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5 Reasons Why Raising Children Overseas is a Great Idea

Many parents agonize for weeks over whether a move overseas will be the right thing for their children. Reports of expatriate children going off the rails and struggling to settle in to life abroad can be extremely off putting and many parents worry ...

India on a Shoestring? Ask The Expats

If you’ve read one travel guide about India, you’ve probably read them all. However, sometimes it's best to turn to people who actually live in a location and know it inside out. Our Expat Info Desk writers are true experts on what India has to o...

The Top Eight Expat Concerns According to HSBC

HSBC’s Expat Explorer research provides great insights into life overseas as an expat. Based on a survey of 4,100 expats living throughout the world during the months of April and June 2010, the research reveals a great deal about the practical and...

7 Money Saving Tips For Frugal Expats

This week Brookfield Global Relocation Services published research that revealed that 74% of companies have reduced the value of the relocation packages that they offer to their employees. It appears that international assignments are not what they o...

7 More Essential Apps for Expatriates

Apps for Expatriates Language App Name: Lingolook Flashcards Price: $4.99 USD per language Platforms: iPad, iTouch, iPhone Details: Lingolook Flashcards is a useful Apple application that lists 500 translations of the most commonly used words i...

7 Ways to Market Yourself When Searching For a Job Abroad

Finding a job abroad is growing increasingly difficult as a result of the global economic crisis. The majority of countries now operate policies that make it difficult for their companies to hire foreigners and the market for overseas skills seems to...

Places for Expats to Watch the Royal Wedding Celebrations

If there’s one occasion during which British expatriates may wish they were back home it’s got to be during the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. Whether you’re interested in the royal proceedings and pomp and ceremony or ...

Going mobile

Whilst it’s taken a bit longer than planned the Expat Info Desk website is now compatible with mobile devices. Our entire site apart from our purchase pages (we’re working on that though we can’t control our payment providers templates) can now...

Six Ways to Overcome Homesickness When You Move Overseas

People move abroad for a wide variety of reasons. They may relocate as part of a career move, to accompany family members, to experience life overseas or to study in a foreign country. Whatever your reasons for leaving your home country you may one d...

Stupid Laws From Around the World

Every expat around the world will no doubt have complained at some point about a rule or law in their host country that just doesn’t make sense. It seems that when it comes to the law, we’re much better at implementing regulations than we are at ...