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US remains top choice for professionals moving abroad

7 Jun at 9 AM

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As more people choose to move abroad in search of a better career recent research reveals that the US is still the number one destinations for those looking to relocate. Recruitment firm Hydrogen found that the second most popular country for professionals to head to was the UK with Australia taking the third spot. It is estimated that...

Sunbed addict plans to move to London

1 Mar at 9 AM

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Tanning addict Patricia Krentcil, who hit the headlines recently as the world’s first ever ‘tanorexic’, has said she intends to battle a ban by US salons by moving abroad. She wants to make Britain her new home. She has also been branded the worst parent in the US after she was accused of encouraging her six-year-old daughter to use a...

FATCA tax rules could affect green card expats in the US

7 Dec at 9 AM

News Item Link: FATCA tax rules could affect green card expats in the US

Expats living and working in the US may face having to surrender their green cards if they want to avoid having to pay tax under new rules being introduced under the Foreign Accounts Tax Compliance Act. The controversial system requires taxpayers in the US to reveal every detail about overseas earnings and investments to the Internal Revenue...

US expats worried about 2013 tax hikes

16 Nov at 9 AM

News Item Link: US expats worried about 2013 tax hikes

US tax planning service Greenback Expat Tax Services has published a survey that suggests the majority of Americans living and working abroad do not think that they should be required to file expat taxes in the US. Of those who responded to the survey 59 per cent said they did not feel that expat taxes were appropriate. The new study comes...

Israel emigration at record low

9 Aug at 9 AM

News Item Link: Israel emigration at record low

The lowest number of Israelis emigrated from the country in 2010 for forty years as just 15,600 headed for pastures new, revealed recent data published by the Central Bureau of Statistics. In addition, the data revealed that during the last three years the country has seen emigrants return in their droves, with record numbers being...

Arrests for US immigration violations fall

24 Jul at 9 AM

News Item Link: Arrests for US immigration violations fall

As the number of Mexicans heading north to the US with no documents drops, the US government says that apprehensions for federal immigration offences have fallen to a 40-year low. Meanwhile, the number of suspects taken in for criminal immigration offences by the US Marshals Service has seen a dramatic rise, a result of more stringent law...

Taiwan DOH to lure doctors overseas to return home

3 Jul at 6 PM

News Item Link: Taiwan DOH to lure doctors overseas to return home

The Department of Health (DOH) in Taiwan said it would launch a project in August to lure Taiwanese doctors licensed abroad to return home to practise, in an attempt to combat the profession’s brain drain. Taiwanese doctors practising in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, the UK and the US, but who were already qualified before moving...

US immigration benefits system begins process of moving online

5 Jun at 6 PM

News Item Link: US immigration benefits system begins process of moving online

The US Citizenship and Immigration Service has started the first stage of its new online immigration benefits system. The new-look system, the USCIS ELIS, has been developed to modernise the adjudicating and filing immigration benefits process. Individuals will be able to create an account and make an online application to change or extend...

Students in US want immigration action

31 May at 4 PM

News Item Link: Students in US want immigration action

Young illegal immigrants who claim that President Obama has not done enough to lower the threat of deportations despite repeated promises, have begun a campaign to urge him to use his executive powers so they can remain in the country legally. The campaign is fronted by the United We Dream Network, the biggest organisation of young...

Wealthy Americans set to give up citizenship in Switzerland

4 May at 9 AM

News Item Link: Wealthy Americans set to give up citizenship in Switzerland

The number of rich Americans giving up their US citizenship has increased dramatically since UBS’s Bradley Birkenfeld triggered a tax evasion crackdown four years ago, reports the Seattle Times. Roughly 1,780 expatriates handed in their passports at US embassies in 2011, rising from 235 in 2008, revealed Geneva’s Overseas American...