Arrive prepared. Settle with confidence.

Welcome. Your home, Social Security number, license, bank account and schools are prepared in advance, and I attend every appointment with you.

Cheryl Stern
Senior Destination Services Consultant
A couple looking into a bright, empty apartment during a viewing
Finding the right homeShortlists, tours and lease review.
Hands completing a paper form beside a navy folder at an office counter
Clearing the documentsSocial Security, license and banking.
A family carrying moving boxes up the steps of a brick house
Settling the householdSchools, utilities and the neighborhood.

The arrival sequence that matters most.

Finding the right home, clearing the documents that unlock daily life, and settling a household into a new community.

  1. A bright empty rental living room ready for move-in

    Housing

    An area overview covering safety, lifestyle and commuting zones, a shortlist of up to five rentals, accompanied tours, and a full lease review before you sign.

    Rental shortlistProperty toursLease reviewNegotiation
  2. Two clients at the counter of a calm bank branch

    Compliance

    Your Social Security number, driver's license and theory test, and a bank account that works for new arrivals. Prepared in advance, attended with you.

    Social SecurityDriver's licenseBanking
  3. A hand adjusting the thermostat in a newly moved-into home

    Settling in

    Utilities switched on, a move-in inspection on record, and a neighborhood briefing on transit, parks, hospitals and groceries.

    UtilitiesMove-in inspectionNeighborhood briefing
  4. An empty, sunlit elementary school classroom

    Family logistics

    Homes matched to school zones, an overview of preschool and public school options, and support with every registration packet.

    School zonesRegistrationLibrary & recreation
A professional in a dark coat looking out over a city from an office window

New to the U.S. in an executive role?

Starting a new job here comes with a stack of bureaucratic processes. Each one is navigated on your behalf in advance, then completed with you in person, so you can start the role knowing it has all been handled correctly.

Settling-in services
  1. 1.
    Opening a bank account without an SSN
    And how to secure a credit card.
  2. 2.
    Your in-person Social Security appointment
    Applied for and scheduled so you are properly paid.
  3. 3.
    Securing your local driver's license
    Application, transfer and theory test.
  4. 4.
    School registration support
    Packets, documents and follow-ups.
  5. 5.
    Familiarization of the region
    Where to live, shop, commute and unwind.
  6. 6.
    Understanding U.S. healthcare
    How the system works before you need it.
  7. 7.
    Buying a car without U.S. credit
    The routes that work for new arrivals.

How the engagement works.

  1. 01

    Intake and planning

    Needs assessment, move dates and the housing brief.

  2. 02

    Search and tours

    Shortlist, accompanied tours and lease review.

  3. 03

    Compliance appointments

    Social Security, license and banking, attended with you.

  4. 04

    Settling in

    Registrations, follow-ups and neighborhood briefing.

Read the full process

Your new neighborhood, briefed.

Transit, parks, hospitals and groceries: the places that make a new area feel like home, walked through before you need them.

A quiet tree-lined residential street with brick and clapboard houses in early autumn

One point of contact

One point of contact from first tour to final briefing. Appointments scheduled, paperwork prepared in advance, and every office attended with you.
Cheryl Stern
References available on request

About Cheryl

Start with a complimentary intake call.

Tell Cheryl your move dates and household. You will leave the call with a clear plan and the right suite.