Examines the increasingly urgent issue of International Mobility.

France is the latest country to allow family members of skilled international staff to work during an assignment. The changes, which apply to intra-group transfers and a new category for ‘competences and talents’, were part of the 2006 Immigration and Integration Law, implemented in May 2007. The change is applauded by Permits Foundation, which promotes open work permits for the spouses and partners of international staff worldwide…

Permits Foundation applauds the French government’s implementation of measures allowing spouses and family members of skilled international staff to work during the course of an assignment. The changes, which apply to the family members of intra-group transferees and persons with a residence and work permit for ‘competences and talents’, were prescribed by the immigration and […]

Die Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung at FAZ.NET, February 2007

France is the latest country to improve its regulations to allow spouses and family members to work freely during an expatriate assignment. A new law n° 2006-911 on immigration and integration (of persons from outside the European Union) was passed on 24 July 2006, subject to further decrees before implementation. Among other things, this law […]