Category: Immigration Insights

February 26, 2018

Meet Daniela Lima! On February 28, Newland Chase’s Managing Director for Latin America, Daniela Lima, and Simone Pinheiro, Manager of Immigration for our São Paulo office, presented their webinar ‘Brazil’s New Migration Law: Immigration and Compliance in the Spotlight’.

February 26, 2018

In this week’s edition, we meet Daniela Lima, the Managing Director of Newland Chase Latin America. We bring you news that UK settlement applications will soon be closed to Tier 1 (General) migrants, and new foreign recruitment law has taken effect in Taiwan. Plus, there are updates from Colombia, Panama and UAE.   

February 26, 2018

The Ministry of Emiratisation and Human Resources (MOHRE) has recently announced plans to encourage the employment of Emirati nationals. The aim is to provide 15,000 job opportunities for Emiratis by the end of this year, which is a significant increase on the 6862 Emirates that were recruited using the same process in 2017. The first […]

February 22, 2018

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February 22, 2018

A new deadline has been established for Venezuelan nationals to obtain a Special Stay Permit (PEP) allowing them to stay and work in Colombia for up to two years. Venezuelan nationals who entered Colombia before 2nd February 2018 can now apply for a PEP within four months of 5th February 2018. Previously, only Venezuelan nationals […]

February 22, 2018

Overseas nationals in the UK under the Tier 1 (General) category will no longer be permitted to apply for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) after 5th April 2018. Background Tier 1 (General) of the points-based system was a category aimed at ‘highly skilled migrants’ who wished to come to the UK to live and work, […]

February 22, 2018

On 26th December 2017, the Ministry of Labour issued a decree requiring all work permit applicants to visit the Ministry in person for biometric registration before submitting any initial or renewal work permit application. The new registration system, which is expected to be implemented in January 2018, will include a scan of the applicant’s fingerprints […]

February 21, 2018

The Act Governing Recruitment and Employment of Foreign Professionals (see our previous alert here) came into effect on 8th February 2018. Employment-Seeking Visa The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is now issuing employment-seeking visas, valid for three months, for stays of up to six months, and for multiple entries, to qualifying applicants. To qualify, applicants must be […]

February 20, 2018

In this week’s edition, we bring you the latest details of the upcoming new temporary skill shortage visa in Australia, plus employers are advised to plan now for FY 2019 cap-subject H-1B filings in the United States. And there’s immigration news from China, India and Israel.   

February 20, 2018

On 2nd April 2018, the US Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) will start to accept H-1B petitions from cap-subject employers for skilled foreign workers. Why is this Important? USCIS may only approve 65,000 new H-1B petitions per fiscal year (the “cap”) with an additional 20,000 available each fiscal year for individuals with advanced degrees from […]