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i WORKING ABROAD i ii This page is left intentionally blank iii This page is left intentionally blank iv This page is left intentionally blank v WORKING ABROAD THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT 28TH EDITION JONATHAN REUVID v vi First published in 1977 Twenty-eighth edition 2007 Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, this publication may only be reproduced, stored or transmitted, in any form or by any means, with the prior permission in writing of the publishers, or in the case of reprographic reproduction in accor- dance with the terms of licences issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside those terms should be sent to the publishers at the under- mentioned addresses: Kogan Page Limited Kogan Page US 120 Pentonville Road 525 South 4th Street, #241 London N1 9JN Philadelphia PA 19147 United Kingdom USA www.kogan-page.co.uk © Godfrey Golzen and contributors 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991 © Kogan Page Ltd and contributors 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 The right of Kogan Page Ltd and the individual contributors to be identified as the authors of this work has been asserted by them in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Every effort has been made to ensure information in this book is up to date at the time of printing. Where no revisions to country profiles were received from individual embassies, the text from the previous edition has sometimes been used. ISBN-10: 0 7494 4951 9 ISBN-13: 978 0 7494 4951 3 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A CIP record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Reuvid, Jonathan. Working abroad : the complete guide to overseas employment / Jonathan Reuvid. – 28th ed. p. cm. ISBN-13: 978-0-7494-4951-3 ISBN-10: 0 7494 4951 9 1. British–Employment–Foreign countries–Handbooks, manuals, etc. 2. Employment in foreign countries–Handbooks, manuals, etc. I. Title. HF5549.5.E45G64 2007 331.702--dc22 2007016391 Typeset by Saxon Graphics Ltd, Derby Printed and bound by Thanet Press Ltd, Margate vi vii This page is left intentionally blank viii This page is left intentionally blank Contents Acknowledgements xviii Introduction 1 Part One: Job Opportunities and Employee Expectations 9 1. Independent Job Opportunities 11 Finding a job abroad 12 Finding a job on spec 16 Specialist areas 18 Checklist: Independent job opportunities 26 2. Internationally Mobile Employees’ Expectations 27 Categories of overseas employment 27 When an overseas appointment is required 28 The employer’s perspective 29 Terms of employment and remuneration 32 Conclusion 34 Checklist: Employment conditions 34 Part Two: Managing Personal Finance 39 3. Domicile and Residence 41 The concepts 41 The impact on UK taxation 42 Your employment package 49 Planning points 51 Conclusion 54 Checklist: Tax aspects of leaving the UK 54 Checklist: Tax aspects of returning to the UK 55 4. Banking, Financial Planning and Asset Management 56 Offshore banking services 57 Foreign currency 63 Alternatives for investing surplus income 64 ix x This page is left intentionally blank
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