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The Canadian government is hoping to attract overseas entrepreneurs to the country by offering permanent residency. Jason Kenney, the Immigration Minister, said he hoped the move would elevate Canada above countries including the US, the UK and Australia where only temporary residency was available. Mr Kenney is due to travel to start up...

The Singapore government has hiked up stamp duty on property being purchased by foreigners in an attempt to calm the booming property market. A year ago additional buyer’s stamp duty was introduced at 10 per cent. However, this appears to have done little to calm prices and so it has been increased to 15 per cent. The ABSD is charged in...

The shaky economic problems in Italy are seeing more immigrant communities deciding to look at moving abroad to escape the dire financial situation. Italy is currently in recession as it struggles with austerity cuts and massive debts. The trend to pack up and leave is particularly prevalent in the country’s Chinese community. A growing...

The number of New Zealanders moving across the Tasman to Australia dropped to its lowest level in just under two years last November, according to Statistics New Zealand. The net loss of population during the month was also slowed as more Australians travelled in the opposite direction. After seasonal factors were taken into account,...

The Office for National Statistics has released figures that show an increase in the number of British workers looking for overseas work in an effort to secure the financial future of their families. For the year ending in July 353,000 emigrants made the decision to leave the UK. This is a significant increase on the 336,000 people who...

Over the past five years around 10,000 Brits have decided to make a new home in South Australia, with many deciding to settle in Adelaide. In 2011 there was a 10 per cent increase in the number of people moving to South Australia from the UK according to Anglo Pacific’s international migration manager, Noel Glavin. He explained that...

A recent survey has indicated that expats living in the Middle East have a more challenging time when it comes to raising their children than expat families in other countries. The Raising Children Abroad league table published in this year’s HSBC Expat Explorer survey placed the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia in the...

Expat parents are facing a dramatic hike in the cost of schooling their children as the popularity of international schools grows with local parents. According to figures released by ISC Research, a branch of the International School Consultancy Group, 80 per cent of the available places at international education establishment are now being...

HSBC Expat’s latest Expat Explorer survey has found that the richest foreigners are now to be found in Singapore where last year it was Saudi Arabia. The study looked at 5,000 expats and showed that there has been a swing from the Middle East to Asia. As well as Singapore, Hong Kong, Vietnam, China and Thailand are now in the top ten....

HSBC Expat’s latest Expat Explorer survey has found that the richest foreigners are now to be found in Singapore where last year it was Saudi Arabia. The study looked at 5,000 expats and showed that there has been a swing from the Middle East to Asia. As well as Singapore, Hong Kong, Vietnam, China and Thailand are now in the top ten....