Expats Challenge Canada’s “5-Year Rule”

Laws that prevent Canadian expats from voting after they have lived overseas for over five years could be declared unconstitutional after a legal challenge was raised with the federal government last Tuesday. The challenge, which was instigated by...

China is the Top Destination for Global Business Relocation

Employee mobility remains essential for companies that wish to compete on a worldwide scale but in recent years the ways in which companies are deploying their resources has changed and now China has been named the most common employee relocation des...

Expats May Have Facebook to Thank for new Exit Tax in U.S.

Last week Democratic Senators Charles Schumer and Bob Casey Jr. announced a new bill that would punish those expatriates who renounced their U.S. citizenship in order to avoid hefty tax bills. Yesterday House Speaker John Boehner publicly revealed th...

Expats Are Urged to Respect UAE Dress Culture #UAEDressCode

Over the years the press in Dubai has been filled with horror stories of expats and visitors to the United Arab Emirates behaving badly. Perhaps one of the most famous incidents of all times concerns the story of the British women who reacted badly t...

More Than 50% of Expatriates do not Have Adequate Insurance

Recent research into expatriate’s insurance coverage has revealed that 61 percent of expats do not have adequate life and medical insurance. According to the research, which was carried out by international insurance company William Russell, a ...