Foreign nationals on work visas are very keen to take advantage of the U.S. Tax code when it comes to investing and saving for retirement and other financial needs.

They are looking to save for retirement, their kid's college funding and other financial goals.

Like American citizens, they would like to take advantage of the tax-advantaged accounts like 401k plans, 403b plans, Roth IRAs, 529 college savings plans as well as health savings accounts.

Unfortunately, due to the temporary nature of the work visas (they are all nonimmigrant visas), they face unique challenges that make it very difficult to accomplish these goals.

In this episode, your co-hosts Jane Mepham, CFP, and Manasa Nadig, EA, discuss the challenges that range from brokerages that won't open accounts to the lost benefits of some tax-advantaged accounts when moving overseas due to tax-treaties amongst other issues.

The US finance and tax language sounds very foreign to anybody unfamiliar with it. This has nothing to do with when you came to the country.

In this episode, your co-hosts Jane Mepham, CFP, and Manasa Nadig, EA, dive into explaining one of these terms. In this new series (every other episode), they take a term commonly used in the cross-border space and explain what it means in plain English, and also where you are likely to find it being used.

Just about everybody loves weddings, and all that goes with them but when they cross international boundaries, the real fun begins.

In this episode, your co-hosts Jane Mepham, CFP, and Manasa Nadig, EA, dive into some of the challenges of a US citizen marrying a non-US citizen.

They examine the case of a couple who just got married and the non-US citizen is still outside the US. What are the tax-filing options available to this couple?

In this episode of the International Money Café Podcast, we get to answer the question “What does Jane Mepham, CFP® do for her clients, and who are they?”

Tune in to find out more about Jane, learn why & how she launched her practice Elgon Financial Advisors, to serve foreign-born families and who her ICP (Ideal client profile) is, through numerous case studies, she’s come across.

In this episode of the International Money Café Podcast, we get to answer the question “Who Is Manasa Nadig EA?”

Tune in to find out more about her, how she launched her practice MN Tax and Business Services PLLC, and who her ICP (Ideal client profile) is!

In this episode of the International Money Café Podcast your co-hosts Jane Mepham CFP® and Manasa Nadig, EA explain exactly what you need to do to be considered a US tax resident.

In this episode of the International Money Café Podcast your cohosts Jane Mepham CFP® and Manasa Nadig, EA walk through the top 10 wealth-building mistakes they see when people are new in the US.

In this episode of the International Money Café Podcast your cohosts Jane Mepham CFP® and Manasa Nadig, EA discuss how to go about building US credit history in the country when you are a brand-new immigrant.

A light-hearted episode, of the “International Money Café Podcast". Listen in as Manasa Nadig, EA, and Jane Mepham, CFP® describe their incredible journeys to the US from different continents.

Launching the new "The International Money Café Podcast". Join Jane Mepham, CFP, and Manasa Nadig, EA, as they describe their new show and the special moment when this podcast was born.