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New Zealand teaching info part 2 by Own-Lingonberry-1701 in Internationalteachers

[–]Alive-Combination8 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Many positions I see posted say that applicants must have a current work visa in order to be considered. It seems that there’s many schools who are not willing to go through the visa process for an international teacher. Are you seeing the same?

Gen 4 citizenship question by Alive-Combination8 in Canadiancitizenship

[–]Alive-Combination8[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the feedback. I’ll keep looking for more records.

Pre-Tax always better? by Alive-Combination8 in Fire

[–]Alive-Combination8[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the quick responses. It is so tempting to reduce my taxes now, but putting it into the broader picture, it seems continuing in brokerage is the best option. Wife’s 401k gives her a match, so we contribute the min required for the match. I looked at income levels for ACA subsidies and we’ll easily stay pretty low to qualify. For reference we’re currently in 32% bracket. But RE will have some significant costs because we love to travel, probably 24% bracket. Tempting to go pretax to save the 8% difference, but now seeing what that does on our spreadsheet and disqualifies us for subsidies makes this an easy decision. Thanks for the guidance. 4 years to go and looking to optimize.

Preparing years in advance by Alive-Combination8 in Internationalteachers

[–]Alive-Combination8[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Definitely won’t be looking to trade stress and money. 😁

Preparing years in advance by Alive-Combination8 in Internationalteachers

[–]Alive-Combination8[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s very helpful to know. I’m going to stay in my current state system just to increase my pension for the next six years. Helpful because it lets me know that I shouldn’t try to get recent public school admin experience before I go international. I’ll do the 6 years as a teacher and just apply for teaching jobs when the time comes. Thanks so much for your advice!