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title: "FbT Post #4: Practical Tips to Make Your Move"
description: "This post is less vignette, more \"tons of practical info\"!"
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# FbT Post #4: Practical Tips to Make Your Move

This post is less vignette, more "tons of practical info"!

*Published March 31, 2026*

![Fulbrighter in London](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/4elnij88/production/1a2f38a7bbd8f318898188d34dac5e7be7d6159e-1670x1845.jpg?rect=0,506,1670,835&w=960&h=480&q=75&fit=max&auto=format)

This post is less vignette, more “tons of practical info”!  

When I was preparing to come to the UK, IREX and the US-UK Commission provided travel guides from previous Fulbrighters. I pored over them, gleaning useful info to help me prepare! Still, some of the info was from many years ago or from grantees’ experiences with other universities or cities. I still had to do a lot of legwork on tricky & sticky tasks, like getting DBS clearance, for example. If you are relocating to the UK for research or business, or if you are a Fulbright D.A. grantee, maybe I can ease your way a bit. 

[This link](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZvgO5Y9_56Qxfd1vyg45QtaB4VbTWvGOjRyNzoJLKyA/edit?usp=sharing) will take you to a set of tips, which I’ve sorted into several tabs by category. It’s a live document — I’ll update as I receive questions from people or as I find useful info. The formatting’s not the prettiest, but it gets the point across!
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