Expat News Archive - Totally Expat: The Forum for Expatriate Management http://www.totallyexpat.memberlodge.com/expatnewsarchive Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:05:00 GMT Feed43 Proxy/1.0 (www.feed43.com) 60 942604afe448cc99cb509ba04558b25b US: IRS allows more time for certain persons with FBAR filing requirementsPakistan: Finance Act, 2009, is enactedPanama:... http://www.totallyexpat.memberlodge.com/US-IRS 91f6599af527331ff1f89d6771c7656a UK: Border Agency strike threatens airports http://www.totallyexpat.memberlodge.com/UK-Border-agency 9cdd48c39084c07f98e85500d580ac0d Argentina: Closure of Government Offices In Response To H1N1 (“Swine”) Flu http://www.totallyexpat.memberlodge.com/Argentina-Closure-Government-Offices-Swine-Flu b5443a77e330df6aeb6885738c3c8e88 Malaysia: Foreign worker stay cap http://www.totallyexpat.memberlodge.com/Malaysia-Foreign-worker-stay-cap 4d6f3f906427e5ef631b4493218f905c Canada – Ontario Pilot Program: Dependents of Temporary Foreign Workers to Obtain Work Permits http://www.totallyexpat.memberlodge.com/canada-work-permits 3ee32f3d4eb2dd9aa3702b904a14651c India budget’s abolition of FBT brings esops into perquisite tax net http://www.totallyexpat.memberlodge.com/india-prequisite-tax 2345e947e0dcf2e91940f64d0a6766f6 UK: New Visa Requirements Rolled Out http://www.totallyexpat.memberlodge.com/UK-New-Visa-Requirements-Rolled-Out 01ffe4fa7e2d79c9fb707b1466b7bc9b US: Consulate Form DS-160 Update http://www.totallyexpat.memberlodge.com/US-Form-DS-160 edaa31249fd1df8b0ade190ff3c55088 Australia: 2009/10 Budget ushers in new personal Taxation rates and thresholds http://www.totallyexpat.memberlodge.com/Australia-9-10-Budget-personal-Taxation 305d5f0db9b379052d3aedf997e30c58 CANADA - 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