Asia · Europe · Remote Consulting
Decades of navigating. Now at your service.
For those going somewhere new — and those finding their way back.
Visa strategy, legal documentation, and Chinese heritage consulting — delivered through decades of firsthand experience across three continents. Coordinated remotely through a vetted on-the-ground network. I've navigated these systems personally. Now I make sure you don't have to.
Susana grew up across the American South, East Coast, and California — the child of Chinese immigrant parents who had first left China for Colombia, and eventually made their way to the United States. Cantonese and Spanish at home; English the language she made her own. Three cultures woven into one upbringing, long before the term "third culture kid" had any currency.
She has since lived in seven countries and travelled to nearly forty — drawn not by itineraries, but by people, language, and the way life organises itself differently depending on where you stand. That curiosity became fluency — in systems as much as in spoken language.
For years she helped friends, family, and community members navigate visas, relocations, residency processes, and cross-cultural transitions — across multiple countries, in multiple languages — because she was simply the person who understood how these things worked. Sent & Settled Co. is the natural formalisation of what she has always done. The same knowledge, the same network, the same care — now a proper consulting practice.
Spoken: English (fluent) · Cantonese, Mandarin & Spanish (conversational) · Written Chinese handled through vetted local partners
Every destination has a bureaucratic logic that isn't visible from the outside. Wrong document sequence, missing apostille, mistimed application — any one of these can cost you months or leave a rejection on your record. Having navigated these systems firsthand — in Spain, across the EU, and throughout Asia — means knowing exactly where the traps are before you walk into them.
We start with a focused strategy session. Then the right vetted specialists for your destination and case type are coordinated on your behalf. You stay informed; the groundwork gets handled.
Before any coordination begins, we map your timeline, documentation gaps, destination requirements, and any red flags — then build a clear action plan with the right people assigned to each step.
EUR equivalent accepted. Credited toward full project scope.
Passive income thresholds, pension documentation, healthcare minimums, and registration steps on arrival. Spain's Non-Lucrative and Asian retirement programmes.
Employer-sponsored work permits, contract documentation, labour authority filings, and entry clearances for EU and major Asian markets.
Spain's Startups Act nomad visa, Southeast Asian nomad programmes, income proof requirements, and the practical realities of staying legally compliant while working remotely.
Language school and university routes, acceptance letter requirements, financial proof thresholds, and pathways to extend into work or residency status.
Highly qualified professional routes, EU Blue Card eligibility, and tech sector work permits across Spain and major Asian technology hubs.
Investment-based residency: real estate, capital transfer, and business activity routes across Spain, Portugal, and Asian programmes. Strategy and vetted attorney referral.
Spain's Ley de Startups entrepreneur visa, EU self-employed routes, and Asian startup programmes for founders and self-employed professionals moving abroad.
Coming SoonVolunteer visas (Spain), family reunification, non-lucrative residency, religious worker visas, and country-specific permits not listed above — enquire with your situation.
Authentication of public documents — birth certificates, marriage records, diplomas, criminal records — for Hague Convention member countries. The right document, from the right authority, in the right sequence for your destination.
For countries outside the Hague Convention — including many in Asia — documents require a multi-step legalisation chain: notary → competent authority → consulate. Every step mapped and coordinated through vetted partners.
Many visas require a US federal background check. Obtaining one while already abroad is different — and trips many applicants up. Personally navigated overseas. Full walkthrough of Identity History Summary options, channellers, and consulate authentication.
Spain TIE, NIE, Padron, and EU equivalents — knowing which appointment slots vanish in seconds, which documents cause last-minute rejections, and which queues can be bypassed. Remote strategy; local agent attendance coordinated where needed.
Renewals, address updates, condition compliance, and reporting obligations. Staying legal after your first stamp is often harder than getting it — ongoing oversight available through the local network.
Opening a bank account as a foreign resident, getting a local SIM, and loading a transit card all have country-specific hurdles most people don't anticipate. Step-by-step guidance and vetted local contacts from day one.
Single destination, defined scope. Strategy call often sufficient.
Moderate complexity. Documentation + partner coordination.
Full onboarding scope. Appointments, compliance, arrival support.
Multi-step, legal partners involved. Scoped after consultation.
Susana's paternal grandfather left China as a young man — one of many who ventured to Colombia in search of a different life. Years later, during the uneasy stretch between wars, her father crossed an ocean as a young teenager with his mother to reunite with him. New roots were put down in South America, but the ones left in China were never abandoned. Her father made sure of that.
He carried the village stories. He knew the family lineage. He took his children back to that village every few years — not out of nostalgia, but out of conviction that knowing where you come from is part of knowing who you are. Those visits were his gift to his children.
When he passed, everything about that village — its name, its people, what remained of it — took on a weight that hadn't been there before. What had once been a father's tradition became something to honour and protect. The process of tracing, claiming, and reconnecting that followed was not academic. It was personal, slow, and navigated province by province.
That experience is the foundation of this service. For the many overseas Chinese descendants who carry a family name, a village story, or an unresolved inheritance — and don't know where to begin — this is the coordination of the right researchers, translators, and legal partners to move that forward. Spoken language support in Cantonese and Mandarin; written documentation handled through vetted local partners.
Village tracing and relative searches are research and coordination services — not guaranteed outcomes. Results depend on whether records survived, whether the village still exists in its original form (China's rapid development has altered or entirely relocated many), and whether living relatives can be found and are willing to connect. You will be told the truth throughout the process. If records are sparse, if a village has been redeveloped, or if a search reaches a dead end — that will be communicated early and honestly, not strung along. What is guaranteed: diligence, transparency, and firsthand knowledge of exactly where to look and who to ask.
"My grandfather left his village in China as a young man and built a life in Colombia. I grew up knowing both places — not through family still living there, but through my father's stories, the visits he insisted on, the property that remained, and the weight he placed on never forgetting where we came from. After he passed, I found myself running across the globe to hold onto what he had kept alive for us — tracing records, navigating inheritance, returning to places that existed more in memory than in the present. That experience taught me how complicated this road is, and how different it looks for every family. I can't promise I'll find what you're looking for — records disappear, villages change, trails go cold. What I can promise is that I know where to look, who to ask, and how far to follow it. If your family left a village behind, I'll walk that road with you as far as it goes."
Trace and locate your ancestral village using family name records, dialect clues, provincial registries, and genealogical research networks inside China.
Locate living relatives through village networks and in-country outreach. Handled with care, patience, and full transparency on what is and isn't found.
Your homecoming, orchestrated. A full return visit with in-country logistics, coordinated family surprises, and a filmmaker capturing the moments that matter.
Custom quote on enquiry
Enquire — Package CGuiding foreign-born descendants through China's inheritance process — notarised document chains, provincial court coordination, and trusted in-country legal partners.
Project fee + legal costs on enquiry
Enquire — Package DOn pricing transparency: Packages A and B are fixed fees — you know the commitment upfront. Packages C and D are scoped individually because the variables (travel logistics, provincial complexity, estate size, court timelines) are genuinely different for every case. Every enquiry receives a clear written quote before any commitment is made. No surprises.
All enquiries receive a personal response within 48 hours. No automated sequences — a direct reply from Susana. For urgent matters, note it in your message.
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