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November 6, 2017

In this week’s edition, we bring you news of new combined work and residence permits in Austria and new procedures for fast-track residence cards in Madrid, Spain. Plus, there are changes to the employment pass application process in Malaysia. There’s also immigration news from Tanzania, Kuwait and Taiwan.   

August 23, 2017

As of 11th August 2017, Chilean ordinary passports holders are exempt from requiring a visa to visit Vietnam for a period of up to 90 days and for any purpose, provided that the activity doesn’t involve any remuneration. The Vietnamese government has also again extended the 15-day visa waiver for nationals of France, Germany, Italy, […]

June 5, 2017

In this week’s edition, we advise that new notification and document storage requirements have been implemented for posted workers to Spain, Argentina has introduced visa-free business travel for 35 countries, and several Middle Eastern countries have severed their diplomatic ties with Qatar. We also bring you the latest immigration news from the US, Australia and Russia.

May 19, 2017

Amendments to Slovakia’s Act on Residence of Foreigners and Act on Employment Services took effect on 1st May 2017, introducing the new EU ICT permit, as well as expedited work and residence permit processing for non-EU national employees of innovative businesses. Intra-Company Transfer (ICT) Permit The amendments to the immigration laws transpose European Union Directive […]

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.

March 6, 2017

In this week’s edition, we look at the new Vietnamese work permit exemptions and 30-Day e-Visa, and advise of the increase in the Belgian residence administration fee. We also bring you the latest immigration news from South Korea, Morocco and Spain.

February 24, 2017

Earlier this month, Luxembourg’s parliament passed two new bills amending the rules regarding citizenship and introducing five new work and resident permit categories. Of the five new categories, one has been introduced following the implementation of the European Union (EU) Intra-Company Transfer Directive. Luxembourg is the seventh country to include the directive in its laws, […]

February 3, 2017

From January 2017, the State Agency on Public Services and Social Innovations (ASAN Centres) will begin to process electronic visitor visas through the new “ASAN Viza” system. How does the ASAN Viza system work? The e-visa will be issued for a period of stay of 30 days. Foreign nationals can apply for a new e-visa […]

January 11, 2017

Upcoming Changes to the Work Permit Regime From 1st January 2017, new rules for the issuance of work permits for Kazakhstan include the removal of the current labour market test for locally-hired applicants and the introduction of a state fee,…

December 23, 2016

At this stage it is impossible to predict how the rights of UK nationals living in remaining EU states will be affected, as UK policy towards EU nationals and the terms of the UK’s Withdrawal Agreement – once agreed – will impact EU immigration policy towards UK nationals.