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Brits Abroad in Thailand feature quite prominently in a report just issued by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). The annual report entitled "FCO British Behaviour Abroad Report," features the top 20 tourist and expat destinations in the world where UK nationals sought help from consular staff. Thailand had 812,000 visitors and 41,000 expats from the UK during the period April 2008 to March 2009. Consular staff in Thailand had to assist the second highest number of people arrested abroad, and the highest number of people being hospitalised or dying abroad. So why is it that so many Brits have problems in Thailand? ... Read Full Story

You might not believe this but I am really an accidental expat. So today I thought I would fill in a few blanks about my transition from a college lecturer in Middle England to a retired expat living in Thailand. Its about what started as a holiday romance with a beautiful country that finally led me to settle here in blissful retirement. But where did it all start? What actually set me on the course to becoming an accidental expat and what was the process like? As far as I can tell it was 2000 that the seeds were first planted, I had just ... Read Full Story

One of my biggest battles each day is dealing with the climate in Thailand by coping with the heat and humidity. For me personally rather than becoming acclimatised to the weather here I actually seem to find it harder to cope. Now there could be a number of reasons for this, for example I originate from a temperate/cool Northern Hemisphere country or perhaps its an age thing and as you get older it becomes more difficult for the body to deal with the life sapping heat and humidity. When I first settled here I did a fair bit of physical work outside getting the ... Read Full Story

(Archived in: Economic Citizenship Foreign Investment Related Miscellany ) I came across this item on my research of St. Kitts & Nevis. Grenada is no longer an option for a second passport through an Economic Citizenship Program . Grenada terminated its Economic Citizenship program as of October 24, 2001. This was probably one of the more lenient programs with respect to the relatively low investment involved and the relaxed residency requirements . In fact there were no residency requirements . I know one immigration expert from Canada that was a consultant to the government of Grenada on the formation of this program, but was ... Read Full Story