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Week 3 update on the international move
(~10 weeks before departure):

Got fingerprinted for our criminal background check (needed for our visa app).

Scheduled and started final set of dr. appts.

Started process to open a bank account in Portugal. Need to get account validation letters from our bank & we need to change names on our bank accounts to exactly match our passports.

First round of household goods & clothes went to thrift shop.

Sorted a bunch of financial papers. (Next up is to scan in the important stuff we need to keep.)

Ordered int'l shipping boxes. For about $1000 we can do 6 large boxes that can be 60 pounds each. It'll take 2-3 months for them to arrive.

Did a little yard/house "sprucing up" to prepare for pictures our realtor will take when he's here next week to talk about listing the house.

Progress on the apartment lease. Still waiting for paperwork from the owners to finalize it.

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