The Embassy of the Czech Republic in New Delhi announced that the e-mail appointment scheduling system for Employee Card applicants from Bangladesh, ...

Effective December 12, 2024, the European Council adopted the European Parliament and European Commission's proposal to move Vanuatu from the visa-exempt list to the visa required list.

UPDATED AUGUST 20, 2024: The official commencement date for the Entry/Exit System has been confirmed as November 10, 2024. The provisional commencement date for ETIAS remains Q2 2025.

At 11pm GMT on January 31, 2020, the United Kingdom will leave the European Union, completing a Brexit process that started in June 2016.

In a change of policy, the Ministry of Home Affairs in Guyana is now issuing Work Permit Approval Letters valid for six months, down from the previous one-year validity.

According to verbal confirmations from immigration authorities, the requirement to obtain pre-approval (JTKSM) from the Department of Labour Peninsular Malaysia online portal...

An update from Immigration New Zealand advises that Immigration New Zealand (INZ) is prioritizing Accredited Employer Work Visa (AEWV) applications...

•The Ministry of Labor and Social Development (MLSD) will eliminate the yellow band of the Nitaqat program on January 26, 2020.

There have been improvements to the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) online portal, which streamlines the filing process for Singapore Citizenship, Permanent Residence...

The Ministry of Justice has extended the exemption until December 31, 2025. Applicants from eligible countries or regions will see a pop-up notification on the K-ETA website when selecting their nationality.

•Government processing times for all major work authorization types under the Entrepreneur's Act in Spain are now approximately four months, up from the statutory processing time of 20 business...

In 2025, Switzerland will retain the same work permit quotas for European Union (EU)/European Free Trade Association (EFTA) nationals on assignment, UK nationals, and non-EU/EFTA nationals as it had in 2024.

The amnesty program ended on December 31, 2024, and as a result, individuals, including residents and visitors found to be in the United Arab Emirates...

UAE nationals with a minimum of three years of private sector work experience will be given priority over other UAE nationals when applying for positions in the public sector. As a result...

The UK government has introduced a bill that is intended to end free movement from the European Economic Area (EEA) after 2020 and pave the way for a single immigration system

President Biden has blocked the removal of certain Lebanese nationals from the United States for 18 months, according to a Presidential memorandum issued today.

As 2019 comes to a close, employers of foreign workers should note that this year showed a high level of immigration compliance efforts by governments around the world.

President Biden signed a temporary stopgap measure funding the federal government through March 14, 2025, after the Senate voted to pass the measure early Saturday morning.

USCIS selected an additional 13,607 unique beneficiaries in the second round of the FY 2025 H-1B cap lottery. As a result of the second drawing, the overall selection rate of unique beneficiaries increased...

The White House and Congressional Democrats have reached agreement on revisions to the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), moving the trade pact closer to ratification in Congress.