New Swiss immigration rules could impact expats

This week Swiss voters narrowly approved a plan to set new limits on the number of foreigners allowed to settle and work in Switzerland. Though the government has 3 years to implement the rules and the exact details are yet to be decided companies ar...

Localisation quotas in the Gulf should still be on the radar of expats

eFinancialCareers recently surveyed 355 financial services professionals to better understand the state of localisation programs happening in the Gulf. These localisation quotas state that most financial services organisations, along with every othe...

British expatriates continue to increase in number

Recent research by Finaccord has shown that there are now globally more British expatriates than another other country apart from India and China. They reckon there are around 1.16 million British expats living in other countries though the UK seems...

Kiwi expats warned about their tax residence status back home

A recent case at the Taxation Review Authority (TRA) against a former soldier who left New Zealand permanently 10 years ago has the potential to undermine the non-resident tax status of a number of expatriate New Zealanders who may otherwise have con...