Festive opening International Service Desk Maastricht Region
Amid great interest, the International Service Desk Maastricht Region has been opened in Mosae Forum on Friday 27 November 2009. Maastricht mayor Gerd Leers performed the opening. In the build-up to this opening, XCent Expat Support wrote a report for the Maastricht council. It includes an advice on how to set up and expand the International Service Desk Maastricht Region. Over the years, XCent Expat Support has acquired great expertise in this field. XCent Expat Support congratulates Maastricht with the opening of the Desk and wishes them an expat rich future!
XCent Expat Support and INSync: together strong!
Both parties have joined hands in order to offer a practical training to skilled migrants and their partners. This training is designed to ease the cultural adjustments and make a stay in the Netherlands a life enriching experience. For more information, please check the website of INSync or enter your details here. We will then contact you within 24 hours.
Warm welcome to foreign chiropractors in the Netherlands
A large number of chiropractors in the Netherlands have received a personal letter from XCent Expat Support. It elaborates on the extensive services that XCent Expat Support has to offer to a foreign chiropractor. Find out for yourself by using this link. We would also be happy to discuss your wishes in person.
Article in the XPat Journal with Maastricht School of Management -
March 20th 2009
The spring issue of the XPat Journal appeared in the beginning of March.
XCent Expat Support wrote an article for this issue in good co-operation with the Maastricht School of Management, about attracting foreign knowledge workers for companies based in Limburg. ‘
MSM Interbridge heads the Limburg Innovation Class – drawing foreign knowledge workers to Limburg – a pilot project commissioned by the Province of Limburg’ – Read the article
Rescheduled to wednesday April 8th
XCent Expat Support present at entrepreneurs venue, Eindhoven –
March 4th 2009
On wednesday March 4th an entrepeneurs venue ‘Entrepeneurship, Creation & Innovation’will be held in Eindhoven.
XCent Expat Support will be present at this venue. For more information see: www.ibolcongres.nl
XCent Expat Support present at kick off meeting ‘The Guest Card’ –
February 23rd 2009
On Monday February 23rd a kick off meeting will be held at the Amsterdam Pulitzer Hotel for the introduction of The Guest Card Amsterdam.
XCent Expat Support will be present at this launch.
Vietnamese New Year’s Celebration ‘Tet Nugyen Dan’ -
February 10th 2009
XCent Expat Support was present at Vietnamese New Year’s reception in The Hague on Tuesday February 10th.
Brabant offers assistance to expats –
January 2009
The city of ‘s-Hertogenbosch reports that the ‘Brabantse Ontwikkelings Maatschappij’ (BOM) has plans to open an expatcenter in the province of Noord-Brabant to offer assistance to expats. Besides this the city reports that already a commercial company which offers support to international companies and educational institutes who want to hire foreign personnel and students is based in ‘s-Hertogenbosch;
XCent Expat Support.
’They offer assistance with the immigration and residence procedures for highly skilled knowledge migrant, working migrants and students’. For more information, see page 3 of the news magazine (article in Dutch).
Happy New Year! -
January 5th 2009
XCent Expat Support wishes everyone a happy and prosperous 2009. In this new year
XCent Expat Support continues to provide you with excellent service!
Performa fair in Utrecht
– October 8th 2008
Wednesday October 8th and Thursday October 9th the annual fair for human resources, Performa, takes place in the Jaarbeurs in Utrecht.
XCent Expat Support will be present to give you detailed information about Dutch immigrationprocedures in case you wish to hire foreign personnel. Are you not going to be present at the Performa fair, but do have some questions about Dutch immigrationprocedures, please contact
XCent Expat Support via telephone,
073 – 68 68 608. Our consultant are more than willing to assist you. Did you miss us on October 8th and 9th, you can still meet us at the ‘I am not a Tourist’ fair in the Beurs van Berlage in Amsterdam on October 12th.
XCent Expat Support in China –
August 20th 2008
Xcent Expat Support will be present in Beijing several days during the Olympics as of August 20th. Their program contains of appointments with Chinese (governmental) institutions as well as networking with Chinese companies. Besides this
XCent Expat Support will be attending the Holland promotion at the Holland Heineken House, where approximately 500 Chinese companies will be present.
XCent Expat Support present at ‘I am not a tourist’ fair on October 12th 2008
August 20th 2008
This year
XCent Expat Support will be present again at the annual Expatica fair ‘I am not a tourist’ held on Sunday October 12th in the Beurs van Berlage in Amsterdam. Will you also pay us a visit at standnumber 48?
First Chinese version book ‘The Dutch and their Habits’ introduced -
June 3rd 2008
 Tuesday June 3rd the first Chinese version of the informationbook ‘The Dutch and their Habits’ was handed over to the chairman of ‘The European Chinese Chamber of Commerce’ (ECCC), mr. Cho Ya Hsii by
XCent EXpat Support's consultant mr. Peter Paul de Jong.
The meeting of the ECCC, which was attended by about 30 interested Chinese and Dutch parties, informed about the different aspects of doing business with China. Manners in China, Chinese investments in Europe and the meaning of China for the MKB was explained. The meeting was ended with the introduction of the Chinese version of the informationbook ‘The Dutch and their Habits’ in which Chinese entrepreneurs and Chinese migrant can read about interesting and peculiar manners of the Dutch.
Are you interested in the
Chinese version of the book ‘The Dutch and their Habits’, please contact
XCent Expat support via:
RENEWED INFORMATIONBOOK;
'The Dutch and their Habits' - April 21st 2008
 On Monday April 21st 2008 the director of
XCent, mr. Ronald Botterman, handed the first copy (of the renewed) informatiebook
‘the Dutch and their habits’ over to the director of Rabobank Amsterdam Zuid, mr. Sander Middendorp. This also includes Rabobank Expatdesk
XCent Expat Support hands the renewed copy over to the Rabobank’s expatdesk, because they are a young and dynamic unit within a large stabile organisation, like
XCent Expat Support.
The renewed informationbook welcomes every foreign employee and foreign student to the Netherlands. ‘Dutch Openness and other values’, ‘Dutch working environment’, ‘Food and drinks’, ‘Leisure’; these are some of the chapters of this very informative, easy readable book. This book is a
must-have for expats and foreign students in the Netherlands.
We offer you this informationbook at a very interesting rate. When you order at least 500 copies, we can even place your companies name and logo on the frontside and backside of the informationbook. For more information about our interesting rates, please call 0031 (0) 73 68 68 608 or e-mail expatsupport@xcent.nl
'Dutch Immigration procedures; Still a challenge for both students and Dutch educational institutes?' -
March 25th 2008
Are you wondering how foreign students deal with the Dutch immigration procedures? Or how the Dutch educational institutes apply for the MVV's and residence permits for their foreign students?
XCent Expat Support is assisting the International Office of the Tilburg University on this matter.
Click here for an article about the dilemma's of Dutch educational institutes and the hel |
