"I have a person in my city that I can physically see, connect and hang out with. I am really delighted and hope that this will be the beginning of a lovely friendship." - Nioucha

Do you feel like a stranger in your passport country? No Tckid group or meetup in your area? Learn how Nioucha and Yu successfully met each other on tckid.com, and how you can do it too.

“Without [Tckid], which has become this lovely net for us all to caught in, we would have wandered the streets of Portland and missed each other!

Find a Tckid in your city in 10 minutes
Who would you like to meet? You can search based on age, interest, location and much more. Login to my.Tckid.com and use the “Advanced Search” to find members interested in making friends or networking in your city. There are new members joining every day, and we invite you to keep searching. (Can”t find someone in your location? Learn how to help raise awareness of Tckid in your region.)

Our First Meeting

“So, Yu and I agreed to meet in a lovely modern “European” style café in an area in the center of Portland called the Pearl District in the afternoon. Yu spotted me right away as I was getting ready to order my chai latte. We made warm our warm introductions, ordered our respective drinks and then sat down and talked…and talked…and talked. 2 hours and 45 min flew by so quickly as there was so much to exchange and parallels to draw.”

2. Break the ice: Introduce yourself
Yu wrote in her profile that she was interested in meeting new people in Portland, and Nioucha sent her a message to introduce herself and meet at a cafe. Sometimes you have to take first step to break the ice. You can start getting connected and meet people today.

"I travel... because I want to see the world through different eyes... and to meet TCKs around the world!" - Yu

“Yu is warm, very pretty, engaging, upbeat, easy-going, well-educated, well-rounded and a keen listener. While our stories and backgrounds are different, we are both transplants to this city, we are both struggling to find steady employment, we are both thinking about leaving and going elsewhere (but where to and when are the main issues), we both have an education/teaching background, we both feel a bit lost and ‘stuck between two or more worlds’, we both want to travel more, we both are fascinated by different cultures and languages and we both miss feeling connected to other internationals.

There were several moments when Yu was telling about her feelings or what she was experiencing that I felt “I know, I know what you mean. I have been there too!” That intrinsic sense of understanding the delicate and complex framework that makes us TCKs was such a lovely reprieve, a kind of “chicken soup for the soul”, from my more overall current feelings of frustration, isolation and at times profound loneliness. Now, not only do I have a little haven to connect with my TCK friends and companions online, but I also have a person in my city that I can physically see, connect and hang out with. I am really delighted and hope that this will be the beginning of a lovely friendship.”

What if I get no response and it doesn”t work out? And I still don”t know where I belong?

You may reach out to a few people and get no response or maybe you won”t connect with the right person right away. The reality is that you may have to meet more than one person before you find a connection that “fits”. Every friendship takes time to develop and requires persistence. However, taking the time to build a strong social network of friends in your city will reap many rewards. Learn more on TCK Academy.

Scott M writes:
“When I lived in Texas, I struggled to fit in, no matter how hard I tried… then I actually met a TCK here in the Tckid.com chatroom. We exchanged emails, and eventually got on Skype … and now we’re best friends. This community really changed my life, this is why I got involved to help.”

Want to meet Tckid today? Here”s how to get started:

1. Login to  http://my.tckid.com

2. Find a Tckid in your city
Who would you like to meet? Use the “Advanced Search” to find members interested in making friends or networking in your city. You can search based on age, interest, location and much more. There are new members joining every day, and we invite you to keep searching.

(Can”t find someone in your location? Learn how to help raise awareness of Tckid in your region.)

3. Join an interest group

Do you want to connect based on interests?  We have groups such as: Writers, Singles/dating, Parents, Office TCKs, Universities, Pre-teens, Missionary/Christian, Adult TCKs over 50+, and much more.

4. Read More Stories

Want to learn where you can read more stories and share yours?  Learn why over 21,000 members joined Tckid and read their stories.

More Questions? Check out our FAQ to get answers!

Popularity: 31% [?]

People from across the world have joined TCKid UK to understand themselves a bit better and make a positive difference in people’s lives. Tell us why you’ve joined this community and how you have benefited from it.

It will help and encourage new members to reach out to their local groups.

PLEASE SHARE YOUR FEEDBACK and THANK YOU NOTES BELOW:

1. How, specifically, did TCKid UK help you? (Did you make new friends?)
2. What would you say to a friend who was thinking of joining – but wasn’t sure?
3. If you feel it is warranted, feel free to leave a testimonial for volunteers or anyone involved by leaving a comment in the comment box below.

Thank you for your feedback!

