Spain The Spanish Supreme Court has nullified a clause in Spain’s immigration rules which permitted the authorities to cancel a temporary residence permit if the holder spent more than six months in a year outside Spain. The Supreme Court suggested that such a rule should be codified in law, rather than remain a regulatory norm.
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Canada Effective 23 October 2023, Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) will introduce a new permanent residence pathway for Ukrainian nationals. To qualify, Ukrainian nationals must be in Canada with temporary resident status and have one or more family members in Canada. Those who are eligible include Ukrainian spouses, common-law partners, parents, grandparents, siblings and
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Germany The upper house (the Bundesrat) of the German parliament has approved the government’s reformed Skilled Immigration Act. The new Skilled Immigration Act aims to attract more skilled workers with several major changes: Ireland The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment has established that Health Care Assistants with relevant health and social care qualifications comparable
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Denmark The Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration (SIRI) has published updated Positive Lists which are effective 1 July 2023. The new Positive List for People with a Higher Education includes 30 job titles, while the Positive List for Skilled Work includes 36 job titles. The job titles on the Positive List for People
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Germany On 23 June 2023, the German parliament approved a new law which reforms the Skilled Immigration Act. The new Skilled Immigration Act aims to attract more skilled workers with the following major changes: Ireland On 26 June 2023, the Minister of State for Business, Employment and Retail launched a review of the occupations on
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Denmark The Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration (SIRI) has announced that certain permanent residents are required to replace their residence cards. This is applicable to third country (i.e., non-EU, non-EEA and non-Swiss) citizens with permanent residence in Denmark as a family member of an EU citizen. The above-named permanent residents, if currently residing
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European Union The Council of the EU and the European Parliament have provisionally agreed on rules to digitalise the visa procedure, introducing online visa applications and replacing the current visa sticker with a digital visa. The agreement still needs to be approved by member states before the adoption process in the Council and the European
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Denmark Effective 1 June 2023, the Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration (SIRI) has made it mandatory to use an online application form when submitting several more types of application. The additional application types now requiring an online application are: If the relevant online application is not submitted, SIRI can reject the application. There
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Spain On 10 May 2023, the Spanish government passed amendments (Law 11/2023) to Law 14/2013 that implement the revised EU Blue Card Directive (EU 2021/1883). The changes, which took effect on 29 May 2023, also affect Spain’s national residence permit for highly qualified professionals. The principal changes are as follows: Other EU Member States which
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Austria The Austrian government has announced that amendments to the rules for Red-White-Red (RWR) cards will come into force on 1 October 2023. The principal changes announced are as follows: ABA Work in Austria is an independent agency which is separate from both the Public Employment Service and the residence authorities. It is authorised to
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