ExPatFacts: Cultural Issues Archives

Cultural Issues Archives

Apr 6	Helping Foreign Friends Get a Visa - Part I Matt Ellsworth April 6, 2006 Know More: Cultural Issues, Embassies and Consulates, Governments & Laws, Travel Issues 2.0, Travel Issues It can be assumed that friends will come to you to ask for favors that might be within your reach but not within theirs, such as helping to get a visa. I have a short, unsatisfactory answer you can use: "I'm sorry, I can't help." Posted at 2:51 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr 6	Helping Foreign Friends Get a Visa - Part II Matt Ellsworth April 6, 2006 Part 2: How visas are issued. Visa applicants appear at the window of a consul (or vice consul or consular agent) and present an application. To get there, they may have had to travel for many hours and stand in... Continue Reading Posted at 12:29 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar13	World Baseball Classic Buzz Matt Ellsworth March 13, 2006 Is there any buzz abroad about the local teams? I know from experiences in Mexico that Latin Americans love a chance to humble--if not humiliate--the U.S. There was a growing interest in the Classic here in the U.S., but I don't think it survived to Canada in the opening round. Continue Reading Posted at 7:02 AM \| Permalink
	St. Patrick's Day around the World Matt Ellsworth March 13, 2006 What are the local expressions of St. Patrick's Day, if any, where you are? I just read that the first public celebration was in Boston, not in Ireland, so I'm thinking that it's roots are based as much in beer sales as in Irish nationalism. Continue Reading Posted at 6:55 AM \| Permalink
Feb27	UAE takes over US ports: So what? Matt Ellsworth February 27, 2006 I have sat by for days as the worst sort of paranoia and xenophobia was trumpeted over the issue of the UAE firm selected to manage major US ports. I can't sit idle any longer. Instead, I have to say, "How stupid can you be?" In hopes of educating at least one more American mind, I offer a few ideas: Continue Reading Posted at 7:51 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Faith healing, visions, and other foreign stuff Matt Ellsworth February 27, 2006 An expat gets to witnesses religious experiences abroad that they rarely see at home. I'm referring to faith healing shows, statues that weep or bleed, apparitions (or rather, reactions thereto), flagellations and excoriations, crucifixions, pilgrimages, and the like. Continue Reading Posted at 7:23 AM \| Permalink
	ExPat Brides Expats and Holidays America-Mexico Relations Summarized What Do Muslims Have Against the West? Muhammad Cartoons a Bad Idea Do Humans have a Homing Instinct? The Mañana Syndrome: Get Used to It What You Can't Get There, or Here The Muslim Hajj - Expats Going "Home" Celebrity ExPats as Experts - Harry Belafonte ExPats, but on the Same Globe Language Learning Tips Expat Sports Fans Lifelong Effects on Children Raised Abroad Christmas in non-Christian Lands Language Training for Work Overseas Wal-Mart Buying Stores in Latin America Children Born Abroad to Expats - Issues Visas - What Every ExPat Needs to Know Currency Exchange - When, Where, and How Much Crossing Cultures - Personal Space Mormon Missonaries Abroad Healthcare Abroad - Israel Health Care Abroad Why So Many Illegal ExPats in the United States? President Bush and the Guest Worker Proposal Prepare for Culture Shock

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Apr 6	Helping Foreign Friends Get a Visa - Part I Matt Ellsworth April 6, 2006 Know More: Cultural Issues, Embassies and Consulates, Governments & Laws, Travel Issues 2.0, Travel Issues It can be assumed that friends will come to you to ask for favors that might be within your reach but not within theirs, such as helping to get a visa. I have a short, unsatisfactory answer you can use: "I'm sorry, I can't help." Posted at 2:51 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr 6	Helping Foreign Friends Get a Visa - Part II Matt Ellsworth April 6, 2006 Part 2: How visas are issued. Visa applicants appear at the window of a consul (or vice consul or consular agent) and present an application. To get there, they may have had to travel for many hours and stand in... Continue Reading Posted at 12:29 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar13	World Baseball Classic Buzz Matt Ellsworth March 13, 2006 Is there any buzz abroad about the local teams? I know from experiences in Mexico that Latin Americans love a chance to humble--if not humiliate--the U.S. There was a growing interest in the Classic here in the U.S., but I don't think it survived to Canada in the opening round. Continue Reading Posted at 7:02 AM \| Permalink
	St. Patrick's Day around the World Matt Ellsworth March 13, 2006 What are the local expressions of St. Patrick's Day, if any, where you are? I just read that the first public celebration was in Boston, not in Ireland, so I'm thinking that it's roots are based as much in beer sales as in Irish nationalism. Continue Reading Posted at 6:55 AM \| Permalink
Feb27	UAE takes over US ports: So what? Matt Ellsworth February 27, 2006 I have sat by for days as the worst sort of paranoia and xenophobia was trumpeted over the issue of the UAE firm selected to manage major US ports. I can't sit idle any longer. Instead, I have to say, "How stupid can you be?" In hopes of educating at least one more American mind, I offer a few ideas: Continue Reading Posted at 7:51 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Faith healing, visions, and other foreign stuff Matt Ellsworth February 27, 2006 An expat gets to witnesses religious experiences abroad that they rarely see at home. I'm referring to faith healing shows, statues that weep or bleed, apparitions (or rather, reactions thereto), flagellations and excoriations, crucifixions, pilgrimages, and the like. Continue Reading Posted at 7:23 AM \| Permalink
	ExPat Brides Expats and Holidays America-Mexico Relations Summarized What Do Muslims Have Against the West? Muhammad Cartoons a Bad Idea Do Humans have a Homing Instinct? The Mañana Syndrome: Get Used to It What You Can't Get There, or Here The Muslim Hajj - Expats Going "Home" Celebrity ExPats as Experts - Harry Belafonte ExPats, but on the Same Globe Language Learning Tips Expat Sports Fans Lifelong Effects on Children Raised Abroad Christmas in non-Christian Lands Language Training for Work Overseas Wal-Mart Buying Stores in Latin America Children Born Abroad to Expats - Issues Visas - What Every ExPat Needs to Know Currency Exchange - When, Where, and How Much Crossing Cultures - Personal Space Mormon Missonaries Abroad Healthcare Abroad - Israel Health Care Abroad Why So Many Illegal ExPats in the United States? President Bush and the Guest Worker Proposal Prepare for Culture Shock

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