ExpatSingles: an expat community for singles

Who is the ExpatSingles community for?

The ExpatSingles community is for single adults aged 18 and over who live abroad: people who moved for a job, a degree, a partner or simply a different life. It is just as much for locals who enjoy meeting someone from elsewhere, because many good expat stories start with exactly that.

Members come from all over the world and live in many countries; most are in Germany, the Netherlands, Australia, Ireland, the UK and the US. Profiles show where someone lives now and, if they like, where they are from and what they hope to find.

An expat community built around dating

Plenty of expat communities help with housing, paperwork and finding a good doctor. ExpatSingles does one thing: it helps singles who live abroad meet each other. Profiles say what someone is looking for, from friendship to a long-term relationship, and the daily suggestions follow those answers, your age range and the distance you set.

That focus is why people join. Whether you want to meet expats in your city for a date, or simply have someone to talk to who understands a life between two countries, you start with people who are open to it.

How ExpatSingles checks its members

No dating site can promise perfection, so ExpatSingles combines several checks and shows you who has passed them:

• Free ID check. Members can verify themselves with an ID document and get a Verified badge on their profile.
• Video check. A short live video call with a moderator confirms a member is real without any documents.
• Manual review. The team can review and validate a profile by hand, and many members are manually verified this way.
• Age checks. Software estimates each member's age, and extra checks follow wherever the law requires them.
• Screening and moderation. Photos, videos and messages are screened on upload by software and by people, and unusual activity is flagged.

Your privacy in the expat community

You choose a username, and that is the name other members see. Your real name, your email address and your exact location are never shown; your profile mentions only the nearest town or city.

You stay in control of who can reach you: blocking someone takes one tap and works at once, and you can report a profile or a message from wherever you see it. If a match tries to move the conversation to WhatsApp or another app, ExpatSingles warns you, because that is how many romance scams begin.

House rules that keep the expat community friendly

• Be yourself. Use recent photos of you, and say honestly what you are looking for.
• Be kind. Treat other members the way you would at a first coffee: politely, even when you are not interested.
• Keep money out of it. Never ask a member for money, and never send money to anyone you met online.
• Speak up. Report anything that feels wrong; the support team is there day and night.

Who writes the pages on ExpatSingles?

George Sanders, Head of Content at ExpatSingles, writes and checks the guides on this site, and has covered online dating since 2012. Prices come from the live price list and features from the platform's own documentation.