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Worldwide expat population expected to hit 56.8 million in 2017
A recent market research survey has revealed that the present world expat population of over 50 million will rise dramatically to over 56 million over the next three years. The 2013 survey placed Saudi Arabia as the country with the largest proportion of expat residents, with the USA and the United Arab Emirates following close behind....
Nova Scotia offers permanent residency to expat graduates from Canadian unis
In a bid to retain overseas students graduating from Canadian universities, Nova Scotia is offering permanent residency visas to those with job offers from NS employers. The move will make it easier for foreign graduates to settle in Canada after they’ve gained their degrees, and is expected to attract a considerable number of overseas...
UK government loses plot on overseas expat benefit cheats
Whilst the government concentrates on holding fast to its frozen pension position, it’s clearly lost the plot on overseas benefit scams including sick pay, disability benefit, child benefit and more. The latest benefits scam to hit the media involves ’snowbird’ holidays of up to seven months or more spent in Spanish sunshine by UK...
Saudi expat workers can convert family visitor visas to permanent residence
A surprise announcement came via the Saudi Passport Department’ recent phone-in service, when the spokesperson told a caller he could convert his parents’ family visit visas to permanent residency permits. Colonel Mohammed al-Hussain told the enquirer that, once the request had been approved by the Saudi Interior Ministry, elderly...
Wealthy Chinese migrant hopefuls to sue Canada
Over 1,300 Chinese millionaire applicants for Ottawa’s immigration investor programme are to sue Canada’s immigration authority after the programme was abruptly cancelled. According to a report in the South China Morning Post, each of the millionaires in the class action is demanding compensation of CA$4.57 million. The amount...
Spain is favourite migration destination for benefit cheats
Spain is famous as an expat destination for its sun, sea and sangria, but it seems it’s also infamous as a convenient destination for those wishing to cheat the UK benefits system. Almost 800 cases of benefit fraud by expats in Spain were discovered in 2013 by investigators from the UK Department of Work and Pensions (DWP). Many more are...
Canada increases charges against immigration fraudster
The Canadian immigration authority is warning migrants hoping to bring their families to join them to beware of increasing scams by so-called immigration consultancies. Seven new fraud charges have now been brought against Angelina Codina, who is accused of defrauding dozens of immigrants by promising to bring their relatives to join them....
Four out of every 10 British couples with children would consider emigrating
A new survey has revealed that almost half the parents polled would consider emigrating overseas if it benefitted family life and their children. The hope that moving abroad would make the family unit closer was the main motivation for considering leaving the UK, cited by 53 per cent of would-be migrants. An improvement in the family’s...
Netherlands annual Expat Fair helps new arrivals settle in
Emigrating has its problems for new arrivals, with one of the most trying the need to create a new lifestyle within the local as well as the expat community. The first years in the new host country present all kinds of practical and emotional problems for expats, from finding accommodation and adjusting to unfamiliar cultural norms to...
Saudi eight year expat cap now under government review
Recently-released new regulations from the Saudi Ministry of Labour included the news that the draft law capping expat worker residence in the Kingdom to eight years is now under review. Ahmed al-Humaidan, the Kingdom’s deputy labout policy minister, told local media that a working committee has been set up to study the unpopular law....
