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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
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(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
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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
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(Archived in: Related Miscellany Social Design S ove reign Eduction ) This could be a controversial site, or a useful resource. Let the Free Thinkers and Sovereign Individuals decide for themselves, for this is what thinking for yourself and as a Sovereign Lifer is all about. Please note the disclaimer for the "Build Freedom Website" , have a look around and return to this post (also printed below). Build Freedom refers to itself as a gateway to thousands of freedom-oriented websites. " DISCLAIMER: BuildFreedom.com does not challenge or threaten the authority of any legitimate government. This information constitutes only the communication of information in ... Read Full Story
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Surprisingly little attention has been paid to the crucial years Barack Obama spent growing up in Jakarta, Indonesia from 1967 to 1971, ages 6 to 10 in his life. These formative years, in which a child first spends significant time in the wider world  
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Regions invest considerable resources into human capital. That communities do little to nothing to reap some returns from talent that moves somewhere else is bizarre. On an international scale (hat tip Richard Herman), the opposite is true:More than ever, diasporas — the "scattered seeds" most governments previously ignored and in some cases even maligned — are increasingly seen as agents of development.Aware of this potential, some developing...  
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Of the new features in Windows 7 it's probably among those that has received the least amount of coverage, but for expatriate PC users the ability to switch the language of the operating system represents a major step forward for Windows.  
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Manama: Kuwait will soon launch a massive campaign to ensure that no expatriate is holding two public sector jobs. According to the local rules and regulations, expatriates are not allowed to have more than one occupation in the state. As a first ...  
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The proposed Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), has continued to receive knocks from stakeholders and other concerned individuals and groups with workers in the upstream sector of the petroleum industry faulting among others, the absence of specific provisions on expatriate quota and local manpower training.  
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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A recent Sibson Consulting survey of U.S.-based multinational companies found that nearly two-thirds of the companies surveyed are maintaining or increasing the size of their expatriate workforce while one-third are decreasing this segment of their workforce. Key findings include: 53% of respondents employing expatriates in China/Hong Kong/Taiwan plan to keep their expatriate workforce the same. Almost all companies...  
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