Emigrating abroad to work remotely is a dream shared by many, but there are more than a few mistakes that can help to slip you up on your journey to realising that dream. From my own personal experience and that of a number of other remote workers I have met over the years, here are some of the top mistakes that many of us – including yours truly – have made when escaping overseas.

Having just spent the last ten months house sitting and working remotely, I feel I’m in a good position to give an overview of what house sitting is and the pros and cons of house sitting for people who work remotely.

We interviewed Gabrielle Yetter last year on LiveWorkAbroad about living and working in Cambodia. Since then, she has had two books published: The Sweet Tastes of Cambodia & The Definitive Guide to Moving to Southeast Asia: Cambodia. This week we catch up with Gabrielle about her life and her books.

More of us than ever are packing up our possessions and are moving our families from the place that we have known for so long to search for a better life somewhere further afield.

The recent decision by Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer to insist that all employees work in the office has led to an outcry from remote workers, and companies that use remote workers, around the world. She has been criticised as being out of touch, failing to get with the times and missing out on all the benefits that remote working provides.

If you want to live and work abroad you have a range of options to choose from when it comes to finding the perfect career that will allow you to do just that.

When you are working in a traditional work setting, relationship building – whether with your customers or team mates – is easy.

Lisette has travelled the world. Living out of a van whilst on tour Lisette has travelled through Europe and Hollywood as a remote worker and now lives in the lovely small town of Nijmegen in the Netherlands.

Moving abroad to work is a real adventure, and it is now more possible to do so than it ever has been. However, if you decide to move abroad and there is a chance that you may change your residential status to that of your new country, there are certain things that you will no longer be able to do. It is therefore important to make careful preparations and to know about effects your residency change will have, so that you can avoid any nasty shocks.

I was recently reading an article on a large expat website about a woman who is working for a large American firm that thinks she is living in another part of the USA – when in fact she is living in South America. She suggested that the company was happy for her to work remotely, but probably would not have hired her if she was based in another country.