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Permits Foundation alerts against a labour market test for family members ahead of new Blue Card negotiations
Last week, negotiations began between the EU Commission, Council and Parliament on entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purposes of highly skilled employment. Representatives from these three institutions are meeting regularly to discuss revising the Blue Card Directive, as there has not been enough uptake of the scheme since its adoption in 2009. […]
Read morePermits Foundation Responds to the EU Commission Legal Migration Consultation – And You Can Too!
Permits Foundation has responded to the EU Commission’s legal migration “Fitness Check”. This consultation which runs until 18 September 2017, is looking into the relevance, coherence, effectiveness, efficiency and EU added value of legal migration legislation (for non-EU citizens). The Commission is inviting all relevant stakeholders to help them assess policy and identifying possible gaps […]
Read more‘Family matters in global mobility’ – join the discussion hosted by Permits Foundation, London, 12 October 2017
Join us for a discussion on global, regional and national developments in migration policy that impact highly skilled employees and their family members. In a period when the global political climate is challenging for migration matters, at Permits Foundation we are steadily progressing our global campaign for partners to be allowed to work. Currently, we […]
Read morePermits Foundation Sponsor Brochure 2017
Permits Foundation campaign globally to improve work permit regulations to make it easier for partners of expatriate staff to gain employment during an international assignment. Read our updated brochure and find out more about our work, what we achieve for our sponsors and how to get on board. More than 40 major international companies and organisations worldwide support Permits Foundation […]
Read moreProposals to repeal EU Blue Card Directive amended in committee of EU parliament
A European Commission proposal to repeal the Blue Card Directive on highly skilled workers is being amended in the European Parliament. On 15 June 2017, the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee voted to back changes to the proposed new Directive. The European Parliament’s revision of the Report on the Conditions of entry and residence of […]
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