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Category: Immigration Insights
Netherlands Increases Minimum Salary Levels for Highly Skilled Migrants
December 15, 2011
Effective from 1 January 2012, the minimum salary levels for highly skilled foreign nationals who come to work in the Netherlands through the Kennismigranten (Knowledge Migrant programme) have been increased. The minimum annual base salary for highly skilled migrants aged…
Read MoreAppeal Fees: A Necessary Measure or Unnecessarily Unfair?
December 14, 2011
This week, we reported that the United Kingdom's Ministry of Justice are introducing appeal fee charges for some asylum and immigration appeals from 19 December 2011. We are still awaiting full guidance from the Ministry concerning the new charges, including...
Read MoreThe UK and the European Union where next?
December 12, 2011
In recent weeks the media has been dominated by reports of the unfolding Eurozone crisis, which has seen the British Foreign Secretary William Hague proclaim 'I described the euro as a burning building with no exits and so it has...
Read MoreNew Appeal Fee Charges for Asylum and Immigration Appeals
December 12, 2011
The Ministry of Justice will be introducing appeal fee charges for some asylum and immigration appeals from 19 December 2011. People who want to appeal against a decision notice dated 19 December 2011 or later will need to pay a…
Read MoreDo you know what ‘Statelessness’ means?
December 9, 2011
This week, we came across an extremely interesting report on a subject that is unheard of by many of us in the UK. Asylum Aid and the UN Refugee Agency published a joint research report: ‘Mapping Statelessness in the United...
Read MoreEntrepreneur visas – proving the UK is still open for business!
December 8, 2011
Whilst the UK Government appears keen to limit the number of migrant workers coming into the UK it is reassuring to know that the recent ‘migrant capping' has not greatly affected the movement of skilled workers to the UK. On...
Read MoreBELGIUM INCREASES MINIMUM SALARY LEVELS FOR TYPE B WORK PERMITS
December 8, 2011
Effective from 1 January 2012, Belgium has raised the minimum salary levels for Type "B" work permits for highly skilled or senior managerial non-EEA workers. The minimum annual base salary for highly skilled foreign nationals will be increased from €36,604…
Read MoreAvoid a counterfeit Christmas!
December 7, 2011
For those who are new to the UK and may be looking forwards to a first Christmas here, we thought it would be useful to bring to your attention the following release from UKBA: As the festive season gets underway,…
Read MoreNew online system of checking Biometric Residence Permits introduced
December 7, 2011
Yesterday, the UK Immigration Minister Damian Green announced a new system designed to make it easier for companies to check whether foreign nationals they wish to employ can legally work in the UK. From spring 2012, employers will be able…
Read MoreArticle 8: Where do you Stand?
December 7, 2011
Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) ensures your ‘right to respect for private and family life.' However, it is not an absolute right which means that the government can limit or interfere with it in certain...
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