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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

In November 2016, the EU Intra Corporate Transfer (ICT) Directive was implemented in the Netherlands. Permits Foundation had previously successfully advocated to secure the working rights of partners when the ICT Directive was negotiated at EU-level. A number of our sponsor companies raised concerns relating to the Dutch implementation of certain aspects of the Directive. […]