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Why aren't questions that belong on Expats migrated there rather than closed?

Need to flag them for mods to migrate, unfortunately. It's not an automated process. So do vote to close, but also flag it, so that the mod can see and deal with it.
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Recent questions about marriage and visa

There are two types of marriages to think about... The standard marriage where somebody is in the country of their intended and wants to get married. These types of marriages usually envision ...
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Why aren't questions that belong on Expats migrated there rather than closed?

Questions closed as "better on Expats.SE" don't get flagged automatically, so it definitely helps to add a quick mod flag to bring it to our attention. Also, unless I'm absloutely wrong and missing ...
7 votes

Adding "post this on Expatriates" guidance to the ask page

Some details could be used from the expats what's on-topc help page. Shortening the first few of the "what to ask" points might be good enough and not too long: If your question is about ...
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Recent questions about marriage and visa

Unless the questions is also asking about moving to another country/the effect hat being married will have on their immigration options, then I don't think it is a question from Expats. Certainly if ...
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2 votes

Please migrate this thread to Expats

I flagged this both for off-topicness as well as for migration. This is IMHO the most efficient way to deal with migration. Posting here on Meta might not be as effective, since users/mods don't ...
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50 nationalities, 100 countries, should we expect and tolerate 5000 visa questions?

I like your proposal, but people are coming because they like the site and what's wrong with that? My "dream" is to reach the position where say 85% - 95% of UK and Schengen questions are duplicates. ...
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50 nationalities, 100 countries, should we expect and tolerate 5000 visa questions?

The ignore tags feature is handy, but only in "highlighting" how many visa questions there are on the site. Granted, some folk may be earning a lot of rep in answering them. I can tolerant 5000+ visa ...

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