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 entries they allow (single or multiple), and what your “status”…
I prepared this entry for a translation blog I write. It seemed appropriate that I duplicate it here. No matter where you are, you live on a globe that has completed another circuit around the sun and is roughly 10 days past the solstice. We all share that. Further, I have become impressed over the…
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A recent comment by Tim Stay suggested the name of Gertrude Bell as a famous expat. The Smithsonian Magazine published a short article on this exceptional woman in its April 1998 issue. I recommend it to all who deal with the Middle East and worry about suppression of women there. Ms. Bell proved that expertise and intelligence…
How many of you expats are living overseas in an ancestral homeland? What motivated you to move there? I have seen enough in my many years of travel and genealogical research to suggest that there is some sort of innate affinity–or perhaps a fascination–with the homeland of one’s ancestors. I have often heard travelers talk about…
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An article by Ilana Ozernoy in a recent (December 26, 2005) U.S. News & World Report offers an outsiders view of American evangelical efforts in Eastern Russian. Among other things, it states, “The ex-pat evangelical community itself is largely fractured. Missionaries seldom mix with other Americans for fear of becoming more visible or being lumped…
I invite you to tell me the allure and value of boarding schools. And mind you, it had better be good. To me, sending your children away while you work overseas seems like alienation upon alienation. Overseas I often heard of parents sending their children off to a boarding school rather than put them into the local…
I was pleased to see that Anonymous has commented again on my entry regarding helping persons in need overseas. I urge all to read the comment. (I can only assume it is the same author, based on content and style.) It expresses well how complex the whole matter of visas can be. The commenter also tells…
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