On October 31, 2018, Australia became the sixth signatory to the ‘Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership’ (TPP-11), after Canada, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand and Singapore. The agreement comes into force on December 30, 2018. Chile, Peru, Brunei, Malaysia… Read more »
Minimum salary requirements for Type B work permits and Blue Cards will increase from January 1, 2019. Minimum Salary Thresholds The Belgian government annually increases its minimum salary requirements for foreign nationals in line with inflation. The new salary thresholds… Read more »
Effective immediately, all Indian nationals travelling to any of 18 “notified” countries for employment purposes are advised to register with the eMigrate portal of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) at least 24 hours prior to departure. The notified countries are Afghanistan,… Read more »
Many current government officials are in the process of resigning, as the new administration for change in government takes office on December 1st, 2018. The turnover has been causing delays for all immigration matters. Delays are also expected for the… Read more »
Companies who are registered with the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) can start to apply for their 2019 Foreign Knowledge Worker (FKW) projection for Employment Passes from December 3, 2018. How does it work? Multimedia Super Corridor Malaysia (MSC Malaysia)… Read more »
The Peruvian government has launched a new online system for registering and subsequently managing employment contracts. The new system, called SIVICE (‘Virtual System of Contracts for Foreigners’) allows employers to obtain automatic same-day contract approval upon uploading a copy of… Read more »
On October 21, 2018, the UAE cabinet approved a number of new visa rules that will prove beneficial to numerous categories of foreign nationals in the UAE, including tourists, retirees and students and the widows, divorcees, and children of foreign… Read more »
