New Retirement Visa For British Expats in NZ

British expats eyeing New Zealand as the place for retirement will be pleased to know that the country recently revised its retirement visa policy, wherein British expats are able to apply for residency under a new type of visa.  ”There are around 215,000 British expats living in New Zealand, and statistics from New Zealand Department of Labour show that the UK is the largest source country of migrants approved for permanent residency (17 per cent). However, the rate of migration from the UK has fallen during the economic slowdown of the past few years.”

Read more from telegraph.co.uk

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We take a look at expat related news this week.

Financial crisis hits expats:
- Expatriates, among which a large proportion of British expats, who had savings at the Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander (Isle of Man) or Landsbanki in Guernsey where directly affected by the financial crisis. 

- Some expatriates or future expatriates will find there perks reduced by the projected cost cutting from companies. Banks in Singapore are already acting more cautiously on housing allowance and club memberships.

Expat behaviours make headlines in the UAE:
Two Britons were arrested this summer for having sex on one of Dubai’s beach. Reports on conflicting lifestyles and behaviors.

Expat Fair, show, expos
Last month we wrote about the expat Fairs around the world. If you didn’t get a chance to go there, you can check out a video from the I am not a tourist Fair in Amsterdam or the pictures from the expat expo in Geneva.

Elections:
- Both, candidate  McCain  and candidate Obama are reported to be actively seeking the votes from the expatriates. The fight for Florida might actually take place in Israel.

- Americans are not the only ones to vote this year. Canadians voted last week.  The national post reports on the frustration of Canadian expatriates particularly if they are currently living in in locations like Hong Kong, New York or London.

Expat Voices: Expatriates around the world are blogging about the US presidential elections:
- After reviewing the  Obama position on Americans abroad in September, American expat Peter Dahlen reviews The McCain Position on Americans Abroad

- You can check out what are the recent blog post from expatriates around the world by using the ExpatFinder Expat Blog search. You will have the latest blog posts about Barack Obama, John McCain, Joe Biden, Sarah Palin and much more… only Joe the plumber is not yet that famous abroad…

- Democrats abroad, Republicans Abroad, you can use the information search of Expatfinder.com in your campaigns to reach out to Americans abroad!