Clara Excler
As Associate in Newland Chase Consulting, Clara Excler provides strategic immigration advice to companies of all sizes. Among her current focuses are helping clients navigate multi-jurisdictional projects, creating country-specific workforce compliance materials, and finding immigration solutions for the challenges of short-term travel management in Europe. She also contributes to legal monitoring and maintenance of Newland Chase’s global immigration knowledge database.
Clara has over 14 years of corporate immigration and customer-service experience at both an operational and advisory level, and has lived and worked in multiple countries throughout her career.
She graduated with a master’s degree in European and International Law from the University of Grenoble II and a bachelor’s degree in Business Law from the University of Lyon III.
Recent Articles by Clara Excler
The New EU Cross-Border Compliance Reality—Digital Border Tracking and Coordinated Inspections
For HR, mobility, and compliance teams managing third-country talent in Europe, the enforcement landscape has shifted materially. Two parallel developments—the full activation of the EU Entry/Exit Sys…
France Exempts Intra-EU Blue Card Holders from Work Permit for Short-Term Assignments
A decree published in the Journal Officiel on April 25, 2026, completes France’s transposition of the EU Blue Card Directive (2021/1883). It introduces a long-awaited short-term intra-EU mobilit…
Change in Portugal Visa Applications for Brazilian Nationals
Effective April 17, 2026, Portuguese authorities will implement a new visa processing system for Brazilian nationals applying in Brazil. Brazilian nationals will no longer be able to submit applicatio…
EU Temporary Protection for Ukrainians: Extension to 2027 and What Comes Next for Employers
The EU Temporary Protection mechanism was activated in March 2022 in response to the large-scale displacement of Ukrainian citizens caused by the armed conflict with Russia. It provides beneficiaries …
Upcoming Changes to Temporary Protection for Ukrainians in Poland
On January 28, 2026, the Polish parliament passed a law aimed at phasing out the special legal regime for beneficiaries of temporary protection from March 2026. The Polish president has to either sign…