Category: Immigration Insights

March 19, 2018

UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) have published updated fees for 2018/19 for all immigration and nationality applications made outside and from within the UK, effective Friday 6th April 2018. Applications made outside the UK There are to be increases to fees across a number of immigration categories, including but not limited to the following: Tier 1 […]

March 19, 2018

In this week’s edition, we bring you news of updated immigration fees in the UK. Canada has signed a trans-pacific partnership agreement and there’s a new Temporary Skills Shortage visa in Australia. Plus, there are updates from France, Poland and Brazil.

March 16, 2018

The Supreme Court of India has extended the 31st March 2018 deadline for residents to link their Aadhaar numbers to their bank account, mobile SIM card, PAN (Permanent Account Number) card and other services and schemes until it has delivered its verdict on the constitutional validity of the biometric identification number and its enabling law. […]

March 16, 2018

On 15th March 2018, the Australian Department of Home Affairs (DHA) published the Migration Legislation Amendment which implements the new Subclass 482 (Temporary Skill Shortage) visa, and which is effective 18th March 2018. However, the legislation to implement the new Skilling Australians Fund levy (“Training Levy”) has not yet been passed by Parliament. Therefore, the […]

March 16, 2018

On 8th March 2018, Canada signed the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), along with Australia, Brunei, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam. Amongst other free-trade provisions, the CPTPP provides eased reciprocal immigration provisions for the entry and stay of nationals of partner countries as short-term business visitors, temporary […]

March 16, 2018

Effective immediately, Argentina’s National Immigration Office (DNM) has suspended the system of express appointments for applications for temporary residence cards or conversions to permanent residence status. Who is affected? This mostly affects Mercosur nationals applying for Temporary Residence or Special Transitory Visas (24H), who should expect significant processing delays. Currently, Mercosur nationals may only be […]

March 15, 2018

Amendments to Slovakia’s Act on Employment Services will take effect on 1st May 2018, bringing several changes to the rules for the employment and assignment of non-EU nationals. The main changes are listed below: Shorter processing times Vacant Position Notifications will need to be reported to the Labour Office 20 business days prior to submission […]

March 15, 2018

The Ministry of Labour has issued a Technical Note stating that current resident visa holders applying for residence renewal in Brazil are not required to present a legalised and translated police clearance certificate from their country of residence covering the last five years. Instead, these applicants must provide a certificate of criminal record issued by the Brazilian […]

March 15, 2018

Effective 12th February 2018, Poland has introduced a new combined work and residence permit category for intra-corporate transfer (ICT), transposing into national law European Union (EU) Directive 2014/66 “on the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals in the framework of an intra-corporate transfer”. EU ICT Permit The new ICT residence permit is available […]

March 14, 2018

The French Government has introduced a new bill which proposes significant changes to France’s immigration rules. What is proposed? Below are the key changes which may be of interest to employers: Pre-approval for employers A proposed new pre-approval process for sponsoring companies would unlock streamlined work authorization process, with faster processing times and fewer required […]