Days 1–3: stabilise the household.
Prioritise safe accommodation, communications, essential transport, medication, food and recovery from travel. Keep critical documents accessible and confirm the first mandatory appointments.
Week 1: complete time-sensitive foundations.
Status and appointments: Attend required identity or local registration appointments and keep receipts or confirmations.
School and transport: Confirm the start plan, transport and the commute from temporary accommodation.
Connectivity and care: Activate essential communications and payment access, then understand emergency and healthcare arrangements.
Week 2: move from temporary to repeatable.
Begin the long-term home search with real experience of journeys and neighbourhoods. Establish bookkeeping or business routines where relevant, and organise deliveries, utilities and household services.
Do not make every long-term decision in week one.
Temporary arrangements can preserve flexibility while the family learns how the city actually works.
Weeks 3–4: build continuity.
Status: Understand records, appointments and notification duties, then create a renewal and travel-evidence calendar.
Home, school and health: Base tenancy decisions on tested routines, establish school communication and confirm accessible healthcare providers.
Business: Map local banking, records and operating responsibilities before the first compliance and reporting cycle.
Use one household dashboard.
Keep appointments, documents, emergency contacts, school routines, commute tests, healthcare access, connected services and renewal dates visible in one place.
Editorial review: July 2026. Registration and arrival requirements vary by destination. Confirm current mandatory steps before travel and after entry.