The European Parliament today adopted its long-awaited Report on intra-corporate transferees. The Directive will make it easier for international companies to temporarily transfer managers, specialists and trainees to a branch in the EU, as well as allowing work in other Member States during the assignment.

The Brazilian government has been consulting on the need for immigration reform this year, with a series of public hearings on the Foreigners Bill (PL 5655/2009), which was drafted in 2009 but not yet adopted. Our legal advisors, Loeser e Portela, met with Congresswoman Mrs. Perpetua de Almeida, Rapporteur of the Congress Committee on the […]

Direct and unrestricted permission to work has now been extended to resident family members of all foreign workers who did not already have this facility under earlier legislation.

Permits Foundation recently hosted a Round Table in Delhi to discuss dual careers and the challenge of getting employment visas for the spouses of highly skilled international staff in India. Thirty representatives of international companies and public sector organisations attended including KPMG, Nasscom, Shell, the Swedish Chamber of Commerce, the UNDP and the International Finance […]

Permits Foundation recently reported on a landmark decision by the US Supreme Court to strike down part of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) which will have a positive impact on immigration benefits for same-sex married couples. However, it was not clear what the ruling meant for same-sex couples applying for non-immigrant employment visas, where neither partner […]