UAE Announces Expat Visa Rule Changes

The laws and regulations governing expats’ work visa renewal in the UAE are to be changed in order to prevent foreign workers from changing jobs without a no-objections certificate (NOC). At present, foreign workers in the United Arab Emirates a...

China Plans New Expat Social Security Tax

Expats living in China may be expected to pay higher taxes if a current plan to extend China’s social-security program to foreign nationals goes ahead. The new tax was outlined in China’s new Social Insurance Law that was published last Octobe...

Expatriate Population Diminishes in New Zealand

  It appears that the recent earthquake in New Zealand coupled with the global economic crisis is beginning to have an impact on the number of people relocating there, if new statistics are to be believed. Once an extremely popular destina...

Saudi Arabian Expat Visas to be Capped at Six Years

The Ministry of Labor in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, gave further information yesterday about recent press reports that the iqamas of expatriates would be limited to six years in duration in the future. Earlier in May Labor Minister Adel Fakieh revealed...