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There's this new Butcher shop on SSR Ave and Ave Capucines that has just started selling fresh milk bottles from a farm in the North. I think the name of the shop is Regalis. it's a couple of blocks before SuperUnic. Read More

@tinauk in our case, police seems to be doing the best they can - they reviewed videos, but unfortunately they had cameras only at cashiers and not in all the garden. They're on to something. Hopefully it leads somewhere. @gemais She's ok, ... Read More

I'd highly recommend to convert it if you can.. my wife had her international drivers license stolen and the police here cannot replace it. They could not convert it either as we did not have the original copy. Had we done the conversion ... Read More

I recently had to do that. You can convert your international drivers license to a Mauritian one without taking any tests. It costs Rs500 and you'll need to bring an 'attestation' document as well from the UK to say that ur drivers ... Read More

While traveling, it makes sense to have hidden under-pockets etc.. but we live here now and in everyday life, it just makes it very unpractical. But i guess that's one solution to not have it stolen. Read More

Thank you so much for the great information 411! Will try to get that done once my wife gets her residence permit. Bummer that it has to be done in Port Louis. I wish local stations could handle these. Thanks, Nilesh Read More

Just to give an update so that others can get the insight from my experience. So once I opened a regular MCB savings account (which as painless), opening a USD account was a breeze from their online self-service portal. After I had the USD account ... Read More

Opening a bank account was the easy part from my local credentials. (I am a dual citizen US/Mauritius). The bank told me if it's bank to bank transfer, it's no worries and they don't need verification of source of funds. It's only ... Read More

Download and get the efax app on your phone. It'll allow you 10 free faxes when you first join. I have used it to send faxes in us and canada by taking pics of what i need to fax and send it directly by phone. Read More

Thanks Winston! Appreciate the response. I was looking at the Returning Mauritian Scheme and diaspora.mu schema which does give good customs benefits to returning Mauritians, but with quotes as much as 14kUSD from Austin for a container, we'd ... Read More

Thanks a lot for the multiple answers. Appreciate the answers and perspectives. Damn FATCA! Helps a lot and gives me some good pov on what to expect and what documents to keep/produce when I am in Mauritius. Yes, I am Mauritian and US citizen as ... Read More