Archive Page 12
March 2021
Singapore distributing vaccine to expats
Story at HCA Mag
Helping expats to understand China
Story at CGTN
Tips for expats emigrating from South Africa
Story at Fin Global
Choosing a bank in Portugal for expats
Story at Portugal Resident
Expats and New Zealand and the pandemic changes
Story at stuff.co.nz
Pricing a retirement in Phuket, Thailand for American expats
Story at The Thaiger
Covid control and Hong Kong expats
Story at Bloomberg
British expats on Majorca
Story at Majorca Daily Bulletin
What I wish we had known: moving abroad
Conde Naste Traveller "Women Who Travel" podcasts.
As vaccinations increase and the world begins to slowly open up, the idea of becoming a digital nomad—working remotely while traveling every few months to a new destinations—sounds more and more appealing."
Story at CN Traveler
Expats leaving Oman
Registering their exit at Gulf News
Imbroglio between EXPATs and quarantine effort in Hong Kong
Story at Global Times
More Hong Kong: Vaccination bookings in Hong Kong increase - MSN News
South Korea focus on foreign workers for Covid testing
Story at Korea Joongang Daily
How health insurance for expats gets cancelled in Saudi Arabia - Saudi Expatriates
The top locations for working abroad
...The job market has witnessed many changes over the past few months. The Covid-19 pandemic that is being battled across the globe has redefined major operations and processes, placing companies in every industry under pressure to make the transition to virtual workplaces..."
The global job market, and how the jobs themselves work, has been radically changed by the pandemic. Cities, such as Hong Kong, which were perennially on the top of the charts for "preferred global cities" have experienced dramatic drops in that preference, now replaced by other options. The rise of Athens, Greece (for example) is a reflection of that countrie's government intentionally structuring laws to draw in the self-employed global worker and the distance empoyee.
When the pandemic pressures have faded even more, the expectation for other governments to get into a bidding war to draw expat workers and "digital nomads" will probably intensify.
Story at MSN News
With Black Sea and Caucasus Mountains nearby, Georgia becomes hotbed for Digital Nomads
Story at Yahoo News
Tax myths for US Citizens abroad
For Americans living abroad, tax misinformation tends to thrive in online expat communities where incorrect advice is quick to be shared and hard to be corrected, particularly in the age of coronavirus.
Expat leaves UAE after 44 years
Story at Gulf News
"I Became an Expat in the Middle of the Pandemic – It Was a Lot Easier Than I Thought" – story at MSN News/Forbes
International Retirement Writer Jim Santos on being expat
The book is unique in that it is not a "how-to" book or even a "why to" book. Instead, it is an insider's look from someone who has lived life abroad and written for travel/retirement publications. Using informative and often amusing examples from his own life and travels, the author tackles questions and myths he has heard in his experiences meeting other expats as well as talking with potential expats via email and at conventions.
Story at Yahoo Finance
"On being a French expat" - Yahoo
Big drop in numbers of international students in USA - VOA News
Being an expat in the Netherlands
Story at I Am Expat
Expat frustration: unrecognized residency cards leads to three days sleeping at airport in Spain
Story at Olive Press
Expat exits from the Gulf States "threatens the economy"
Story at Bloomberg and at Nasdaq
"...GCC countries are experiencing an accelerating shift in the labour market due to an exodus of expatriates" - Trade Arabia
AMAZON: The Expert Expat: Your Guide to Successful Relocation Abroad
Original Page May 18, 2021