Workers at Australia’s Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) are preparing to strike on Monday, August 3, 2015, in order to improve their pay and work conditions. The strike could inherently affect all international travelers at several airports by… Read more »
The Netherlands has issued an amendment concerning business visits and activities, which will now let business visitors conduct meetings without having a work permit and allow multiple visits of up to 13 weeks in a given 52 week period. The… Read more »
On July 18, 2015, Hungary released a new decree in order to secure that the monthly average of job openings are not exceeded by non-EU nationals. The impact of limiting the amount of non-EU workers will depend on two factors: … Read more »
In an effort to protect the local workforce, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has announced upcoming changes to work permit rules. Among several changes, the latest guidelines will establish a new ratio of local-to-foreign workers, create new short-term work permit… Read more »
U.S. travelers applying for business visas will now be subject to new requirements enforced by the Indian Consulate in San Francisco. The new requirements will demand that the affected applicants provide their personal bank statements for the preceding six months,… Read more »
The Expatriate Services Division (ESD) in Malaysia has announced the implementation of a new category of employment pass (EP), to take effect from 15 July 2015. The new category, to be known as EPIII, is only applicable for EP applications… Read more »
The minimum salary for work pass holders looking to sponsor dependents will increase as of September 1, 2015. To sponsor spouses and children, the new minimum salary will be SGD 5,000 per month instead of the SGD 4,000. If the… Read more »
According to the Ministry of Manpower (MOM), employers hiring highly-skilled foreign workers will be subject to stricter rulings in order to maximize work opportunities for Singaporean citizens. These changes bring new salary publication requirements and stricter examination of applications for… Read more »
On July 1st, 2015, the Ministry of Public Security in Shanghai began implementing various changes to immigration procedures and rules, aimed at attracting more highly skilled foreign nationals to the city. Also, the entry requirements for Taiwanese nationals travelling to… Read more »
The European Union (EU) has recently signed short-stay visa waiver agreements with St Lucia, Dominica, Grenada, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Vanuatu, Samoa, Trinidad and Tobago and Timor Leste. Agreements On May 26th 2015, the EU signed a short-stay visa… Read more »
