Tag: relocation
Leaving Mauritius: Your Exit Strategy and What Nobody Tells You
The Part Nobody Talks About Every Mauritius expat blog tells you how to arrive. How to get your permit, open a bank account, find a school, rent a villa. What almost nobody discusses is what happens when you leave. People leave Mauritius for all kinds of reasons. A job opportunity elsewhere. Ageing parents who need […]
What I Wish I Knew Before Moving to Mauritius
Nobody Warned Me About the Cheese I moved to Mauritius eighteen months ago from London, and the thing I was least prepared for was the price of cheddar. A block of Cathedral City that costs £3.50 at Tesco runs MUR 450 (about £8) at the Jumbo hypermarket in Riche Terre. Parmesan is worse. A decent […]
How to Move from South Africa to Mauritius: SARS, Permits and Everything Else
The Great Northward Migration South Africans are not moving to Mauritius because they suddenly fell in love with tropical islands. They are moving because Mauritius offers something South Africa increasingly does not: predictability. Predictable electricity, predictable safety, predictable government. The island is not perfect (we will get to that), but for South African families weighing […]
How to Move from the UK to Mauritius: A Step-by-Step Guide
Why Mauritius Keeps Drawing Britons Eastward The UK-to-Mauritius pipeline is not new. Mauritius was a British colony until 1968, English remains an official language, the legal system still leans on common law, and you drive on the left. For British expats, it feels familiar enough to be comfortable and foreign enough to be interesting. What […]