PHILIPPINES – Alien Registration Program (ARP) Effective Immediately

Posted on October 9, 2014

As a result of the Alien Registration Program (ARP), an initiative recently passed by the Philippine’s Bureau of Immigration (BI), all non-registered aliens must apply for registration with the BI. The BI has put this system in place in order… Read more »


CANADA – Updates to Labor Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) Applications

Posted on October 9, 2014

Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) has recently updated the Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) application forms, which includes a new formula to distinguish between the “high-wage” and “low-wage” application streams. The formula will rely on wages-paid rather than prevailing… Read more »