Immigration Insights

December 14, 2022

German immigration authorities are currently experiencing extensive delays in processing visa applications. This will be exacerbated by the Berlin local Town Hall closing until February 2023 due to elections.

December 14, 2022

The Immigration Department has announced that long-term pass holders in Malaysia are now able to enter via the automatic gate facility at the airport. They may take advantage of this facility without completing any prior registrations.

December 14, 2022

Japan announced on 15 November 2022 the country will start re-opening ports for international cruise ships. Cruise operations are expected to slowly resume.

December 14, 2022

Croatia has been granted entry into the Schengen Area, beginning on 01 January 2023.

December 9, 2022

The dates for the launch of the 2023 H-1B visa application process are expected to be announced in January. Here's what companies and individuals can do to prepare.

December 9, 2022

The UAE implemented many changes to their immigration regulations in 2022, including: new visa categories, simplifications to the golden visa requirements, and changes to Emiratization requirements.

December 6, 2022

Employers in Vietnam who have foreign employees holding valid or current work permits are required to complete a bi-annual report regarding the utilization of foreign manpower.

December 6, 2022

Processing of certain skilled visa applications in Australia has changed following the removal of the Priority Migration Skilled Occupation List (PMSOL).

December 6, 2022

Australia’s Department of Home Affairs has issued updates on the terms for a number of different types of visas, including work, student, and temporary stay visas.

December 2, 2022

The Hong Kong Immigration Department has made the online filing services available to all visa applications. This new filing option can now be utilized for visas pertaining to visits, employment, investment, training, residence, and study.

December 1, 2022

COMPASS has been updated with a workforce insights tool, providing benchmarks for planning and hiring decisions.

December 1, 2022

As the world has reopened to travel, and corporate mobility is again returning to pre-pandemic levels, international mobility managers are finding themselves faced with a rapidly-changing travel landscape and challenges unknown before the pandemic.

December 1, 2022

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December 1, 2022

CIBT and the Danish Export Association have joined forces with a formalized collaboration for the benefit of Danish export companies.

November 28, 2022

Foreign nationals holding an Alien Certificate Registration (ACR-I) must complete mandatory annual reporting with the Philippine Bureau of Immigration (BOI).

November 28, 2022

The Federal Council of Switzerland announced that quotas will remain the same for new work permit applications from non-EU/EFTA nationals submitted during the 2023 calendar year will remain unchanged.

November 28, 2022

Indonesian companies with foreign employees must submit an Annual Manpower Report to the Ministry of Manpower by 10 January 2023.

November 23, 2022

The SMA in place between Switzerland and the United Kingdom has been extended through 2025. This agreement allows service providers to work in both countries, and workers to stay on a short-term basis.

November 18, 2022

The Chinese government has announced several changes to its COVID control policy for foreigners traveling to China.

November 18, 2022

Switzerland has invoked a safeguard clause in the Agreement on the Free Movement of Persons which sets quotas on work permits for citizens of Croatia for 2023.