Before you take your baggage and start your trip you will have to consider a few things first. Probably when you start thinking about going to live in the beautiful island of Tenerife, Spain, you think you are going to move to an amazing paradise and have a life like a tourist but all that shine is not silver. Of course Tenerife is a beautiful and small paradise, but living there is not necessarily easy.

The majority of people that decided to move to Spain that does not speak Spanish have to face the situation of living with a barrier of language until they finally learn it. It doesn't matter how much money you take to start your new life, if you don’t know the language you will be in disadvantage for any business.

Check online for your professional opportunities there. If you are a lawyer and you planned to keep being one in Spain, check on first what you need to do to keep your profession in this completely different country.

Moving time! Let’s begin

You need to decide what to pack to take with you and what to leave in storage. Probably once you start putting your things in boxes you decided that somethings can go to the trash. The fragile items should be sort individually in corrugated boxes, if you are a bit insecure of how to do this you can hire a professional to do this task and probably get insurance for the trip.

To send your boxes and stuff you will have to decide the type of shipping which depends if it is on flight it’s quicker but expensive and on ship by sea takes more time but it’s cheaper. Just sit down and decided, when do I need this? And send by flight those goodies that you can’t live without, the rest by ship.

Now go to the real estate market and try to acquire a Tenerife property before you even leave your country. The immigrant life it’s easier once you have a safety house and job.

Now that you have decided on this important matters you will have to travel a few times to the island, this is to make possible all the preview steps. You need to check the property were you intent to move and maybe have a few job interviews in person (not everything can be done by Skype these days).

And there’s is something very important to consider, normally each country has different rules about what can travel by flight, by sea or with your own baggage. You can call your consulate or go online to find out all about your country and Spain regulations.

That's it you are good to go and start a new life in one of the most beautiful islands of Europe. Just remember that with changing country there are a lot of law considerations and regulations, just review laws and regulations to start as good as you can your new life.