In order to now be eligible for the Mercosur Residence visa, the foreign national must be a native citizen from a Mercosur member country. Those who obtained the nationality of a Mercosur member country but were originally born in a… Read more »
Effective 27 December 2017, the Federal Police in Brazil have introduced a new documentary requirement for the mandatory in-country registration (“Registro Nacional Migratório” or RNM). What has changed? Applicants must now submit their original birth certificate (and marriage certificate if… Read more »
The Ministry of Interior will soon launch an online application in 2018 for foreign nationals to obtain work permits in the High-Tech sector. High-Tech Companies that are approved with the Innovation Authority would be able to obtain the work permits… Read more »
The overall work permit quotas have increased from 5,500 to 7,000 for non-EU/EEA nationals. The following contains the current quotas for 2018: Local Hire/Permanent – 4,000 (previously 3,000) Assignee/seconded – 1,200 (previously 700) Intracompany transfer – remains at 700 Highly… Read more »
Effective 1 January 2017, as expected, the monthly levy on foreign national employees in companies where the number of foreign national employees exceeds the number of Saudi employees has doubled to SAR 400. Furthermore, for the first time, a levy… Read more »
The monthly allocation of the Tier 2 (General) restricted certificates of sponsorship (RCoS) was exceeded in December 2017, for only the second time since the introduction of the migration cap in 2011. As a result, the minimum required score was… Read more »
