Expat

Thai Government Legalises Dual Pricing For Expat Treatment At Public Hospitals

Retired expats in Thailand are now to be charged double the rates paid by Thais and ASEAN nationals for treatment at pub... Read more

Expat Retirees In Thailand Hard Hit By Strong Baht

As the Thai baht gets ever stronger against Western currencies, more and more expatriates are feeling the pinch. Thailan... Read more

Is Dubai’s Economic Slowdown A Warning For Its Expat Professionals?

Dubai is rushing to court investors as its economy tanks. Weakening trade, tourism and property sales are threatening t... Read more

Thomas Cook Bankruptcy Spells Disaster For Expat-owned Businesses In Spain

The sudden collapse of Thomas Cook is now threatening British-owned businesses in Majorca with a similar fate. The popu... Read more

US Expats Now Facing Passport Revocation For Tax Debt

US expats who’ve had their passports revoked due to FATCA are now facing action as regards work permits and visas... Read more

Is Expat Suicide Becoming Endemic In Thailand?

Thailand is seeing an inexplicable increase in expat suicides. For several decades, the chaos on Thailand’s road... Read more

French Company To Dump Brit Expat Employees Without Residency Permits

A France-based major employer of expats is demanding all its British staff produce the French carte de sejour residency ... Read more

Expats In Spain Now Threatened By Forest Fires After Biblical Floods

As if biblical floods and the loss of homes and possessions weren't enough, expats and locals in Spain’s Costal d... Read more

Expatriate Nuns Face Malaysian Visa Block When Volunteering

As immigration requirement toughen up in Southeast Asia, expatriate nuns volunteering in Malaysia are calling for specia... Read more

Would-be Brit Expats Urged To Check Their Destinations For Frozen Pensions

Would-be British expat retirees are being urged to check their favoured destination as to whether it’s subject to... Read more

Shanghai Presents Coveted Magnolia Awards To Prominent Expat Professionals

Twelve prominent foreign professionals living and working in Shanghai are the latest expatriates to receive the coveted ... Read more

UAE Plans 20,000 New Emirati Jobs To Replace Expat Talent

The UAE is planning to create 20,000 new jobs aimed exclusively at Emiratis. In a move which may result in the beginni... Read more

Shanghai Ups Its Efforts To Support Expat Integration

Expats in Shanghai can now access an extra dozen Foreigner’ Social Integration Service Centres located in the cit... Read more

No Deal Brexit Causing Concern In British Overseas Territories

As the clock ticks down to October 31, Britons, expats and businesses in the British Overseas Territories are growing mo... Read more

Expats In Shanghai Receive Awards For Contributions To The City’s Growth

Expat professionals in Shanghai have received coveted awards for their contribution to the Chinese city’s growth.... Read more