Why call on a relocation agency?

What is relocation?

The term ” relocation ” is of Anglo-Saxon origin. This service consists in facilitating the installation of a family or a company in a foreign country or in organizing a return from expatriation. Various services dedicated to the integration of expatriates in the host country are in place to ensure a smooth transition. Indeed, the departure of an employee abroad requires a significant investment on the part of companies: administrative procedures, obtaining a visa, international relocation, research to find a job for the spouse, to find housing or a school in the new country. Expatriate candidates are faced with many challenges when organizing their departure abroad!
Using a relocation company allows you to delegate all or part of the organization of your international mobility.

When to use a relocation agency?

Different situations can lead an individual or a company to resort to the services of a relocation company.

Students who must continue their university studies far from home are faced with a move. The latter is particularly tedious when the studies take place abroad, regardless of the country of destination. Young expatriates must then manage the stress of their first expatriation, adapt to a new environment and deal with the differences related to the installation in the expatriation country.

In addition, relocation is necessary when a family member is transferred to a new job far from the country of origin. Moving to a new country requires familiarizing oneself with the way it works in terms of taxation, social security coverage and insurance contracts. Depending on the destination, expatriate status and life abroad vary considerably.

Far from being only a private matter, the geographical mobility of employees is a real issue for companies today. Accompanying their mobile employees and removing the obstacles that could hinder these changes is a challenge that they must take up every day. Their dynamics and development on a national and international scale depend on it.

What are the different relocation services?

The relocation services are primarily aimed at two customer profiles: individuals who have a mobility or expatriation project and international companies who expatriate their employees.

family relocation

When relocating a familyA relocation agency simplifies mobility at different levels: to find accommodation, to help settle in the host country, to move, to help find a job for the spouse, to purchase or register a vehicle, to manage administrative formalities (international visas, residence permits, CFE (Caisse des français à l’étranger), etc.) or to relieve future expatriates of the burden of their departure abroad in another way.

Company relocation

Most companies do not have the internal expertise to organize the installation and integration of their expatriate employees abroad. The relocation company in France contacts its subsidiary in the country where the employee will be transferred. It can then take charge of planning the departure abroad of the expatriate staff and their families so that it takes place in the best conditions.

Corporate relocation can also refer to a collective approach. It is the creation of a new company in a foreign country. This international development implies many changes that the rental agency can take care of: administrative authorizations, search for premises, hiring of employees, etc.

From preparing for expatriation to accompanying expatriates

Relocating a student, family or employee is a long-term process. Relocation agencies intervene before the expatriation, accompany the expatriate once he/she has settled in the destination country and can prepare his/her return to the country of origin.

Future expatriates face multiple administrative formalities, from obtaining a visa to a work permit, including social security coverage and opening a bank account.
The relocation agency facilitates the process and puts in place various services to limit culture shock once you arrive in the destination country. It can also offer other services to save time for people in geographical mobility situations:

• housing search ;
• search for a school for the children ;language training ;
• cultural assistance ;
• acclimatization trip.

Once the expatriates have arrived in the new country, the relocation agency can provide them with various services to facilitate their integration:

• rental lease management ;
• furniture rental ;
• assistance to expatriate spouses ;
• cleaning services ;
• child care ;
• car rental ;
• language courses.

Which relocation agency to choose?

The range of services offered by relocation services varies considerably depending on the agency. In order to choose a relocation agency adapted to your needs or your expatriation project, it is important to find out about the expertise and adaptability of the agencies available. The following points should be of particular interest to individuals or companies who wish to use a relocation agency:

• the experience of the agency in the country of destination;
• the importance of the network of local partners abroad;
• the agency’s membership in organizations or associations related to geographic mobility and expatriation;
• geographical areas of intervention ;
• he nature and quantity of relocation services included in the service.

Why choose furniture rental in a relocation agency?

Furniture rental is one of the many services offered by relocation agencies to expatriates, impatriates or people in a situation of geographical mobility. This simple and flexible design solution is designed for individuals and professionals. It allows the latter to rent furniture, household appliances under guarantee during the entire rental period as well as dishes or household linen, especially when leaving abroad or returning from expatriation. Other situations may require the use of a furniture rental agency service such as a furniture container that is overdue.

What are the advantages of relocation?

Without a doubt, the use of a relocation agency and furniture rental service allows to organize national and international mobility in an optimal way and to solve various problems related to the real estate sector. By using a relocation agency, you benefit from the following advantages:

• The expertise of a specialist in geographical mobility: a relocation agency provides daily support to expatriates during their installation in the host country and to impatriates during their return from expatriation.
• Save time and energy: a single contact person will assist you with all the procedures related to expatriation or return from expatriation (visas, social protection, taxation, expatriation insurance, driver’s license equivalence, etc.).
• A guaranteed turnkey installation: a relocation agency takes care of finding the accommodation and takes care of all the procedures related to the installation (bank account, home insurance, gas, electricity and water contracts, children’s schooling, etc.).
• Integration assistance at all levels: everything is done to facilitate your arrival in the host country or your return from expatriation so that this experience abroad is as enriching and fulfilling as possible (learning the language of the country of expatriation, schooling for children, integration of expatriate spouses in the new country, contact with the expatriate community, etc.).
• Optimal organization of the international mobility of employees: the integration of expatriate employees in the destination country is fully taken care of so that they can quickly become operational and start their new professional life with complete peace of mind.