Latvia implemented the EU ICT Directive on May 1, 2017 with a transition period until August 31, 2017. The ICT permit will allow a foreign national to work as specialist, manager, or trainee at a group company in any… Read more »
Effective August 15, 2017, a significant legislative amendment makes extensive changes to Czech immigration law. Act 222/2017 amends Act 326/1999, and includes changes to the rules on employee cards, residence permits and long-term visas. The various ministries have not yet… Read more »
Effective August 28, 2017, Immigration New Zealand (INZ) is introducing remuneration bands for work visas. The remuneration bands will affect how long applicants can stay and whether their families can stay too. What is the current situation? If a job… Read more »
Azerbaijan has implemented the e-Visa through the ASAN Visa system that is eligible for nationalities of 93 countries, listed here. The e-Visa may be used for business or personal trips to Azerbaijan with a 90 day validity period, a maximum… Read more »
Effective August 28, 2017, Canadian employers who want to hire workers through the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) will be required to use the new Job Match service when advertising a position on Job Bank, before they can apply for… Read more »
Effective immediately, it is no longer possible to renew a work permit issued under article 27 letter (g) of Decree n.286/1998, for highly skilled workers on intra-company assignment for a determined period in order to carry out a specific task… Read more »
Beginning August 1, 2017, electronic visas will be available for nationals of 18 countries entering to the city of Vladivostok for business and tourist trips. The list of eligible countries are Algeria, Bahrain, Brunei, India, Iran, Qatar, China, North Korea,… Read more »
Effective July 26, 2017, the Taiwan Workforce Development Agency has introduced a new work permit allowing foreign national spouses of foreign national employees to do part-time professional or technical work. Who Qualifies? The new work permit is available for foreign… Read more »
Law 16/2017 of March 17, 2017 transposes into Romanian law European Union (EU) Directive 2014/67 (concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services), and replaces Law 344/2006. A posted worker is an employee (EU national… Read more »
The European Union Intracompany Transferee (EU ICT) Directive was implemented in 2014 to better streamline the admission criteria for ICT transfers to the EU (excluding Denmark, Ireland, and the United Kingdom). The deadline to implement the law was November 29,… Read more »
