 pages)
- Document-Vault-and-Apostille-Checklist (3 pages)
- Adviser-Recruiter-and-Job-Offer-Verification-Checklist (2 pages)
- Housing-and-School-Viewing-Sheet (2 pages)
- Departure-Week-and-First-Week-Arrival-Checklist (3 pages)
Word templates
- Move-Abroad-Message-and-Email-Library: 35 messages in six groups
- Family-Move-Charter-and-Letters-Pack: a one-page family move charter and eight brand-ready letters
- Adviser-Question-Pack-Visa-Tax-Money-and-Schools: 45 questions in seven sets with space for answers
- Worked-Example-Pack-Fernandes-Family-Mumbai-to-Toronto: the main forms and sheets completed for one illustrative family
- AI-Prompt-Pack-for-Moving-Abroad: 26 prompts with what to paste in and what to check
Cheat sheets
- Move-Abroad-Decision-Card: if X, do Y
- Move-Abroad-Mistakes-and-Fraud-Red-Flags
- Numbers-That-Matter-Move-Abroad-KPI-Card: twelve numbers with exact formulas
- Move-Abroad-Official-Sources-by-Country-Nov-2026: dated sheet of regulators, apostille status and where to check
Print pack
- Moving-Week-Print-Pack (6 pages): fridge timeline poster, box labels, document folder covers, travel-day card, first-week poster and a 'my move' page for children
Calendar and import
- 12-Month-Move-Abroad-Calendar (48 events, including twelve monthly check-ins)
- Move-Abroad-Task-Board.csv (44 tasks for Trello, Asana, Notion, Planner or Jira)
E-book
- The Move Abroad Master Plan e-book: ten chapters, 24 figures, the Fernandes family worked example from decision to first week
When you have worked through it, you will be able to…
Every outcome is practised with a worked example and a tool, not just described.
- You will be able to run a family decision meeting that hears every person and ends with a signed one-page charter
- You will be able to compare destinations on weighted criteria and shortlist two
- You will be able to check an adviser on the official register and test a job offer before you pay anything
- You will be able to work out your arrival cash number, the gap and your runway in your own two currencies
- You will be able to keep every document for every person in one vault with expiry flags
- You will be able to count a 12-month timeline back from departure day and run a 30-minute Sunday check-in
- You will be able to decide what to ship, sell, store or carry with a clear test
- You will be able to take written visa, tax, banking and school questions to the right professionals
Know your starting point. Prove your progress.
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Most families research first and decide later. It feels sensible: how can you decide without facts? But research without an agreed purpose turns into an endless comparison of everything with everything. Worse, one adult usually does most of the research, and by the time the others are asked, the decision has been made in all but name. Children feel this instantly, as Tara did. So the first job is not research. It is a conversation that answers three questions. Why are we thinking about moving? What would a good life look like two years after we arrive? And what would make us say "not now"? Answer those three honestly, on paper, and the research that follows has a purpose: it tests a plan instead of replacing one.
The honest comparison
| Free templates and typical advice | This kit | |
|---|---|---|
| Method | A long checklist with no order | Ten steps, a 12-month timeline counted back from departure and a Sunday check-in |
| Money | A list of fees | One-off and monthly costs in two currencies, proof of funds, the arrival cash number and the gap |
| Visa rules | Rules stated as fact that go out of date | Method in the book; specifics in a dated sheet; every rule checked on the official page with a licensed adviser |
| Fraud | A warning paragraph | A verification checklist, red-flag card, scripts and a reporting path |
| Family | Written for one person | Children heard, jobs shared, a charter, goodbyes planned for each person |
| Countries | One origin and one destination | Settings for any two currencies; examples from Mumbai, Nairobi, Lagos, Manila, Karachi and Pune |
Made for you if…
- Families planning to relocate with children and pets
- Couples and professionals moving for work
- Graduates and students planning to study and then work abroad
- People moving from India, South Asia, Africa, the Philippines or Latin America to the UK, US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Germany, the Gulf or Singapore
- Anyone who wants to stop living in forty browser tabs
- Parents who want the children heard, not just informed
Probably not for you if…
- Anyone looking for immigration, legal or tax advice: the kit sends those questions to licensed advisers and official pages
- People looking for a shortcut, a guaranteed visa or a way round the rules
- Companies running relocation for many employees (ask about a team licence)
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Start with the quick-start chapter, then the main spreadsheet or planner. Most buyers use something from the kit the same day.
