Month: February 2013

SINGAPORE: Changes to the Immigration Rules

February 21, 2013

Recently, Singapore"s Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has announced several changes to the country"s immigration rules. These include revisions to the administrative fees for most work passes, changes to the rules for dependents of Work Pass holders and the introduction of…

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Migration Advisory Committee publish their latest report

February 19, 2013

On the 15th February 2013, the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) published their findings following a review of the Shortage Occupation List, including their view on whether or not a sunset clause should be introduced and considerations relating to the creative…

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International Assignments, a Corporate Perspective: Part One

February 18, 2013

We've been looking over past Newland Chase blog posts recently and realised in doing so that it has been some time since we wrote about global immigration developments. There have been so many changes to the UK Immigration Rules over...

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Russia: Immigration authorities to revoke quotas for non compliant employers

February 13, 2013

Russian immigration authorities will now be able to withdraw quota allocations to employ foreign workers in Russia, if the employer who receives the quota is found to be in breach of Russian labour and tax laws, including the Labour Code.…

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Russia: Changes to Immigration Laws

February 7, 2013

What has changed? A series of changes to Russian immigration laws have recently been announced by the Russian Federal Migration Service (FMS) which will include the creation of a new Investment Visitor Visa and tougher penalties for non-compliance. Some of…

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Tier 2 Sponsors Renew your COS Allocation

February 5, 2013

We are writing to clients to remind them that their current allocation of Certificates of Sponsorship (COS) is due to expire on the 5th April 2013 and action should be taken to request next year"s allocation. Since the 6th April…

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Stonehenge or Hadrian’s Wall? …Could you pass the New Life in the UK Test?

February 4, 2013

In July last year we posted about planned changes to the Life in the UK Test which non-EEA nationals must pass in order to qualify for settlement. Back then, the Government announced; ‘putting our culture and history at the heart...

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Changes to the UK Tier 1 Entrepreneur Visa

February 1, 2013

This week the UK Government introduced changes to the Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) visa category of the Points Based System. The changes came into force on the 31st January 2013 and it is important to note that if your application was…

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