“I don’t have many places that I feel I belong to. My house is not a home. I feel at home at TCKID. ” Aya N. Tokyo, Japan

“TCKid is a valuable resource to TCKs and those desiring to serve them. As an adult third culture kid working in Asia, serving over 2000 TCKs, I know that I want to see the work and resources of TCKid continue.

My father, David Pollock, who co-wrote the ground-breaking book Third Culture Kids with Ruth Van Reken, spent 26 years listening to, teaching, and caring for third culture kids everywhere. I feel strongly that he would fully support TCKid and the support and encouragement this site provides.

There are many more TCKs to reach. Let’s not allow the onslaught of a few to prevent the good of many!”
-Michael Pollock

“I am a mom of 4 TCKs – we have lived in Eastern Europe for 10 years, and have just recently returned to the states. TCKID information has been vitally important for the emotional health of my own children. I have shared countless times over the years with others who also have TCKs. This is an invaluable organization.
Lisa Runzo, Colorado Springs.

“I’m starting a fantastic obsession with this website. That’s what I’m doing right now. And I’ll keep doing it until I have to leave for work. – Nika

“This is so exciting… I’m reading some of the posts here and the stories are soo familiar..it’s great! I can’t believe that even after trawling the net for so long I didn’t find this place earlier!” – Kita

Useful Links:

TCKid Groups Flickr Pictures: Pictures from meetups from Singapore to Colorado. Send your pictures to manager@tckid.com

TCKid UK on Facebook

TCKids in the U.K on my.tckid.com -  Search for anyone based on interest, age, and location. (Private members only. Join here.)

FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions: Questions? You will find your answers here.

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TCKID has released its first annual list of the top 10 cities in the world in which TCKs live, ranking them by popularity based on its membership of 21,458 Cross Cultural people. (This is not a poll or a survey. It’s the location of our members based on their I.P addresses as given to us by Facebook.)

The table below lists the largest 20 cities in the world based on population for the year of 2009 of people who identity themselves as “Cross Cultural” and/or “Third Culture”.

The most popular city is New York!

Top 10 Cities

1. New York 474
2. Bangkok 381
3. Singapore 306
4. Hong Kong 290
5. Washington 279
6. London 274
7. Sydney 259
8. Los Angeles 222
9. Makati 213
10. Jakarta 210

Other Cities

Toronto 210
Seoul 204
Dubai 202
Chicago 197
Kuala Lumpur 177
Seattle 166
Melbourne 163
Atlanta 157
Houston 157
Oslo 148

Learn more the TCKID New York City group.

Join a local TCKID group (over 50 cities)

Top Countries

United States 8,549
United Kingdom 1,829
Canada 1,003
Australia 841
China 453
Thailand 387
Germany 348
France 342
Netherlands 313
Japan 311
Philippines 308
Hong Kong 302
Singapore 299
Indonesia 274
India 259
South Korea 221
Norway 218
Malaysia 215
United Arab Emirates 206
Switzerland 202

Where to meet TCKs?

Want to meet TCKs in your area? Join a local group and meet other TCKs from 50 locations.

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if yes, please leave a message.

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Hi everyone,

I´m in Brasilia and will be here for a couple of months and I was wondering if there are any TCKs here who would like to meet up?

=)

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Hello!

I just moved to Bahrain (1/2 home, again, for the 3rd time). I was wondering if any of you live in this region?

I spent my life between Canada, the UAE, Spain, Lebanon and Bahrain. It would be great to find people that share the same life style over here!

Looking forward to your reply =)

Fatima

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Taipei OR Xinchu will do! (Or…?)

You can be of Taiwanese parents who is desperate to leave here (just as me!)

or u can b a TCKid of other kind!=)

I know “Taiwan (do) produce many of us” (I forget who at TCKid said this XD! JAJA! Hilarious!!!~~~)

So~!!~~ How about a “meet-up” XD?!!?

Please?!?!~~~

XD!!!

Email me! soytuninajesus@yahoo.com.tw

I am serious

Or any of u here who knows a TCKid who is “recently” in Taiwan!?!?

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Hey There! I am Elisabetta.

I am a missionary kid from México., who

recently moved to Huntsville, Alabama. I

was wondering if there were any MKs around these here parts?! : )

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Any TCKs in the Dallas/Fort Worth area????

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Libby Stephens, Director of TCK Services at Interaction International, will be in Tianjin, Beijing, & Qingdao, China from January 9-25, 2009.

If you’d like to contact her, email: libbystephens@interactionintl.org.

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