Workbook
Before You Leave the Country
The Immigration Preparation Workbook for People Who Are Not Rich, White, Straight, or Starting Over by Choice
This workbook produces a realistic departure plan built on the actual constraints of your life.
For the person leaving the US — or their home country — who does not have the luxury of treating relocation as an adventure. For the Black mom, the queer family, the disabled person, the person without a trust fund or a remote job. The person for whom "just move" requires answering 40 questions no travel blog covers.
The Name It First Experience
The decision to leave is the easy part — this workbook is where you build the actual plan. Before You Leave the Country walks you through what the expat blogs skip: healthcare access for your body, legal protections for your family, financial reality without a trust fund, and what your destination actually means for someone like you. It is for the Black mom, the queer family, the disabled person, the person without a remote job or a safety net — anyone whose move requires answering questions the standard relocation guides never ask. You finish with a documented Departure Plan built on the real constraints of your life, not the version that assumes everything will work out.
You can opt into 30-, 60-, and 90-day check-ins from your account. We recommend you do — the point is to see what changed.
Sample questions
- What does your specific life actually require for a departure to be possible — healthcare, income, legal status, dependents?
- What are you most afraid of getting wrong — and what research would reduce that fear?
- What makes you happy that you are confident you can rebuild somewhere else — and what are you not sure about?
Research basis
Berry acculturation / cross-cultural psychology / migration studies / intersectionality (Crenshaw) / economic geography / Bronfenbrenner ecological systems
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We read every question and every scenario aloud. For the commute, the walk, the dishes.
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Answer on screen. Your responses save as you go and assemble into your finished document.
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Listen to each question and speak your answer. We capture it. You never touch a keyboard.
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