The Danish government has proposed to eliminate the requirement for companies that are certified to employ foreign nationals to have a bank account in Denmark.

Schengen Visa fees will increase from EUR 80 to EUR 90 for adults and from EUR 40 to EUR 45 for children six to 12 years old, effective June 11, 2024.

As expected, the indefinite extension of the program went into effect in November 2023. However, the quota increase (from 25,000 to 50,000) went into effect on June 1, 2024 (as opposed to late 2023).

This requirement will come into effect January 1, 2025. Since this new rule will add administrative burdens to permanent residence permit applications...

Visa exempt nationals entering Indonesia through Soekarno Hatta Airport, Tangerang and Ngurah Rai Airport, Bali may now use Autogate, a new automated immigration system which expedites immigration clearance.

The Public Authority of Manpower has temporarily suspended the Kuwait Engineering Society's right to accredit engineering degrees following feedback...

The Ministry of Interior has extended the deadline to complete the mandatory biometric fingerprinting process to September 30, 2024, for Kuwaiti citizens, and to December 30, 2024...

Effective immediately, the Malaysian government has required employers to submit a Companies Commission of Malaysia (SSM)...

Passport holders of Australia, Israel, and Slovakia are now eligible to use the self-service automated kiosks.

Poland implemented a lottery system for visa appointments for some nationals including but not limited to Australia, Mainland China, India, Kenya, Nigeria, and Türkiye...

Effective July 15, 2024, Slovakia will relax processing timeframes and rules, allowing foreign nationals to start working in the country earlier than is currently the case.

COVID-19 related U.S. travel bans currently impact 32 countries and the Biden Administration has recently made it more difficult to obtain the National Interest Exception...

Partner Scott FitzGerald brings you the Mobility Minute, discussing potential US consular delays post-COVID.

Partner Andrew Greenfield discusses a new type of U.S. work permit – known as International Entrepreneur Parole (IEP)...

•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...

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

Mainland companies in the private sector in the United Arab Emirates with 50 or more employees are reminded that they must increase their current Emiratization rate by an additional 1% by June 30, 2024...

Fragomen offices in the US have a strong tradition of giving back and attorneys are encouraged to provide at least 50 hours of pro bono services each year.

The Panamanian government has relaxed certain measures for foreign investors.

In a podcast, Fragomen's Green Team discusses how small employee groups can drive significant workplace sustainability initiatives, highlighting the firm's achievement of reducing Scope 1 and 2 emissions to zero in its UK offices.