Welcome to the Expat Forum

by Bob Sheth on October 31, 2008

Welcome

Thank you for visiting the Expat Forum. We are quickly realising our aim to be the largest community of expatriates on the internet. We now have over to 175,000 members who have either moved abroad or wish to emigrate, with 100′s of new members joining up everyday.The site is organised into 2 main parts – the forums and the articles. You can access any of the country specific expat forums by clicking on the flags in the top navigation areas above. You can read through hundreds of helpful articles, news and interviews by clicking on the relevant country in the left navigation menu. So if you want to immigrate to a new Country or if you have already moved to a new destination, we’re sure you’ll find some great content here as well as be able to talk to members in a similar situation to you. Enjoy the Expat Forum, it’s great to have you here.

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New Zealand will need thousands of overseas workers to help rebuild Christchurch

May 24, 2013 New Zealand

Two years on from the devastating earthquake that struck Christchurch in New Zealand thousands of skilled workers are needed to tackle the rebuilding of the city and many are set to come from overseas. Around 40% of the 1,000 skilled overseas workers granted visas to work in Christchurch are British but officials reckon many thousands [...]

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New Zealand aims to increase its overseas student population

May 23, 2013 New Zealand

New Zealand has launched a multimillion dollar campaign to attract more foreign students who want to study in the country. The $40 million programme will include scholarships for overseas students and is particularly aimed at attracting students from key markets such as China, India, south east Asia and South America. Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment [...]

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New Start Up visa in Canada open for applications

May 22, 2013 Canada

Canada’s new Start Up visa, which officials claim is the first of its kind in the world, is now open for applications. The Start-Up visa is regarded as being an important part of the Canadian government’s plan to build a fast and flexible economic immigration system. It aims to provide Canadian private sector organisations with [...]

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France puts votes for expats on the back burner

May 21, 2013 France

A promise by French President Francois Hollande to give expats in France from outside the European Union the right to vote in local and regional elections has been put on the back burner, it has been confirmed. Hollande made the promise last year during the campaign for the presidency to push through a reform that [...]

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People think Germans are trustworthy and the French arrogant

May 20, 2013 France

Europe is one of the most popular parts of the world for expats and now a new study reveals what people living in this part of the world think of each other. The survey carried out by Washington based Pew Research Centre reinforces many stereotypes, showing that people are most likely to see Germans as [...]

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The best place to watch the footie – some of the bizarre requests from Brits abroad

May 17, 2013 General

Silencing a noisy cockerel, supplying Olympic tickets and providing contact details for Sir Paul McCartney’s wife were among the most unusual requests to British consular staff aboard, it has been revealed. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), which over the last 12 months has handled more than a million consular enquiries and supported 52,135 British [...]

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UK speeds up visas for visitors from China and India

May 16, 2013 Britain

The UK is making it easier and faster for people in Asian countries to get visas to travel and do business. Mark Harper, Minister for Immigration, said there have been a number of changes to ensure the visa process for Chinese visitors is even quicker and easier. These include the extension of the popular five [...]

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Visiting family and friends in Europe by car costs much more in Spain and France

May 15, 2013 Spain

Friends and family visiting expats in Europe this summer are set to pay more to fill up their car tanks with unleaded fuel in Spain and France and less in Andorra and Luxembourg, according to new research. The performance of sterling means that those travelling to visit expats will pay nine pence more a litre [...]

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Expats fear banking delays over Lloyds branch sale in Spain

May 14, 2013 Spain

Thousands of expats in Spain are concerned by a decision from Lloyds Banking Group to sell its 28 branch network in the country to Banco Sabadell, the country’s fourth largest bank. The bank has thousands of expat mortgage customers and current account holders and they say they are worried that the switch over, expected to [...]

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Canadian parent and grandparent visa waiting times cut

May 13, 2013 Canada

The backlog and waiting times for visa under Canada’s Parent and Grandparent (PGP) programme are set to be cut in half by the end of this year. As a result Citizenship and Immigration Canada will re-open the PGP visa programme for new applications on 2 January 2014. Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney said [...]

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New property investment visa for Spain set to spark interest from Russia and China

May 10, 2013 Spain

A rush of interest from Chinese and Russians seeking to buy property in Spain is expected in the coming months with the country’s new law granting visas to non European Union citizens who invest in property set to become legal in July. The buyers will need to spend at least €500,000 on a property to [...]

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UK expats urged to remind visiting family and friends about health care costs

May 9, 2013 Britain

British expats in Europe are being urged to remind family and friends visiting them this summer that they are not automatically entitled to free emergency medical care. The warning comes after a survey found that nearly half of British people believe that the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) gives them free emergency medical care anywhere [...]

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