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Forum: Far East and Asia

Feb 15th 2019, 10:46 am

Replies: 6

Taiwan Visa

Views: 8,671

Posted By BritInTaiwan

Re: Taiwan Visa

Yes this is incredibly easy - you can book a return flight to Hong Kong from Taipei or Taichung, and you don';t even need to leave the airport, just get straight back on the plane.

It's known as a...

Forum: Moving back or to the UK

Feb 15th 2019, 10:21 am

Replies: 59

Reasons for returning to the UK

Views: 24,455

Posted By BritInTaiwan

Re: Reasons for returning to the UK

My reasons for moving back are my son's education, and regular contact my aging parents. Seeing old friends are a bonus too.

Everything else seems better in Asia. I'm honestly nervous about...

Forum: Moving back or to the UK

Feb 15th 2019, 10:10 am

Replies: 17

Moving back with 5 year old with limited English?

Views: 1,733

Posted By BritInTaiwan

Re: Moving back with 5 year old with limited English?

No Critism taken. We did debate minority language at home (MLAH) vs one parent one language (OPOL). In the end we went with the latter as my wife, despite speaking good English, felt more comfortable...

Forum: Moving back or to the UK

Feb 15th 2019, 8:59 am

Replies: 17

Moving back with 5 year old with limited English?

Views: 1,733

Posted By BritInTaiwan

Re: Moving back with 5 year old with limited English?

He speaks English to me and Mandarin to my wife.

He doesn't get much English input as 90% of the day he's immersed in Chinese. My bigger concern is that he won't be able to read and write when he...

Forum: Moving back or to the UK

Feb 14th 2019, 9:41 am

Replies: 17

Moving back with 5 year old with limited English?

Views: 1,733

Posted By BritInTaiwan

Re: Moving back with 5 year old with limited English?

Some LEAs do appear to allow summer born children to be held back, for example:

southwark gov uk/schools-and-education/school-admissions/admission-of-children-outside-their-normal-age-group
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Forum: Moving back or to the UK

Feb 12th 2019, 1:50 am

Replies: 17

Moving back with 5 year old with limited English?

Views: 1,733

Posted By BritInTaiwan

Re: Moving back with 5 year old with limited English?

Hi, thanks for your responses.

I thought my son might be able to start in reception the month after his 5th birthday because he's a very late summer baby, and I read that some LEAs allow that?...

Forum: Moving back or to the UK

Feb 11th 2019, 2:28 am

Replies: 17

Moving back with 5 year old with limited English?

Views: 1,733

Posted By BritInTaiwan

Moving back with 5 year old with limited English?

Hi all, my son is currently 3, and will turn 5 in August 2020. He has dual Taiwanese and British passports. I'm looking to move from Taiwan back to the UK in 2020 so that my son can start a UK...

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