January 2018 Emigrate News Archive
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Netherlands needs more international tech skills
The already huge tech sector in the Netherlands is growing faster than expected, and now needs highly-skilled international professionals.
The significant growth in the sector is both good and bad news, as there aren’t enough home-grown tech specialists to satisfy its increasing demands. At the present time, some 286,000 employees are...
Indonesian lawmakers debate strict new laws forbidding sex outside marriage
Just as Indonesia is increasing in popularity as a destination for expat retirees and entrepreneurs, its government is proposing a total ban on sex outside marriage.
The proposed draft legislation now being debated by Indonesian lawmakers, but is being rubbished by human rights activists as a breach against human rights which will slow...
British expat starts online petition against QROPS offshore pension transfer tax
British expats planning to relocate their pension offshore are mounting a petition against the recently-introduced massive tax on their savings.
Beginning in March last year, expats and recent retirees planning to emigrate outside the EU and a few other countries have been forced to give up 25 per cent of the full value of their savings...
How to avoid being labelled as an Expat Wife
Moving overseas simply because one’s husband has landed his ideal job in an exotic location may sound like fun, but what if you’ve decided to put your own career on hold to potentially save your relationship?
In this day and age, it’s highly unlikely that spouses of successful men are more than happy to sit at home in ‘stand by...
Expatriates in Shanghai foster integration into Chinese communities
Those who believe expats living in Shanghai don’t make the effort to integrate with the local community need to think again.
No-one believes integrating with a local Chinese community in one of the country’s largest mega-cities is easy, but expats in the Ronghua neighbourhood are luckier than most due to the activities of one amazing...
Online banks are the digital solution for wandering expats
Expat mobility is far greater now than in previous decades, with the new alternative world of finance and banking making it far easier to control your cash.
Until recently, international banking for the average mobile expat was little more than an expensive nightmare, but the new world of online banking alternatives is reducing stress...
Saudi Arabia about to announce official tourist visa details
Saudi Arabia’s new tourist visa could be a blessing for expats contemplating a move to the emirate.
Given the online coverage of the good, the bad and the decidedly ugly from Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states, would-be expat professionals might well welcome a straightforward way to examine the region before committing to a relocation....
Global economics study slams France as unattractive for expat professionals
A study undertaken by global economics organisation OECD has criticised France for its lack of attraction for skilled expat workers.
The study's main target is France’s economic immigration system which, according to the OECD, desperately needs improvement and modernisation in order to supply the needs of its labour market.
Although...
Employers should address the needs of relocating expat families
Being offered a lucrative overseas relocation can be life-changing in many ways, but if you’re taking your family with you your children’s needs must be taken into consideration.
Most kids love the excitement of a new country far more than their parents who’ve the responsibility of making sure they don’t cross cultural norms or...
Millennial tech entrepreneurs heading for Nairobi startups
Nairobi is the latest destination for young tech entrepreneurs looking to take advantage of major funding opportunities and a unique lifestyle.
Expats in general aren’t likely to choose Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, as a favourite relocation destination, but the rapid development of the tech sector has its roots firmly in the city. Since...
Milan set to lure UK asset managers post Brexit
As uncertainty soars over the post-Brexit fate of the City of London, Milan ratchets up its efforts to lure asset managers and other financiers.
An Italian governmental delegation is set to visit London over the next several weeks in order to attract asset managers from the City of London to the Italian capital’s financial hub. The...
Expat drivers in France urged to learn new rules of the road
French lawmakers have unveiled revised rules for all drivers in a bid to reduce severe accidents.
Drivers’ behaviour is the target of a number of new measures recently announced by the French government. Due to come into force next July, the new laws are expected to reduce France’s higher than average toll of road accidents by...
Guide to buying a home in the Netherlands
Wherever your chosen destination, becoming an expat almost invariably involves getting to grips with the local property market and all its quirks.
Moving overseas to a new life as an expat can include the purchase of a property in your new location, making your first introduction to your new country’s bureaucratic processes likely to be...
Understanding the nuts and bolts of French property purchase
France has been the chosen retirement destination for Britons for several decades to date, and the Brexit threat doesn’t seem to have lessened its eternal appeal.
Property sales in France are rising again as Britons are deciding to take a chance and move across the English Channel before Brexit finally kicks in. Property prices, except...
Statistics show fewer Brits heading for retirement in Europe
Statistics are showing a sharp decrease in the numbers of Brit retirees abandoning the home country and setting up in European destinations.
According to statistics recently released by the Office of National Statistics, the number of British state pensioners drawing their pensions whilst living in one of the major European retirement...
USA based ETFs and investment trusts delisted by Hargreaves Lansdown
US expats living and working in the UK could be hit by the removal of exchange traded funds and investment trusts from a popular investment platform.
Hargreaves Lansdown’s fund supermarket gives a convenient, inexpensive way for US expat working overseas to save for their eventual retirements through investing in exchange traded funds...
Dubai frees Briton imprisoned for carrying legal cancer medication
Following an intervention by Detained in Dubai and local lawyers, a British man who’d been detained in jail for five weeks for carrying a six-month supply of a legal cancer medication has finally been released.
Perry Coppins, the latest in a number of British citizens arrested and detained in the UAE for seemingly spurious reasons, was...
Qatar opens up full company ownership to expat investors
Qatar has now granted 100 per cent ownership of businesses to expats investing in the emirate.
It’s now possible for expats wishing to invest in the country by starting up or introducing businesses to own 100 per cent of their companies. The new rule was announced by the government last Thursday as a move to boost non-oil revenues,...
Beijing encouraging top expat talent via free 10 year visa
The Chinese government has issued a special visa aimed at top expat talent wishing to get to know the country before taking on a work permit.
Known as the R Visa and available to a select few since Monday, expatriates whose skills are badly needed can stay in China for up to 180 days at a time and enjoy multiple entries without hassle...
Pension fraudster flees Spain after scam collapses
Over 300 British expats have lost up to €20 million to a pension fraudster who fled Spain after his scams were discovered.
Darren Kirby, boss of Continental Wealth Management in Alicante, fled the country for Australia after closing his Javea office as soon as his illegal practices were discovered. Expat investors in Spain. Turkey,...
UK Foreign Office lists expat destinations at risk of terrorist attacks
British would-be expats contemplating a move to an overseas location should check their choice against the Foreign Office’s list of countries likely to become targets for terrorism.
Following the worldwide surge in terrorist atrocities in 2017, a number of destinations favoured by expats and tourists alike have been revealed to be...
Fake news in China worries relocating expat professionals
Western expats in Nanjing and down the east coast have been hit by fake news scaremongering on a WeChat page.
An article on the social media platform’s ExpatLife page claimed foreigners were being forbidden from travelling to Beijing and Shanghai during last month’s Chinese Communist Party’s 19th Congress, as well as stating large...
