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Month: June 2017
PORTUGAL: New Notification and Document Storage Requirements for Posted Workers
June 30, 2017
Law no. 29/2017 of 30th May 2017 transposes into Portuguese law European Union (EU) Directive 2014/67 (concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services). Effective 31st May 2017, all EU-based companies posting (seconding) employees to Portugal, as well as Portugal-based companies posting employees to another EU member state, must comply […]
Read MoreUK: PM Sets Out Proposal For EU Citizens Post-Brexit
June 29, 2017
The UK Government has published a policy paper outlining the rights of EU citizens in the UK post-Brexit. The 15-page paper sets out the government’s proposal that qualifying EU citizens would have to apply for residence status, granting them settled status under UK law. To qualify, EU citizens must have been resident in the UK […]
Read MoreUNITED STATES: Supreme Court Partially Lifts Injunction on President Trump’s March Executive Order on Immigration
June 28, 2017
On 26th June 2017, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) partially lifted the injunction and agreed to hear arguments on President Trump’s 6th March 2017 executive order (EO) entitled Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States. While the Supreme Court announced that it will hear the full case in October, […]
Read MoreDENMARK: Stricter Document Requirements for Local Registration
June 27, 2017
The Danish registration authorities have recently started to require marriage and birth certificates originating in non-European Union countries, submitted in support of local registration procedures, to be apostilled (or legalized). Previously, requirements for apostille or legalization of documents varied from municipality to municipality. Who is Affected? An assignee who is married but is not accompanied […]
Read MoreMALAYSIA: eVisa Available for Nationals of Ten Countries for Business and Tourism
June 27, 2017
The government-appointed visa agency, Window Malaysia, now offers an eVisa facility to nationals of ten countries travelling to Malaysia, for business or tourism, for up to 30 days in a validity period of three months. The eVisa program is available to nationals of China, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Bhutan, Serbia and Montenegro. As […]
Read MoreGlobal Immigration Update – Monday 26th June 2017
June 26, 2017
In this week’s edition, we advise that the annual quota application deadlines in Russia are approaching, and the online work permit application submission process in Vietnam will become mandatory from 1st July. We also bring you the latest immigration news from Saudi Arabia, Australia and the Philippines.
Read MoreVIETNAM: Mandatory Online Work Permit Application Submission at the Hanoi Department of Labour
June 26, 2017
The Department of Labour in Hanoi has confirmed that the new online system for the submission of job position approval, new work permit, work permit re-issuance and work permit exemption applications, which has been in testing since April will be fully implemented and mandatory from 1st July 2017. Furthermore, the requirement for the company to authenticate all […]
Read MoreAUSTRALIA: New Visa Programs Introduced for Singaporean Citizens
June 26, 2017
From 1st August 2017, Singapore will be included under Australia’s Work and Holiday Visa program. In addition, Australia will introduce a six-year multiple-entry visa to citizens of Singapore for business and tourism purposes from 1st January 2018. These new measures were announced at the recent Singapore-Australian Leader’s Summit by Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, and […]
Read MorePHILIPPINES: Cancellation of Alien Certificate of Registration Identity Card Requires Downgrading of Visa
June 23, 2017
The Bureau of Immigration has announced that, effective immediately, foreign nationals wishing to cancel their Alien Certificate of Registration I-Cards (ACR I-Cards) are first required to downgrade their visa to a 9(a) temporary visitor visa. Previously, the requirement to downgrade the visa to a 9(a) temporary visitor visa was not strictly enforced. Who is Affected? […]
Read MoreSAUDI ARABIA: Expat Levy Expected to Start Next Month
June 23, 2017
In December 2016 it was first announced by the Saudi government that, to help boost the countries revenues amid weak oil prices, they were to introduce an “expat levy” which would start on 1st July. It is important for us to stress that the Saudi government have yet to release further details of the levy since […]
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