Relocation (personal)


Relocation, also known as moving, or moving house, is the process of one or more individuals leaving one dwelling and settling in another. A move can be to a nearby location within the same neighborhood, a much farther location in a different city, or sometimes a different country.
It usually includes packing up all belongings, transferring to the new home, and unpacking, as well as administrative or bureaucratic tasks, such as changing registration data, change of insurance, services, etc.

Psychological effect

On the Holmes and Rahe stress scale for adults, "change of residence" is considered a stressful activity, assigned 20 points, although other changes on the scale often occur as a result of relocating, making the overall stress level potentially higher.
Various studies have found that moving house is often particularly stressful for children and is sometimes associated with long-term problems.
According to Dr. Mitesh Patel, the top five pressure points for international assignees were challenges of a new job, inability to take part in activities available at home, loss of a support network, language and other cultural difficulties, and worker's spouse being unable to find work.

Expatriate

An expatriate is an individual temporarily or permanently relocating to a country other than their native country. The individual relocating would be considered an Immigrant in their new country.
Often big corporations will relocate their employees for short-term to long-term assignments abroad. Quite often, such relocation is supported by a relocation service, which assists internationally assigned personnel in finding and/or moving into a new house, organizing a school for children, conducting local culture training and in general terms, supporting integration into the new location and/or culture.
Individual members of skilled professions may also independently find work in other countries to which they are not native. In these cases, the support systems mentioned above may have to be found by themselves.

Governance

In most jurisdictions, there is a legal requirement for individuals to notify authorities of a change of address..
In USA the moving companies must provide the customers with a booklet ‘Your Rights and Responsibilities When You Move’. That is created by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration..