I moved to Singapore for work in December 2020, and my nine months in the city-state turned out nothing like I'd expected.

As a Black, queer person I didn't feel safe in the United States anymore. So, my partner and I packed our bags and became expats in Latin America.

TikToker @brendenandellie reenacted the biggest differences he found at restaurants in the US after moving from the UK, from tipping to free refills.

Expats in Taiwan often earn multiple times the average local salary and get their housing paid for by their company.

I arrived in Singapore on January 8 and spent 14 days quarantined alone in a hotel room. The key to maintaining my sanity was a mindset I referred to as “low power mode.” My daily steps topped out at 150, and the meals got repetitive, but you can order food […]

Summary List Placement I moved from the East Coast of the US to Edinburgh, Scotland, in 2017. As an expat of three years and counting, there are plenty of things about life in America that fill me with nostalgia. But there are also just as many things I don’t miss […]

Small countries have long sold residency and passports to those with spare money willing to invest. Some of those are now essentially worthless with travel restrictions implemented due to the coronavirus. That’s why the ultra-wealthy seek out services of people like David Lesperance, a lawyer who’s made a decades-long career […]

Insider spoke to five travellers about why they decided to remain abroad instead of flying back home. As the coronavirus halted a majority of air travel, many people vacationing had to make quick decisions that could have long-lasting impacts. The biggest risk most travellers saw was being in an airport […]

Michelle Schoenung is a freelance writer and translator who has been living in Italy for two decades. She lives in the heart of Lombardy, the region in Italy that first declared a ‘red zone’ due to the coronavirus outbreak. Her kids haven’t been to school since late February- and on […]

Imani Bashir is a writer who was living in Wuhan, China, with her husband and their 3-year-old son. They left for a one-week beach vacation in Malaysia in mid-January to celebrate Lunar New Year. But on January 23, Wuhan was officially locked down – and they couldn’t go back. The […]

More than 20,000 expats living in 187 countries and regions rated various aspects of their lives away from home for InterNations, an expat network based in Germany. They were asked questions from the cost of living, to the quality of medical care, to the ease of making local friends. Their […]

The best countries for working female expats have been ranked by InterNations, the world’s largest expat community. The researchers found that women are more likely to move abroad to support their partner’s career than their own. The ranking features countries from all over the world, and is an effort to […]

HSBC Expat released its annual expat survey to find the countries where expats earn the highest income and have the most job opportunities. There are countries from all over the world, including the US, China, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, and Bahrain. Switzerland is the best country to live abroad if you […]

ECA International has released its annual Cost of Living report, revealing the most expensive cities in the world to live in. In order to produce the list, the business management consultancy compared the costs of a basket of day-to-day goods and services commonly purchased by expats in various countries, including […]

ECA International has released its annual Cost of Living report, revealing the most expensive cities in the world to live in. In order to produce the list, the business management consultancy compared the costs of a basket of day-to-day goods and services commonly purchased by expats in various countries, including […]

Expat life can seem like a dream – but people who have done it know it has its own challenges. Travel fiends who want to take it to the next level might consider a one-way ticket to an interesting locale to live and work. We spoke with a handful of […]

HSBC’s “Expat Explorer” lets you to find the best countries for expats using any combination of criteria. Job security, wage growth, safety, and a good quality of life are important factors when choosing a country to settle in. Norway, Singapore, and Switzerland are the best countries for expats based on […]