Know More: Cultural Issues, Embassies and Consulates, Governments & Laws Visas are permissions granted to enter a country. They are normally stamped or glued into your passport by a consul, vice consul, or consular agent in the embassy or consulate of the issuing country. They usually tell how long they are valid for, how many…
Know More: Cultural Issues, Language Issues, Training Programs I have been a college instructor of Spanish and have studied Spanish, Arabic, Russian, German, Urdu, and Hebrew. I know what it takes to learn a foreign language, and I know how vital it is to be able to communicate in the local language. I also know…
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The cultures of the US and Northern Europe operate on a timer. We expect to know our own futures and then catch up to them without a wrinkle. Changes in expectations are unnerving. Not so in much of the rest of the world. Here are a few examples: If you ask an airport employee in…
Know More: About ExPatFacts, Author My name is Matt Ellsworth. I’m an American. And I have been an expat (short for expatriate from the Latin ex patria, meaning “out of the fatherland”) for more than 8 years. [Sounds like a confession in a 12-step program, no?] I first left the U.S. in 1975, spending two…