By Fiona Moore, for ExpatBriefing.com, 18 June, 2018
Lower-paid medical practitioners are increasingly having their request for UK working visas rejected, as a result of immigration quotas. Read full story »
Tags: individuals | expatriates | business | public sector | law | employees | United Kingdom | education | professionals | Expats | Immigration | Other | Immigration
By Fiona Moore, for Expatbriefing.com, 29 March, 2018
The Shanghai Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone, half of which is located in the Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone, reports that Shanghai has granted 52 special "R visas" to high-profile foreign experts since the start of this year. Read full story »
Tags: expatriates | employees | international financial centres (IFC) | China | offshore | professionals | construction | services | Expats | Visas and Passports
By Fiona Moore, for ExpatBriefing.com, 28 February, 2018
High-net-worth individuals are leaving the UK in search of a more accommodating tax system, political stability, and a higher quality of life, according to leading private wealth advisors. Read full story »
Tags: individuals | expatriates | compliance | Wealth | tax | business | property tax | mining | law | entrepreneurs | international financial centres (IFC) | Guernsey | United Kingdom | education | professionals | standards | Barbados | Expats | Tax
By Hans Esser, for ExpatBriefing.com, 03 January, 2018
A new report from the OECD says France's work permit system is unnecessarily complex, with regional disparities, and there is not enough transparency for employers. Read full story »
Tags: individuals | expatriates | Citizenship | employees | professionals | France | standards | Expats
By Haruna Kobayashi, for ExpatBriefing.com, 13 November, 2017
Taiwan's Government has approved a 50 percent tax cut for overseas workers as part of its plan to attract more foreign talent to the country. Read full story »
Tags: individuals | expatriates | tax | insurance | retirement | Taiwan | professionals | social security | regulation | Employment | Expats | Work | Recruitment | Professionals
By Haruna Kobayashi, for ExpatBriefing.com, 21 August, 2017
The Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone, the low-tax industrial zone, is taking steps to speed up residence and work permit applications for foreigners. Read full story »
Tags: expatriates | tax | Taiwan | professionals | Hong Kong | trade | free trade zone | Expat Services | Expats | Immigration | Visas and Passports | Working Abroad | Work | Working Abroad | Immigration | Working Abroad
By Haruna Kobayashi, for ExpatBriefing.com, 20 April, 2017
The Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone can now recommend foreigner experts and their families for Chinese permanent residence "green card" permits. Read full story »
Tags: individuals | employees | China | professionals | trade | free trade zone | Expats | Immigration | Visas and Passports | Working Abroad | Work | Working Abroad | Immigration | Working Abroad
By Hans Esser, for Expatbriefing.com, 19 October, 2016
An increasing number of foreigners have applied for a Chinese "green card" since a change to rules in Shanghai in July 2015. Read full story »
Tags: expatriates | tax | business | China | professionals | trade | Immigration | Investment | Visas and Passports | Invest | Immigration | Investment
By by Jason Gorringe, Tax-News.com, London, 15 December, 2015
HSBC has begun offering a new fee-free retail currency account targeted at the increasing number of people from the UK working, living, or travelling abroad. Read full story »
Tags: individuals | expatriates | South Africa | Finance | Currency | banking | Australia | Singapore | professionals | Hong Kong | New Zealand | currency | retail | Japan | Africa
By Fiona Moore, for ExpatBriefing.com, 01 May, 2015
Hong Kong has announced that its new immigration scheme for second-generation Chinese-Hong Kong expatriates and professionals will be piloted from May 4, 2015. Read full story »
Tags: entrepreneurs | professionals | Hong Kong | Employment | Expats | Immigration | Visas and Passports | Working Abroad | Work | Working Abroad | Immigration | Working Abroad