Category: Immigration Insights

June 28, 2017

On 26th June 2017, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) partially lifted the injunction and agreed to hear arguments on President Trump’s 6th March 2017 executive order (EO) entitled Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States. While the Supreme Court announced that it will hear the full case in October, […]

June 27, 2017

The Danish registration authorities have recently started to require marriage and birth certificates originating in non-European Union countries, submitted in support of local registration procedures, to be apostilled (or legalized). Previously, requirements for apostille or legalization of documents varied from municipality to municipality. Who is Affected? An assignee who is married but is not accompanied […]

June 27, 2017

The government-appointed visa agency, Window Malaysia, now offers an eVisa facility to nationals of ten countries travelling to Malaysia, for business or tourism, for up to 30 days in a validity period of three months. The eVisa program is available to nationals of China, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Bhutan, Serbia and Montenegro. As […]

June 26, 2017

In this week’s edition, we advise that the annual quota application deadlines in Russia are approaching, and the online work permit application submission process in Vietnam will become mandatory from 1st July. We also bring you the latest immigration news from Saudi Arabia, Australia and the Philippines.

June 26, 2017

The Department of Labour in Hanoi has confirmed that the new online system for the submission of job position approval, new work permit, work permit re-issuance and work permit exemption applications, which has been in testing since April will be fully implemented and mandatory from 1st July 2017. Furthermore, the requirement for the company to authenticate all […]

June 26, 2017

From 1st August 2017, Singapore will be included under Australia’s Work and Holiday Visa program. In addition, Australia will introduce a six-year multiple-entry visa to citizens of Singapore for business and tourism purposes from 1st January 2018. These new measures were announced at the recent Singapore-Australian Leader’s Summit by Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, and […]

June 23, 2017

The Bureau of Immigration has announced that, effective immediately, foreign nationals wishing to cancel their Alien Certificate of Registration I-Cards (ACR I-Cards) are first required to downgrade their visa to a 9(a) temporary visitor visa. Previously, the requirement to downgrade the visa to a 9(a) temporary visitor visa was not strictly enforced. Who is Affected? […]

June 23, 2017

In December 2016 it was first announced by the Saudi government that, to help boost the countries revenues amid weak oil prices, they were to introduce an “expat levy” which would start on  1st July.  It is important for us to stress that the Saudi government have yet to release further details of the levy since […]

June 22, 2017

The deadlines are approaching for companies submitting standard work permit quota applications for hiring visa-required foreign nationals in 2018, and for quota adjustment. Applying for a quota is not required for hiring highly qualified specialists (HQS). Quota Application Deadlines The deadline for submitting quota applications for 2018 is 26th June 2017 in Moscow and 15th […]

June 19, 2017

In this week’s edition, we advise that the Canadian Government has implemented a Global Skills Strategy, and Brazil has published a new immigration law. We also bring you the latest immigration news from the US, Panama and Italy.