Know More: Cultural Issues, Money, Security Overseas If you’re heading overseas for an extended stay, you will want to have a good strategy for converting your money into the local currency. (I’m assuming that you will not be paid in the local currency, which is standard practice for international companies.) It’s important to learn before…
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…