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Costa Rica Central Valley becoming the next expat haven

Costa Rica Central Valley becoming the next expat haven
Costa Rica’s Central Valley, a high plateau containing the country’s capital, San Jose and surrounded by mountains, has long been a destination for adventurous expats. Established expat towns such as San Remon, Atenas, Grecia, Alajuela, Moravia and Heredia are drawing even more residents from overseas, as are the up-and-coming hotspots...

Kiwi lifestyle and higher wages lure highly skilled Brits

Kiwi lifestyle and higher wages lure highly skilled Brits
Just as figures were released showing a dramatic fall in the number of UK immigrants, more than 2,000 skilled job-seekers arrived at the first Down Under Live jobs fair in Newcastle. The Christchurch rebuild, billed as the ‘world’s largest construction project’, is in dire need of skilled engineers, construction workers in all...

Survey confirms emigration of hundreds of thousands of Irish

Survey confirms emigration of hundreds of thousands of Irish
According to a recent survey, over 25 per cent of all households in the Republic of Ireland have lost a close family member through migration over the last four years. The survey, commissioned by the National Youth Council of Ireland, confirms that migration is seen by a huge number of Irish adults as the only way to get ahead in their...

Expat entrepreneurs in niche markets do well in China

Expat entrepreneurs in niche markets do well in China
While expat workers are being forced out of the Chinese marketplace by returning locals, those who’ve identified niche markets and started their own businesses are doing well. Major Beijing and Shanhai companies are now staffing with Mandarin speakers who’ve spent some years working in the West before returning to the home country....

Over half of graduate Irish accountants happy to emigrate

Over half of graduate Irish accountants happy to emigrate
A new survey has revealed that over half of newly-qualified graduate accountants in Ireland would be happy to emigrate to get the job they wanted .The chance to gain workplace experience with a reputable company was the most important reason for 84 per cent of the number of respondents who indicated their wish to leave Ireland. The status...

US expat calls for New Zealand retiree tax haven visa system

US expat calls for New Zealand retiree tax haven visa system
An American expat who moved to New Zealand on a business visa five years ago is calling for a special visa category for financially independent retirees .Henry Work’s bid to help like-minded older migrants stay in their new country indefinitely involves the creation of a completely new visa system for pensioners with independent means....

Ecuador tops Global Retirement Index for lifestyle and cost of living

Ecuador tops Global Retirement Index for lifestyle and cost of living
The remote South American country of Ecuador has, once again, topped one of the most popular retirement destination surveys. International Living’s 2013 survey again places Ecuador at the top of their list of 22 retirement havens. Reasons given by respondents included a cost of living at approximately 50 per cent less than in the USA,...

Exaggerated media claims of immigration threat may destroy poll integrities

Exaggerated media claims of immigration threat may destroy poll integrities
Recent polls and surveys published in the UK media are claimed to have been grossly exaggerated, causing many to lose trust in survey results. Conflicting stories in today’s online and offline media respectively claim that 350,000 Bulgarians and Romanians or 25 per cent of Bulgarians are poised to flood into the UK to grab jobs and...

Survey shows international companies plan to increase overseas assignments

Survey shows international companies plan to increase overseas assignments
A recent report on expat practices and policies has reveled that more than 70 per cent of businesses surveyed are planning to increase the numbers of both short and long-term overseas assignments in 2013. The survey, carried out by Mercers, also indicated that overall numbers of overseas posts rose considerably between 2011 and 2012. Top...

One third of Poles want to emigrate to find work

One third of Poles want to emigrate to find work
A study by a respected Polish institute has reveled that 33 per cent of Poles would prefer to emigrate to other European countries including the UK in order to find work. The study, released by Warsaw’s Homo Homini Institute, reveals that numbers wanting to emigrate have doubled over the past year, and are edging towards the 300,000...