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10 Interesting Expats to Follow on Twitter

Twitter offers expats a great opportunity to connect with a wider community and share details of their blog posts and observations. Here's a list of ten regular expat tweeters. Ladyexpat: A Canadian expatriate who currently lives and works in Sout...

50 Great Reasons to Become an Expat

You enjoy a challenge. You love traveling and exploring new places. You want to learn a new language and speak like a native. You have been banned from your local bar/pub and need a new place to drink on a Friday night. You enjoy gett...

5 Things you Need to do Before Retiring Abroad

More and more people are retiring overseas in a bid to find a higher quality of life in a more relaxing environment and are lured to pastures new with the promise of a new lifestyle that will exceed their expectations. While retiring overseas can rep...

Family Finances

HSBC Expat Understanding how much disposable income is available to save and invest is important for everyone, but even more so for expat families having to come terms with a new environment quickly. Plan ahead The chance to relocate abroad in...

Meet The Expats

The expat community around the world is vast and diverse. This week we thought it would be interesting to meet some of the individuals who constitute the expat community and find out where they live and what things they like and dislike about their h...

5 Reasons Why Expat Life May NOT be for You

Here at Expat Info Desk we love living overseas and the majority of our expat guide writers have had the most amazing time sampling life away from their home country. However, expat life isn’t for everyone and while the majority of people who do be...

Money Management :: Your money and the cost of living

HSBC Expat As an expat, or even as a potential expat, you'll know that along with all the other things you have to think about when you're setting up in a different country, the impact of a change in the cost of living can make a big difference. Cli...

Guest Post: Buying a Car as An Expatriate

As an expat living abroad, or even if you're working overseas on a temporary basis, buying a car can be a difficult issue at times. However, provided you are armed with the correct information before making a purchase, it needn't be such a daunti...

7 Inspirational Quotations for Expatriates

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Money Management :: Tax – a practical guide

HSBC Expat Tax is never far from the minds of most expats, making it an essential part of money management. Along with a sunny climate and a good quality of life, the benefit of paying less tax on earnings (or even no tax, in the case of countries s...