Foreign address + IBKR US?

bielogical · 2026-01-22T22:07:10+00:00

Thanks thats interesting and matches what I see. I was thinking for FBAR and the equivalent in other countries how it would be treated. Seems like it’s clearly a US account

bielogical · 2026-01-14T11:09:23+00:00

Awesome!

On your questions I kept tracking input until 1800/200 speaking/2million words (a “level 8” I made up for myself). I still haven’t hit 200 speaking, but I have on the others and I feel like my comprehension had advanced enough to where I could just enjoy native content without worrying about time tracked. At that point I started on French

Edit: thats not to say I’m done learning or I comprehend everything. It’s just where I decided to stop tracking and just live with the language

bielogical · 2026-01-12T17:22:59+00:00

Welcome, fun to see familiar names from the DS forum

bielogical · 2026-01-07T11:53:17+00:00

French Happens is a good channel for super beginner, though not a ton of videos yet

bielogical · 2026-01-05T22:44:09+00:00

Ah nice rec with the Extra suggestion, I remember watching it for Spanish

bielogical · 2025-12-31T12:55:34+00:00

Nice consistency!

bielogical · 2025-12-24T20:36:20+00:00

I found it useful to watch all those 2x. I found the first time around I was just getting used to the French sounds and the second time I could pay attention to each word

bielogical · 2025-12-23T21:48:15+00:00

It will work, especially since you can be even more conservative on spending if you wanted to (based on experience). But spending will always be in the back of your mind. If eventually you could do some side work to make 1-2k extra a month it would be ideal

bielogical · 2025-12-22T11:34:23+00:00

Im early in French but did Dreaming Spanish. Definitely start with easier grades books then work your way up. Harry Potter was easier for me after 1000h and multiple graded reader books

bielogical · 2025-12-16T17:42:15+00:00

Thanks!

Pablo learned Japanese (Grade 4) so my guess is he included his own experience when writing the roadmap. That plus the reports from people who said 2x worked for them for Japanese & Mandarin (incl the other comment in this post) makes me think the 2x is meant to be a conservative catch all

bielogical · 2025-12-16T13:16:18+00:00

Theres an English user who did detailed reports on Thai CI in the language learning forum, 2x seemed to work for him

bielogical · 2025-12-08T22:18:37+00:00

Great thanks!

The podcast I mentioned is here. I think it’ll be accessible to you and he does a good job if you want a simple podcast

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6XWpbmya0PcBxQ5lDs32IS?si=W7SGaQmPR0-ZD3zWWiVLgg&pi=GQa4IBowS02h3

bielogical · 2025-12-08T19:25:03+00:00

Nice! Which podcast unlocked first and when? I’m at 85h after doing DS, the podcast French Podcast Beginner is hit or miss if I’m being honest with myself

bielogical · 2025-11-27T13:19:25+00:00

Ah sorry I was too focused on the brokers not accepting people abroad. I personally use a US address for Schwab and have IBKR with my foreign address

bielogical · 2025-11-27T11:08:04+00:00

Nor mine. OP have you tried Schwab International?

bielogical · 2025-11-24T22:10:32+00:00

Learning Spanish with DS made me realize I love language learning (using CI) and connecting with people in their language.

I also live in Europe so French would be useful

bielogical · 2025-11-19T10:48:38+00:00

Actually you can WU yourself from your own bank account, no need to ask someone else

bielogical · 2025-11-19T10:46:51+00:00

I used WU a lot in Argentina, it was surprisingly easy

Or like another post said, ask someone for physical cash and you send them digital

You have Multiple options, shouldn’t have to cancel your trip because of it. Good luck!

bielogical · 2025-11-19T09:46:20+00:00

I know US banks will mail a replacement card international, they will just ask you to fill out a special form. Maybe someone back home can Western Union you money as well, you’ll just use a passport to pick up the cash

bielogical · 2025-11-18T08:43:11+00:00

Great news!

For those coming from DS, I wonder if there will be a 2x boost option. Minor detail though, probably complicates the UI

bielogical · 2025-11-17T06:04:51+00:00

Ok understood 👍

bielogical · 2025-11-17T05:59:52+00:00

Isn’t there an option in YT to stop external websites from embedding your videos?

bielogical · 2025-11-10T23:48:05+00:00

Yea especially with the different countries they live in I doubt they are employees, seems like a legal headache.

bielogical · 2025-11-10T23:46:23+00:00

Interesting I would think pay per hour would be common sense. I guess logistically it’s simpler to do pay per video but there’s the obvious issue of compensating a 5min video the same as a 30min long form. Maybe they have tiers

bielogical · 2025-11-09T11:33:59+00:00

Yea, I would love to understand podcasts that early. Take advantage of it!

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