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India – New dialogue with government on spouse employment
This week, Permits Foundation will hold a Round Table meeting with government Ministries in Delhi to promote a simple visa system by which spouses of intra-company transferees can work in India. Two years ago, the Ministry of Home Affairs Foreigners Division acknowledged our concerns with a guideline on the Conversion of ‘X’ (Entry) visa of […]
Read moreUS – Immigration reform needed to build economy of the future
To build the economy of the future, the United States must create the workforce of the future and U.S. employers need an immigration system that works for them, not against them. That’s the message from the American Council on International Personnel, a Washington DC-based organisation that lobbies for the improvement of regulations on employment-based immigration […]
Read moreEuropean Parliament vote on migration – spouse right to work is crucial
As part of an Own-Initiative Report on the integration of migrants, the European Parliament voted today with a 334 to 247 majority to recognise improved rules for migrant spouses. Parliament “recalls that around half of the EU’s migrants are women; emphasises that an independent migration status for women and the right to work for spouses […]
Read moreEU – Adoption in Sight for the Intra-Corporate Transferee Directive
The EU Council today confirmed plans to conclude negotiations with the European Parliament on the intra-corporate transferees Directive with a view to first reading agreement under the Irish Presidency. Launched in 2009, the proposed Directive would make it easier for multinational corporations to transfer managers, specialists and graduate trainees temporarily to a branch in the […]
Read moreUSA – Call for immigration reform includes work authorization for family members
The American Council on International Personnel recently released its principles for immigration reform, including visas and work authorization for spouses, permanent partners and children of skilled foreign professionals.
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