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5 Tips to Ease Your Transition After Moving to Japan

5 Tips to Ease Your Transition After Moving to Japan Moving can be an exciting time. Depending on why, there is a sense of adventure, or trepidation, perhaps both. Sometimes…
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Requirements For Retiree Residency In Honduras

Requirements For Retiree Residency In Honduras Applicants must provide the following documents and have them all properly authenticated. 1. An original police report issued by a law enforcement agency in…
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Telecommuting from Another Country

Living abroad has been the stuff of dreams since the beginning of humanity, complete with adventure, exotic locations, and new cultures.  However, one of the biggest deterring factors that has…
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Sailing on Lake Ontario

Sunny days under the mast, sail billowing above and the only sound is the water washing past the hull of your sailboat.  Lake Ontario in summer is a sailor’s paradise.…
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Canada Cancels Two Immigration Programs for Investors & Business People

On 12 February 2014, the Canadian government announced the closure of the Immigrant Investor Program.  This program had been in operation for 28 years, although new applications were suspended in…
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Understanding Supervisor-Employee Relationships in Chile

Special courtesies expected by employees that may not be anticipated by the foreign supervisor include time off to attend to family responsibilities. The obligations of the extended family are multiple,…
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Embracing the Culture of Old San Juan

Biculturalism is not the wholesale buying into another culture, nor is it the process of assimilating. I have met expats who by attempting to fully adopt the customs and attitudes…
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Myth vs. Fact: Media Misconceptions About Offshore Investing

Despite the fact that most people have no idea about the benefits of investing offshore, almost all of them have heard horror stories and are swept by a constant stream…
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Moving Overseas as a Financial Planning Tool

Many people know that they can live for less in many foreign countries, but few consider moving as a financial planning tool. In financial planning there are several aspects to…
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Freedom Is Yours! Will You Take It?

Many often think about and yet so few act upon it. The idea of escaping the rat race and opting for a new revitalized life of freedom of the stresses…
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