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Making Friends and Building Support Networks: Using Social Media in Expat and...
One of the most important parts of successful relocation – establishing a new social and support network – can also be one of the most difficult, especially when you first arrive. Social media is an...
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Relocating? 9 Essential questions every expat should ask. (Part 1)
When we think of living abroad, we instantly conjure up images of white sandy beaches, turquoise seas, friendly locals and a leisurely quality of life. That is, until we’re two days into our first...
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Relocating? 9 Essential questions every expat should ask. (Part 2)
It’s the second part of our guide to avoiding relocation disaster – and the same rules apply for domestic moves, diplomatic postings and international assignments. So before you sign on the dotted...
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Choosing Schools
Oh boy. If you thought sending your child off to school for the first time was the hardest day of your parenting life, think again. Try taking them out of the first school, transporting them across...
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The Golden Rules of Expat Housing – Buying a Home
I’m not a real estate professional, so the good news is that I’m not going to try and sell you a home. Predictably though, I have made plenty of mistakes when it comes to expat housing, and have spent...
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Essential Expat: Simple steps to speedier settling in.
I’m getting better at this moving thing. This comes as something of a relief, because this is the 8th house in 16 years. And despite the fact that we have bought yet another fixer-upper (there will be...
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Why You (and every expat) Should Be Going to FIGT 2013
It seems incredible that a year has passed since the last Families in Global Transition conference; forever infamous as the one where I had a complete (and very public ) online meltdown at the eminence...
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Women, Money and What ‘Dependent Partner’ really means. The Fragile Finances...
Update: After considerable lobbying from consumer groups, the US Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection has amended the rule requiring evidence of independent income when applying for consumer credit,...
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(Often Ignored) Expat Essentials – Writing a Will.
Yes, I know. You don’t want to think about it, much less talk about it, which is why I have been getting shifty looks from most of my expat network this week when I asked them the seemingly simple...
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Birthday Approaching? Change your Facebook Privacy Settings…
Facebook have replaced Apple as the leaders in constantly changing terms and conditions, but with far greater consequences. Where their privacy settings previously allowed you to limit who saw what,...
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