If you are worried about the lose of jobs to global outsourcing, you may be somewhat reassured to learn that at least some Indian jobs are being outsourced to the United States and many other...

Expatriate and local workers, and their employers, alike are now covered new labor laws in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Some key provisions: * It increases annual leave from 15 to 21 days and to 30...

How do non-Muslim expatriates cope with assignments in Muslim countries during religious observances like Ramadan? Very nicely, thank you! During Ramadan, Muslims abstain from food, drink, smoking and...

In June 2007, vietnam's President Nguyen Minh Triet announced that overseas Vietnamese would be exempt from the normal requirement of applying for a visa to visit the country. The exemption is not...

Bahrain's Labour Market Regulatory Authority now has a website to provide expatriate workers and their families information about their government files. The website is also accessible to their...

There are a wide range of issues to consider on any Expatriate assignment. In an article entitled, The challenge of working abroad, The Christian Science Monitor, August 20, 2007, writer Marilyn...

As macro-economic power shift away from the U.S. and towards Asian economic powers, Expatriate policies, practices and processes will be influenced more by the East than West, or at least that seems...

Citizens of Azerbaijan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan are now eligible to enter Turkey for up to 30 days for business or pleasure without first applying for a visa. Turkey already...

The dawn is green, not red, in China. Concerns over the environment and pollution caused by rapid growth have led to an interest in investment in green technologies in China. This creates an...

Great quote attributed to the Swiss author Max Frisch in The New Melting Pot, Financial Times, July 9, 2007. The New Melting Pot provides an interesting discussion of immigration trends in many Asian...

A new "no touch" policy should halt strip searches by Philippine immigration officials of Japanese visitors. It's not that they like or dislike tattoos. The justification for the strip...