Use Cases/Expats

Your life is in two countries. The people who would need to act for you are in one of them.

Vaulternal keeps every document that matters encrypted in one place, current, and ready to reach the right person across any border, only when your condition fires.

StoreUpdateDeliver
expat-vault
passport-scan.pdf
residence-permit-2026.pdf
apostille-birth-cert.pdf
inactivity window · on miss → 1 recipient
Encrypted · delivers only when your condition fires

Store

Everything, both countries. Any file type, as much as your plan holds.

Update

One current copy. Replace the expired permit, the old policy, the stale account list in seconds.

Deliver

On your condition. A date, your command, a silence you define, or one trusted person's confirmation.

Your recipient does not need to be technical. They need an invitation.

1

You invite them today.

They create their own encryption key on their own device, guided in English, Spanish, or Russian. More languages are on the way.

2

You attach what they would need and set the trigger.

They see nothing. Vaulternal sees nothing. The files are encrypted on your device before they ever leave it.

3

When your condition fires, the delivery reaches them, and only them.

They unlock it with the key they already hold.

Prefer to hand over the key yourself? You can share it manually instead. The invitation just means nothing has to cross a border except an email.

What expats prepare with Vaulternal

How it compares to what you already do

Sharing in a cloud drive is all or nothing: private today, or visible the moment you share it. There is no state in between. Vaulternal is the state in between.

Cloud driveFolder at your parents' placePassword shared with a relativeVaulternal
Kept current from anywhereYesNoPartialYes
Private until neededNo, shared is sharedYesNoYes
Reaches the right person on your conditionOne inactivity option, provider readableNoBreaks at the first login checkYes, four trigger types
Works across borders, guided claim in English, Spanish, or RussianNoNoNoYes
Provider cannot read your filesNoNot applicableNoYes

Encrypted before it leaves your device

Files are encrypted on your device with AES-256-GCM before upload. Vaulternal stores ciphertext and cannot read, scan, or act on your documents. Your recovery key can be reset by you, and recovered by no one.

Pricing for living abroad

Free to start, no card required. Paid tiers add storage, recipients, and delivery types.

Recommended

Free

Try the vault. Store your most important files. Set one delivery rule.

$0
2GB encrypted storage
1 delivery rule
1 recipient
Time-based delivery
Zero-knowledge encryption
Email support

Starter

For the files and people that matter most. Multiple recipients, real-time family sharing.

$9.00$7.00/month

Billed $84.00/year

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100GB encrypted storage
5 delivery rules
5 recipients per rule
Time, manual & trusted-contact delivery
Zero-knowledge encryption
Email support
Recommended for living abroad

Pro

Everything Vaulternal can do. Unlimited rules, all delivery types, full vault.

$19.00$15.00/month

Billed $180.00/year

Save 21%
1TB encrypted storage
Unlimited delivery rules
Unlimited recipients per rule
All delivery types — time, manual, inactivity, trusted contacts
Zero-knowledge encryption
Priority email support
Zero-Knowledge Architecture
Cancel Anytime

Trusted-contact delivery is included from Starter. The inactivity window comes with Pro.

Common questions from people living abroad

Ten minutes now. One less thing on the worst day.

Create your vault, upload the documents that matter, invite the person who would need them. Free to start, no card required.

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