• Differences between Emergency Room and Urgent Care
    Differences between Emergency Room and Urgent Care

    It is not easy for a foreigner to understand the difference between these two terms, because beyond the nuance of language, in most countries, there is no difference.

  • Working remotely from Dubai
    Working remotely from Dubai

    Dubai has done everything it could to attract travelers in 2021 including attracting teleworking employees, with special conditions.

  • Buying glasses online
    Buying glasses online
    Buying glasses abroad can be complicated. For the past fifteen years, there have been sites that offer to deliver glasses through distance selling.
  • The ranking of the most popular destinations gets shuffled by covid-19.
    Le classement des destinations les plus populaire chamboulé par le covid-19.

    Covid-19 has changed the way we travel. Expatriation is also affected. This article gathers some rankings established on different criteria.

  • Handicap et expatriation
    Disability and expatriation
    Expatriation is an exciting adventure that requires good preparation. When you have a disability, the questions to consider are even more important.
  • VanCare: Analysis of the new health insurance available in Vanuatu
    VanCare: Analysis of the new health insurance available in Vanuatu
    Fiji Care, the Fijian insurer, has just launched VanCare, the local version of its FijiCare contract, on the Vanuatu market.We have analyzed its advantages and limitations.
  • Teleconsultation: your expatriate health insurance innovates
    Teleconsultation: your expatriate health insurance innovates

    Your expatriate insurers are innovating and some of them already include the medical teleconsultation service. We introduce them to you here.

  • Happy to have helped an expat
    Happy to have helped an expat
    An expatriate client was hospitalized in Nepal due to Covid. The insurer had misinterpreted a statement made by the husband and thought they didn't have to intervene.

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The ranking of the most popular destinations gets shuffled by covid19.

Covid-19 has changed the way we travel. Expatriation is also affected. This is due to political crises and changes in visa policies. This article gathers some rankings established on different criteria....

29/09/2022 

Disability and expatriation

Expatriation is an exciting adventure that requires good preparation. When you have a disability, the  questions to consider are  even more important. What is expatriation like with a disability? ...

11/04/2022 

Unmarried couple : what are the expatriation rules?

Some countries do not recognize the status of cohabitation or civil union pacts. For expatriates, this is a point to be checked when applying for a visa and in some cases, you will have to get married....

04/02/2022 

Happy to have helped an expat

An expatriate client was hospitalized in Nepal due to Covid. The insurer had misinterpreted a statement made by the husband and thought they didn't have to intervene....

27/10/2021 

Buying glasses online

Buying glasses abroad can be complicated. This is the case in countries where there are few opticians qualified to work on complex lenses, where you cannot be sure of the quality of the lenses or where the prices are high....

21/09/2021 

Working remotely from Dubai

Dubai has done everything it could to attract travelers in 2021 including attracting teleworking employees, with special conditions. It is almost one of the first countries to offer a one-year virtual work program....

31/08/2021 

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Differences between Emergency Room and Urgent Care

It is not easy for a foreigner to spontaneously understand the difference between these two terms, because beyond the nuance of language, in most countries, there is no difference....

19/11/2020 

Teleconsultation: your expatriate health insurance innovates

Your expatriate insurers are innovating and some of them already include the medical teleconsultation service. We introduce them to you here. ...

05/04/2019 

VanCare: Analysis of the new health insurance available in Vanuatu

Fiji Care, the Fijian insurer, has just launched VanCare, the local version of its FijiCare contract, on the Vanuatu market. We have analyzed its advantages and limitations. Our findings will make people miss the QBE contract....

06/07/2018 

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