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Top ten relocation challenges for international companies revealed
New research has shown that North America (51%) has moved into first place as the region most critical to future business success, narrowly edging out last-year’s top-ranked…. Read More
Rising rents in Dubai start to outpace allowances
While rents in Hong Kong and Singapore fall, Dubai has joined Bangkok with rents increasing on average 15% in the last year. As the central bank has imposed tighter restrictions on mortgages…. Read More
UAE based expats like to live it up
Recent research produced by the insurance group Standard Life has found that the majority western expats based in the UAE tend to spend part of their income on ‘luxurious lifestyle choices’…. Read More
Expatriates in Dubai Shocked as Raped Norwegian is Handed a 16-Month Jail Sentence
Expatriates throughout Dubai and surrounding areas have been shocked by the news that a Norwegian woman who was raped during a business visit to Dubai has herself been handed…. Read More
Are Dubai Expats are Paying too Much for Health Care
According to the Dubai Health Authority, many expatriates living in Dubai have been scammed by their health care providers having been told that they suffer from illnesses they do not have, been…. Read More
Expats Throughout the World Face Higher Rental Prices
New research by residential and commercial property consultants Knight Frank indicates that many major cities throughout the world are seeing a surge in the prices associated with rental…. Read More
New Process Allows Dubai Expats to Settle Debts at the Airport
Expatriates who leave Dubai will now be required to hand their passports and credit cards over at the airport before departing the country in order to verify that they do not have any…. Read More
Western Expats Paid More in the UAE
A recent survey by Gulf Business magazine revealed that the average salary earned by chief executives who run worldwide companies in the UAE is approximately $35,000 USD per …. Read More
Expats Return to Dubai After Disappointing Spell at Home
Many European expats who returned home after living in Dubai are now relocating back to the Emirate having found that life back home is much harder than they remembered…. Read More
UAE to Limit Expat Mortgages at 50%
The UAE Central Bank has announced that they will now limit mortgage loans for foreigners who wish to buy property in the region to a maximum of 50 percent of the property’s…. Read More
Expats Find it Difficult to Raise Children in the Middle East
Of all the popular expatriate destinations throughout the world, it is the Middle Eats that presents the biggest challenges when it comes to raising…. Read More
Younger Expats Target the Middle East for Relocation
A new research report has indicated that the younger generation of expatriates favors the Middle East for their target relocation…. Read More
Authorities in Dubai Consider Expat Pension Scheme
According to officials from the emirate, the government has recently carried out a feasibility study of a potential expatriate-targeted pension fund and may launch it as early as the end…. Read More
New Research Reveals That Asia has the Wealthiest Expats
According to the fifth Expat Explorer, which was released by HSBC last week, over half of the people surveyed in Singapore (54 percent) claimed to earn more than $200,000 USD per year…. Read More
Expats Need to do More Research Before Relocating to the UAE
A new survey has revealed that up to 50% of expatriates who relocate to the United Arab Emirates face serious problems because they have fail to adequately prepare for their move to the…. Read More
New Visa Renewal Process Angers Expats in the UAE
New visa renewal rules that require expatriates in the United Arab Emirates to submit a copy of their housing rent contract has angered expatriates living throughout the…. Read More
Expats Are Urged to Respect UAE Dress Culture
Over the years the press in Dubai has been filled with horror stories of expats and visitors to the United Arab Emirates behaving badly. Perhaps one of the most famous incidents of all…. Read More
Are Expats in Dubai at Risk of Marriage Breakdowns
Figures released by the Dubai Statistics Centre last week indicate that divorce among foreigners living in the emirate have risen by almost a third since 2009…. Read More
Dubai Expats: Are You Ignorant
According to a new piece of research, expatriates living in the UAE are ‘ignorant of local culture’ and do not have an adequate understanding of the traditions and customs that the…. Read More
Saudi Arabia to Introduce Outward Remittance Limit
The Arabian government has announced plans to limit the amount of money expatriates living and working in the country are permitted to send outside of the country amid concerns…. Read More
Dubai Expatriates May be Offered Quit Smoking Help
According to newspaper reports in the region, the Ministry of Health in Dubai is contemplating providing expatriates with subsidized treatment at smoking cessation clinics in…. Read More
Expatriates Warned of the Need to Respect Ramadan Customs
This week Muslims throughout the world began Ramadan, the Islamic month of fasting that requires Muslims to refrain from eating, drinking, smoking and engaging in intimate…. Read More
UAE Announces Expat Visa Rule Changes
The laws and regulations governing expats’ work visa renewal in the UAE are to be changed in order to prevent foreign workers from changing jobs without a no-objections…. Read More
Dubai Expats No Longer Entitled to Free Cancer Care
Dubai expats are being told to check their health insurance policies after it was announced that the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) will no longer be providing free…. Read More
UAE to Limit Influx of Unskilled Labor
In a bid to balance the current demographic disparities of expatriates versus locals in the UAE, the Federal Cabinet have announced plans to limit the amount of…. Read More
New Medical Tests to be Administered to Potential UAE Expats
