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August 15, 2018

Discover the latest immigration news and updates from around the globe with your weekly newsletter from Newland Chase. In this week’s edition, we bring you news from China, Saudi Arabia, Thailand and Kazakhstan.

July 27, 2018

What are visa-free and visa-on-arrival? Can you use them for international business trips? A discussion of differences, processes, pros, and cons for business travelers from one of the leading international business travel and corporate immigration providers.

June 29, 2018

China is using an opening of immigration policy as a competitive tool of its economic expansion. In addition to its 'belt and road' initiative and foreign trade, increasingly open borders present opportunities for international business and foreign talent in China.

April 6, 2018

Meet Voon Lee! In preparation for Newland Chase's webinar on April 10, Going Global: 3 Best Countries to Expand Your Business, Kent O'Neil spoke with Voon Lee, Newland Chase’s Managing Director for Asia. The webinar analysed the business climates and corporate immigration systems of three of Forbes magazines’ 2018 Best Countries for Business: the Netherlands, Sweden, and Singapore.

January 2, 2018

In this week’s edition, we bring you news that the Home Secretary has written an open letter to EU citizens in the UK. Plus, there’s news that Iraq is limiting visa letters of approval to three months and foreign nationals departing the country may no longer obtain their exit visas at federal Iraqi airports. And, there’s immigration news […]

November 3, 2017

On 31st October 2017, the Taiwan Legislative Yuan passed the new Act Governing Recruitment and Employment of Foreign Professionals. The new law, which has no implementation date as yet, will have various benefits for foreign nationals working in Taiwan and their employers. Key Changes Foreign nationals working in Taiwan will be able to extend their […]

March 20, 2017

This week we advise that the latest US travel ban has been blocked again, and we provide the key April 2017 UK immigration changes. We also bring you the latest immigration news from Spain, Brazil, Bolivia and Hong Kong.

February 20, 2017

The UK Government has been called on to create a six-month visa for high-skilled talent in the technology sector, in order to guarantee that the UK retains access to overseas talent following Britain’s exit from the European Union (EU). The Coalition for a Digital Policy (Coadec) has proposed that the new visa, which would work […]

January 26, 2017

On December 21, Forbes magazine published its annual “Best Countries for Business” list for 2017, ranking the “business friendliness” of 139 countries based on 11 factors covering the legal and economic aspects impacting business. As Newland Chase prepares for the new year ahead, we reviewed this year’s list with interest and were encouraged to find […]

January 5, 2017

There were many significant changes amongst the APAC region last year including the new 10 year visitor visa announced in Australia, the increase in employment pass salary requirements in Singapore and recommendations from the Audit Commission to help the Hong…