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Matt Ellsworth March 13, 2006 What are the local expressions of St. Patrick’s Day, if any, where you are?  I just read that the first public celebration was in Boston, not in Ireland, so I’m thinking that it’s roots are based as much in beer sales as in Irish nationalism. Continue Reading

My attention was recently called (thanks, Easton) to a site telling about upgrades in the telecommunications infrastructure of the healthcare system in Dubai of the United Arab Emirates. My son was born in Abu Dhabi of the UAE in 1987, and they already had excellent medical facilities at that time.  My wife was initially frightened…

Estimates on the number of ExPats in the United States illegally range from 10 million to 25 million.  Why so many?  Why don’t they just come in legally?  Well, the short answer is “if they could, they would.”  There are huge incentives to draw people to America.  It’s a rich country with lots of opportunities…

If there’s ever been a business that was tailormade for the readership of ExPatFacts.com, that business is Oasis China Visa Services, a company that specializes in processing many types of China visas. Found at OasisChinaVisa.com, this company is registered in the United States as a branch of Oasis International Travel Corporation. Its main focus is…

My family went pet-less overseas and then got a dog in the Middle East.  We named him Morgen.  He was a Dalmatian.  And when it came time to move from one overseas location to another, he was a hungry, nervous, piece of freight.  All things considered, having a large pet is not very compatible with…

The Associated Press distributed a story today that was carried on the front page of the East Valley Tribune, a large-circulation daily in the booming suburbs east of Phoenix.  It was printed under the title “12% in U.S. born outside borders”.  It tells of a recent report  by the Center for Immigration Studies.  No mention is…