Free planning tool
How can you plan a permanent return to the United States?
Choose a return date and current country. The tool creates a practical departure, travel, arrival, and household continuity checklist.
Free. Values stay in your browser and are not sent to US Expat Desk. Reviewed September 2026.
Permanent-return checklist
Tasks use transparent offsets from the customer-entered return date and remain editable planning suggestions.
Worked example
A household returning from France receives practical prompts for closing, travel, arrival, and unresolved work.
Result
- summary
- Permanent return from France
- tasks
tasks
Item
- label
- List France household closures and US setup needs
- offset Days
- -120
- date
- 2027-04-17
Item
- label
- Review housing, records, providers, and travel
- offset Days
- -90
- date
- 2027-05-17
Item
- label
- Prepare service, mail, and contact handovers
- offset Days
- -60
- date
- 2027-06-16
Item
- label
- Confirm packing, arrival, and unresolved work
- offset Days
- -30
- date
- 2027-07-16
Item
- label
- Complete the final departure review
- offset Days
- -7
- date
- 2027-08-08
Item
- label
- Return to the United States
- offset Days
- 0
- date
- 2027-08-15
Item
- label
- Review first-week needs
- offset Days
- 7
- date
- 2027-08-22
Item
- label
- Complete the return review
- offset Days
- 30
- date
- 2027-09-14
How the result is worked out
Tasks use transparent offsets from the customer-entered return date and remain editable planning suggestions.
Limitations
The checklist does not decide customs, residency, tax, benefits, voting, school, licensing, or document requirements.
This tool does not decide eligibility, legal obligations, document sufficiency, or official outcomes.
Sources and review
The result is deterministic and uses only the values entered. Open original sources when a planning step depends on a provider or authority.
- International Travel. U.S. Department of State. Retrieved September 22, 2026.
US Expat Desk is the trading name of Joao Vitor Humenhuk Achutti, a sole trader. Reviewed September 2026.
Common questions
Does permanent-return checklist decide an official requirement?
No. It organizes customer-entered planning information and never decides eligibility, legal obligations, or official deadlines.
Where are my answers stored?
The calculation runs in this browser. Your answers are not sent to US Expat Desk.
Can I export the result?
Yes. A completed result can be printed and exported in the formats shown beside the result.
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