Today's Expat Daily News Headlines - Wednesday 21st December 2011

Kamis, 19 Januari 2012

Anyone looking for a new nation to call home needs to look beyond potentially positive economic indicators as nowhere has really been immune from the global financial fallout, rather expats are urged to bank on themselves when dreaming of a successful new life abroad.Just four short years ago the global fiscal landscape was very different to that which we gaze upon today!  Banks were apparently booming, they were still happy to lend, the pound was still relatively strong, and people’s dreams of owning investment property abroad and of retiring in style to the sun were apparently eminently achievable. Link to the full articleAs was to be expected, now that the elections are over, the leader of the powerful, pro-Peronist labor union organization in Argentina, the CGT, has divorced himself from all his duties (which were many) within the ruling Peronist movement this past Saturday, December 17, 2011.   Link to the full articleThailand has been listed at the best place for retirement by the 2011 HSBC Expat Explorer Survey.82% of those surveyed said that it was a great place for retirement compared with 78% of those who had relocated to France and 62% of those who had made the move to Spain. Thailand rated highly with expats for the ease with which they were able to integrate into the community, establish a local support network and maintain a positive life/work balance. Link to the full articleShanghai has the largest population of foreign nationals among all domestic cities and provinces in China, with about 143,200 expat residents living in the city, the Shanghai Statistics Bureau announced recently.  Nearly one in every four foreign residents in the country lives in Shanghai, according to the sisth national census conducted in November 2010. Shanghai is home to a total of 208,300 overseas residents, which adds people from Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan to the foreign nationals population. Link to the full article

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Today's Expat Daily News Headlines - Thursday December 22nd 2011

Rabu, 18 Januari 2012

The Channel Islands are well-known as a place where individuals and companies from Britain often choose to invest their hard-earned cash. They are an example of an offshore financial centre; but what exactly is an offshore financial centre and what are the benefits of placing your money there? Are there any pitfalls to watch out for? Link to the full articleIf you think we need immigration reform because too many illegal aliens have sneaked in through the back door, then you will be surprised to hear that our system that admits foreigners through the front door -- i.e., legal aliens -- is not much more competent than the watch at the back door.Our legal immigration system is much like an airplane running on autopilot in bad weather with no one in the cockpit to make course corrections. With some 15 million Americans out of work, you would think the government would throttle back on visas to foreign workers. Think again. Uncle Sam keeps giving visas to millions of foreign workers, regardless of the economic turbulence.  Link to the full articleWe recently ran an online poll asking for the challenges experienced by those looking to move to a new homeland and unfortunately loneliness seems to be a major problem for many in the expat community. As with a number of countries which we covered, the issue was number one for those who moved to Australia but why is loneliness such problem?  Link to the full article

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