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I’m looking for your travelling pets stories, good and bad, knowing that most will be bad. Tell me about quarantines, inspections, vaccinations, etc. The goal is to help others bypass obstacles, and maybe commiserate a bit among ourselves. I’ll start with one of mine: While in the Middle East, we got a Dalmatian pup and…
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The U.S. Foreign Service (diplomatic corps) recognizes that the children of personnel stationed overseas have special needs. In fact, the Foreign Service Youth Foundation was established to serve these “homeless” youth. (I recommend their website.) Studies show that children who spend significant time in foreign lands and cultures are affected for years thereafter. One phenonemon…
As long as I’m talking (in separate entries) about the rough spots between cultures, I ought to clear my brain of a few issues centered on the U.S.-Mexico border. Expats on both sides of that border could benefit from some healthy mutual understanding. I have just recently returned to Arizona after 30 years away. I…
It is always a good idea to register with the Embassy, even if you’ll only be in the country a short time. The State Department in Washington, D.C. receives calls every day asking, “Is my son/daughter/husband, etc. all right? I haven’t heard from them for a while.” These calls, called “welfare and whereabouts” cases, are…
There has been quite a flap the past few days over the widespread publication of some political cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad in a bad light–one even showing him with a turban-cum-bomb with a lit fuse. Bad taste, bad manners, bad judgment. It inflames prejudices, wounds sensitivities, and arouses hatred. Can that be good? One…
Wayne “The Great One” Gretzky is on leave from his post as coach of the Arizona Coyotes of the NHL to visit his ailing mother in Brantford, Ontario. We wish her well. Several questions are raised by such an event, and I hope you can provide answers. 1. When does an expat athlete become an…
The world is not as safe a place as it was 5 years ago, but it is also not a very dangerous place, all things considered. And travel to remote places poses few actual risks. Yes, on an actuarial basis, you are FAR more likely to be beheaded by zealots in Baghdad than in Brooklyn,…
Today KnowMoreMedia (KMM), a business blog network and parent/host of ExPatFacts, revealed its new corporate homepage. The press release of the new site got a front page spot on PRWeb, a leading PR site for business news on the Web. It’s nice to be part of a knowledgeable and supportive company. I appreciate the freedom that…