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Four Downsides of Life Overseas and How to Deal with Them

Sometimes living overseas can be challenging. Here are four of the biggest downsides of life overseas and how you can counteract them. It’s all foreign Even if you make a concerted effort to learn the language of your host country and understand ...

9 Useful Resources for Expatriates who Relocate with Teenagers

Moving overseas is a major challenge for the entire family, but teenagers can often feel it the worst. When expatriates accept jobs abroad or wish to up roots in search of a better standard of living overseas, teenagers can often feel that they a...

How Far Would You go to Support Your Football Team While Living Overseas

Many Newcastle United fans claim that they have the most loyal following in the world, but one British expatriate who currently lives in Qatar, has taken his love of his team one step further by commisioning the production of an Arabic robe made ...

Keeping Your Relationship Strong While Living Overseas

Yesterday we revealed that the divorce rate of expatriates living in Dubai has risen by almost a third since 2009 and it is clear that, for some expats, living abroad can do more harm to their marriage than good. While many couples may find that livi...

An Expat Guide to Writing a Will

Yesterday we revealed that potential changes to the inheritance law in France may mean that people who inherit expat-owned property in France will face significant tax bills in the future. One way around this is to carefully plan and a will tha...

Expat Book Review : The Expats

Reinventing yourself in a foreign land is the stuff of dreams for many people and this couldn’t be truer for Katherine Moore, who jumps at the opportunity to move overseas with her husband, Dexter, when he is offered a plush expat contract in L...

HGTV House Hunters International Seeking Expats for TV Appearance

Producers of the television show House Hunters International are seeking English-speaking expatriates who are interested in documenting their search for a new home abroad. The show, which follows expats as they attempt to find somewhere suitable t...

Expat Interview : “You Speak Weird, Like You Are Stupid”

Today we meet Diane Dobry, an American expatriate who left behind her life in the surburbs of NYC to experience teaching in Hungary. Here Diane explains how breaking her arm changed her perceptions of both life overseas and within Hungary itself,...

A Guide to Home Schooling Children for UK and US Expats

Not every expatriate has the advantage of access to an international school that suits the needs and requirements of their children. Some expats may not have the budget to pay for expensive international schools while others may find that the schools...

Expat Book Review : The Globalisation of Love

One thing that expatriates quickly learn is that love knows no cultural or geographical boundaries. After moving abroad, many expats find that it isn’t only the culture and lifestyle on offer in their host country that they fall in love with an...

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