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Expat Focus Brexit News Update May 2021

Brexit, for a change, has not been dominating the headlines in the UK over the past month, although that’s not to say that people haven’t still been feeling its consequences. For example, fishermen in Cornwall say that they feel ‘betrayed’

Expat Focus International News Update April 2021

The international news for expats in April has still been focused on the two big stories: the repercussions of Brexit and Covid-19. However, plenty of other things have been happening internationally, too. In this round-up, we take a look at

Expat Focus International Healthcare Update April 2021

Healthcare news across the world has been focused on Covid-19, but at this stage of the pandemic, reports have been more in relation to vaccination rollout programmes than the progress of the disease itself – and that’s good news. We’ll

Expat Focus Financial Update April 2021

British expats in Spain British citizens living in Spain must now prove that they have an income of £21K in order to stay in the country. Given that the average British state pension is £6,500, an exodus of British expats

Expat Focus Brexit News Update April 2021

Brexit has not dominated the news recently (that dubious honour continues to be held by Covid-19), but the end of the transition period continues to have an impact, particularly on Northern Ireland, on exports and imports, and on the lives

Expat Focus International News Update March 2021

Expat exodus continues from the UAE A recent survey suggested that 80% of expats leaving the UAE are buying a one-way ticket. The survey covered over 5,000 people (42% of whom were Indian). Cleartrip report that: “People are not certain

Expat Focus International Healthcare Update March 2021

Covid-19 obviously continues to dominate the international health news and is likely to do so for some time to come. We’ll take a look at some of the implications for expats below. Spanish vaccination rollout As we’ve reported elsewhere,

Expat Focus Financial Update March 2021

Additional stimulus for American expats In March, Congress passed the coronavirus relief bill: $1,400 per eligible taxpayer according to your Adjusted Gross Income. If you’re a US expat and you have already had stimulus assistance, then you will automatically receive

Expat Focus Brexit News Update March 2021

We have now been out of the EU for over two months, and the various ramifications of the withdrawal have started to become more evident. There have been some issues – perhaps rather more than ‘teething problems’, as the UK

Expat Focus International News Update February 2021

UAE offers expats citizenship for the first time Despite the localisation trend in employment sectors in the UAE, for the first time, the region is planning to offer citizenship to expats. High-level white-collar professionals, such as doctors, will largely benefit,