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Planning your expat retirement in the Philippines
The Philippines’ popularity as an expat destination is now growing apace, with many recent arrivals deciding to buy their own homes.
As its economy strengthens and more foreigners decide to make the country their forever home, the Philippines real estate sector is becoming busier year by year. Unlike in many other Southeast Asian...
Vietnam scores high on affordability for expat retirees
If you’re heading for retirement in fascinating Southeast Asia, Vietnam is now many would-be expats’ first choice.
Value for money is crucial for many would-be expat retirees, even although other considerations can also be important. Food quality and the reliability of everything including water, electricity and internet access...
UAE ten year residency visa for expat professionals seen as positive move
With all the changes to visa regulations in the UAE, expat professionals could be forgiven for their feelings of confusion.
Rule changes such as the IAE's recent introduction of a full ten year residence visa for expats with high levels of special skills as well as for investors should have the effect of creating more confidence in the...
New Pudong facility for work and residency permits delights expats
Expats living and working in Pudong now have their very own one-stop shop for residence and work permits.
Much to their relief, expats in the Chinese city of Pudong can now complete their residency and work permits in just five days. The old way involved visits to various immigration departments scattered across the city, the filling in...
Vietnam now favourite SE Asia expat destination
Southeast Asia is now a favourite destination for expats, digital nomads and retirees for its low cost of living, fascinating culture and quality of life.
Out of all the Southeast Asian expatriate destinations, Vietnam is fast becoming the favourite due to its quality of life compared to that of its neighbours. Expats heading for either...
Insecure expats in UAE tempted by Cyprus residency via property investment
For expat professionals in the UAE who’re feeling slightly nervous about their residency, buying a property on Cyprus might well be the answer.
As the tide begins to turn against the expats who helped build the Gulf States, those coming up for early retirement need to decide where to go next if returning to the home country isn’t an...
Germany latest EU state to let Brit expats stay after no-deal
Berlin has just announced British expats living and working in Germany can stay in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
Germany’s Ministry of the Interior has just called on its regional governments to ring-fence the rights of the 100,000 British expats and their families estimated to be living in the country. The appeal will apply in the...
Expats in Thailand giving up and moving on
As the expat exodus from Thailand continues, a survey reveals it's professionals working for internationally-based firms and expat business owners who’re deciding to leave.
Following on from a similar survey in 2017, the recent study revealed a significant number of expat professionals under the age of 50 have now left, thus making good...
Kenya offers expats good salaries and a total lifestyle change
Africa may not be at the top of prospective expat professionals’ list of suitable continents, but Kenya and its capital Nairobi are undiscovered gems for many.
The African state of Kenya is famed for the spectacular natural beauty of its wildlife havens, but many would-be expats don’t quite realise it’s one of the vast continent’s...
Thailand looking to replace Western expat retirees with their Indian equivalents
Having done their best to rid the former ‘Land of Smiles’ of those annoying Western pensioners by causing long-stay visa chaos, the Thai government’s plan to keep the money rolling in is to encourage Indian pensioners to replace them.
It seems Thailand’s tourist and immigration authorities have found a solution to replace the...