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Working in America: 5 Tips for Launching Your Career Across the Pond

Here are 5 Tips for Working in America and Launching Your Career Emigrating for work is a stressful period in anyone’s life – but when you’re moving 3500 miles from home it presents a whole host of new challenges. Recruitment consultant Alec P...

US Tax Guide for Americans Living Abroad

The IRS Streamlined Procedure is Still a Great Deal for US Expats

Learn How the IRS Streamlined Procedure is Still a Great Deal for US Expats Just over a year ago, a reformed IRS Streamlined Procedure launched, offering US expats who weren't up to date with their tax and FBAR filing a penalty-free path to complian...

5 Reasons Why the 457 Visa Could Change Your Life

Why Not Become An Expat in Australia with 457 Visa The 457 visa has been the Holy Grail for prospective expats and businesses for many years, offering overseas workers the chance to move to Australia in exchange for their much-needed skills. How do...

Top 5 Reasons to Get Caught Up Your US Tax Returns

Great Tips for Expats on US Tax Returns While there are approximately 7.6 million Americans living abroad, only about half are actually filing their US tax returns as required by the IRS. It may not seem fair that you are required to report your w...

Top 10 countries with the largest number of estimated UK expats

Learn About the Countries with the Largest Number of Estimated UK expats In recent weeks The Economist newspaper called on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to improve the links it has with UK expats and help them work more with the UKTI (Britain...

US taxes – The critical differences between the FBAR and Form 8938

In recent years, the US government has implemented new measures to crack down on US expats evading their tax obligations. The newest development is in the form of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). This act is designed to help identify t...

The Big Financial Lessons Expats Should Learn From Cyprus

Any expatriate who lives in one country while having assets and investments in another needs to manage their finances extremely carefully at all times. Recent events in Cyprus are testament to this fact, and while there is very little that the ex...

Expat Interview: The “Lifestyle Business”

Today we meet Steve O. of InsanelyCheapFlights.com. Having made expatriate living a way of life, Steve was searching for a method of funding his lifestyle. Here he shares details of how he developed his lifestyle business, the challenges he faced...

7 Great Singapore Expat Bloggers to Follow

Although expatriate blogs won't tell you everything you need to know about relocating to a new country, they can be great at giving you insights into life in a new city. Here's our round up of the best blogs from expats living in Singapore. Di...

Expat Interview: From Tourist to Counsellor

Today we meet Sam Pryor, an expatriate who enjoyed a successful career in the United Kingdom before moving to Bangkok temporarily as part of her partner’s career. Weeks turned into months and before Sam knew it she was calling Bangkok home. Here sh...