Start with one meeting
Open the Start-here map tonight and follow your first hour, or book the family meeting first and open the workbook tomorrow. Either way, by Sunday you will have a charter, a first budget and a list of what to check.
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The Move Abroad Master Plan: FAQs
Read the free guideAlready bought? Resend my linkDoes this kit tell me which visa to apply for?
No. Nobody honest can do that without your facts, and the rules change often. The kit teaches you to use the official government page and a licensed adviser, gives you the questions to ask, and keeps every specific in a sheet dated November 2026.
Does it work in my country?
The method works for any origin and destination: the workbook takes any two currency codes and an exchange rate. The dated sheet covers the regulators and sources we checked for Canada, the UK, Australia, New Zealand and India, with pointers for other countries. Laws and procedures always need checking locally.
Can I use this with my family, or as a relocation consultant with clients?
Yes, within your own household under the personal licence. Relocation professionals and companies who want to use the kit with clients or employees need a team or company licence: email solutions@bodhih.com.
How much money do I need to move abroad?
It depends on your destination, route, household and plans, so the kit does not give a figure. It shows you how to work out your own arrival cash number: one-off costs, plus a contingency, plus several months of destination living costs, compared with the funds that genuinely count.
How do I check that an immigration consultant is licensed?
Find the official register yourself and match the name, number and status exactly. The verification checklist walks you through it and the dated sheet names the registers we checked, such as the CICC register in Canada and the Immigration Advice Authority in the UK.
What is an apostille and do I need one?
An apostille confirms a public document is genuine for use in countries that have joined the Hague Apostille Convention. Whether a document needs one, attestation, a notarised copy or a translation is decided by the body receiving it, so the kit shows you how to find and follow its list.
Is this financial, tax or legal advice?
No. It is educational and practical. Templates are starting points, not legal documents. Tax residency, remittance limits and tax at source differ by country, so the kit gives you questions to take to qualified advisers in both countries.
Where do I measure my starting point?
Moving abroad tests how you handle change, pressure and new cultures. AssessAll's Change Leadership & Adaptability, Cross-Cultural & Inclusive Leadership and Behaviour Under Pressure assessments (separate products) give you a starting point to work from.
How do I keep going when the plan stalls?
Use the monthly check-in as a fresh start. Jobulary's guide to using the fresh-start effect to reset a goal turns a stalled plan into a development plan you can restart.
What software do I need?
Excel, Google Sheets or LibreOffice for the workbook; Word or Google Docs for templates; any PDF reader for the forms; any calendar app for the ICS file. The print pack prints on A4 or US Letter.
How much does The Move Abroad Master Plan cost?
₹1,299 including 18% GST for buyers in India, or $34 for buyers outside India. One-time payment, no subscription, with an automatic invoice.
How do I get the files after paying?
Instantly. Your download page opens the moment payment succeeds, and a permanent download link is emailed to you. Download each file separately or everything in one ZIP.
Can I get a refund?
Because it is a digital download, kits are not refundable once downloaded. We always refund a duplicate charge or a failed delivery, and if a file is corrupted and we cannot fix it within 3 working days. Full terms: bodhih.org/refunds.
Can my company buy this for a team?
Yes. Team and company licences, and workshops on this topic run by Bodhih Training, are available. Write to solutions@bodhih.com or call +91 99000 11601.
