Permits Foundation Directors Katy van der Wilk and Michiel van Campen visited New Delhi recently for talks with the Ministry of Home Affairs and other key stakeholders. The aim of the visit was to discuss the Foundation´s proposal for spouse work authorisation, linked to an intra-corporate transfer visa. As the Minister of State for Home […]

This is a short overview of Permits Foundation’s biennial conference Family Matters in Global Mobility held in London on 12 October where high level speakers from both business and government emphasised that now is the time to speak up for dual careers in the global workplace. You can read the full conference summary here You can view the […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]