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Cash-rich foreigners from the Middle East, the Far East and Russia have long-since being buying homes in London, but they are not alone in buying homes in the UK. Looking across Britain, who are the foreign buyers keen on a UK address, asks aol.co.uk. Property website Primelocation.com has carried out research on 100 countries from which...

British expats think the standard of customer service in the United Arab Emirates is worse than in the UK, while expats from less developed countries are more satisfied, revealed a customer service survey. Roughly 86 per cent of survey respondents from the UK said customer service in the UAE is poorer than in their own country, according...

Getting the right exchange rate when moving overseas can make a huge difference, reports the Daily Telegraph. City whizz-kids have earned and lost fortunes on gambling on how the foreign exchange markets move. However, for expatriates the exchange rates movements are not about making cash by speculating on rises and falls; it’s much more...

A British expat whose efforts to be awarded the right to vote were recently turned down by judges has not been granted permission to appeal, reports the Daily Telegraph. James Preston went to the High Court in 2011 to challenge the law banning Britons from voting after they have resided overseas for 15 years. Madrid-based Preston argued...

Canada’s natural beauty, healthcare services, security and multicultural society made it the number one place in the world for UK expats, revealed an annual index. The NatWest International Personal Banking Quality of Life Index also showed that despite the global economic woes, over two thirds of British expats did not feel their quality...

The US government might be getting stricter on a “money for visa” green-card programme which faced heavy criticism even though it boosted the construction industry in a number of recession-battered markets, reports The Daily. The EB-5 programme gives wealthy foreigners the opportunity to be granted citizenship if the invest between...

As many as 80,000 jobs in the Canadian province of British Columbia could be taken by Irish construction workers, revealed a delegation from Canada which is in Ireland this week. The British Columbia Construction Association’s president Manly MacLachlan said that there were endless opportunities for qualified workers in the province,...

Net migration went up in the Coalition’s first year in office despite its pledge to significantly reduce the figure, reports the Daily Telegraph. Official figures reveal that the amount of people coming to the UK to live for a year or more, minus those who moved overseas, was at 250,000 for the year ending June 2011. The represents an...

Migrants to Australia will be given a warm welcome in the Northern Territory after a new agreement was announced, according to ABC. The Northern Territory Chamber of Commerce explained that a new regional migration scheme will be especially useful for smaller companies that lose employees to the resource boom over the coming five years....

Prime Minister David Cameron has claimed that it should be easier for workers to get jobs in other European countries, as migration will boost the economy, reports the Daily Telegraph. The prime minister and 11 other conservative leaders issued a joint letter which urged improved “labour mobility” within the EU in order to help people...