The Ministry of Health in Dubai has announced plans to introduce new medical check-up requirements for individuals who are considering moving to Dubai…. Read More
Dubai Expats Told: Don’t Fear The Police
The Dubai police chief yesterday appealed to expatriates to trust the authorities and continue to be aware of the requirement to report crimes. Speaking at the Forum for…. Read More
Expat Population in UAE Approaches 90%
Despite a slowing economy, the expat population in the UAE has reached almost 90% over the last three years according to figures released by the National Bureau of…. Read More
Qatar Contemplates Permanent Residency for Expats
Qatar will soon be considering granting expats the right to permanent residency if they meet “pre-determined criteria,” the Qatar National Development Strategy…. Read More
Dubai Chamber Fights Back Against New Visa Rules
The Dubai Chamber is currently planning to attempt to overthrow the new residence visa rules, which have reduced expat visas from three years to…. Read More
Expats Urged to Leave Bahrain
Alongside governments all over the world the US Department of State has urged all expats living in Bahrain to leave the country at the nearest opportunity. Expats living in…. Read More
TB Tests Continue to be Applied to Abu Dhabi Expats
Expats living in Abu Dhabi are still being required to undergo tests for TB when renewing their residency visas, despite the fact that it is no longer required by…. Read More
Expats in Bahrain Face Uncertain Times
Expats in Bahrain are facing uncertain times as the violence between police and protestors continues in the region. Monday saw the “day of rage” and the death…. Read More
Dubai Expats: Could Your Facebook Activity Land You in Jail
Recent reports from Dubai indicate that it could. According to news reports, Businesswoman Amarjit Kaur Dhadli, 44, is facing charges in the emirate as a result…. Read More
Should Expats Living in Dubai be Insulted
The chief of police in Dubai recently called for the introduction of a quota system to control the numbers of expatriates living and working within the emirate. Unfortunately,…. Read More
Expat Retirement Age in UAE Raised From 60 to 65
Expats living in the UAE will be able to secure visas up to the age of 65 years as a result of new labor laws. The Ministry of Labor in the United Arab Emirates revealed…. Read More
Helpline for Indian Expats Established in the UAE
Indian expatriates have been extended a new lifeline, in the form of a dedicated helpline. The helpline of the Indian Workers’ Resource Centre, which can be accessed…. Read More
Why Expats in the UAE Really Need a Will
Expats Should Have a Will When Living in the UAE Expats in the UAE are being warned of the risks of failing to draft a legally binding will after concerns were raised regarding…. Read More
Expats Drive Retail Sales in the UAE
According to forecasts from the Business Monitor International (BMI), the United Arab Emirates could see a 30% increase in retail sales by 2014 as a result of increased…. Read More
Dubai Expat Sponsorship Laws Relaxed
Many expatriates in Dubai are celebrating the fact that a change in the law means that they will now be able to sponsor their family. According to reports in the region…. Read More
HSBC Expat Explorer: Russian Expats are the Wealthiest in the World
HSBC Expat Explorer results have been released and if you’re considering moving overseas with the objective of accumulating wealth then Russia may just be the place…. Read More
Work visa Dubai: medical screening requirements to change
Work visa Dubai requirements are changing according to reports in the region. Expats in Dubai were told this week that health check requirements will be…. Read More
Expat power 50 list named
Expat power 50. A list of the most influential expatriates working within the GCC compiled by Arabian Business magazine was released yesterday. The list,…. Read More
Expat news roundup 13th August
Expat news roundup of all the news impacting expatriates this week. What’s been happening near you? Expat news Dubai Expats warned of the risk of eating…. Read More
Expat news roundup 6th August
Expat news roundup of all the news impacting expatriates this week. What’s been happening near you? Australian Expats Thousands of Australians abroad set to…. Read More
Expats in UAE angered by Blackberry ban
The United Arab Emirates telecommunications regulator has announced that it will suspend all email and Internet browsing services for RIM BackBerry from October…. Read More
New Zealand embassy to open in the UAE
Expatriates from New Zealand who are currently based within the United Arab Emirates have been delighted by news that a new embassy is to open in Abu Dhabi…. Read More
Dubai expats lose appeal
The Dubai appeal court has upheld the one-month prison sentence given to a British expat who was charged with kissing in public last November. Earlier this year we…. Read More
Expatriates living in Dubai can expect cheaper rental prices in 2010
Expatriates living in the Dubai region are hopeful that they may benefit from reductions in house rentals in 2010, the Economic Times reports. As current rental contracts…. Read More
United Arab Emirates Expat Population at an all time high
According to reports issued in Dubai newspapers this week, the population in the United Arab Emirates has now reached over six million people as a result of the rapidly…. Read More
Britons face losing savings as Dubai property market collapses
An article from The Telegraph Online discussing how the property market in Dubai has crashed and left many people, but mainly Britons, in severe financial crisis because…. Read More
Expats driven down by debt in Dubai
The Times Online has published this article which describes how quickly riches can turn to rags in expat communities. Dubai has been very badly hit by the credit crunch…. Read More
Expat Compensation Packages Remain High in the Middle East: But for how Long
According to a new survey by Bayt.com, 35% of expatriate workers in the Middle East remain on special expat packages and 21.6% of those surveyed claim they earn more money as expats…. Read More
