Denmark Extension of residence permit under the Ukraine-Special Act On 26 November 2024, the Danish Parliament decided that residence permits granted under the Act on Temporary Residence Permits for persons displaced from Ukraine can be extended until 17 March 2026. The new rules for extending residence permits under the Act on Temporary Residence Permits for […]
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Switzerland Federal Council lifts quotas for Croatian nationals in 2025 From 1 January 2025, Croatian nationals coming to work in Switzerland will benefit once again from full freedom of movement. At its meeting on 27 November 2024, the Federal Council adopted an amendment to the Ordinance on the Free Movement of Persons (FMPO) to this
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European Union Commission proposes new online portal for posted worker declarations The European Commission has proposed to establish a single declaration portal for companies posting workers to provide services in another European Union (EU) country. The single digital declaration portal will: EU countries will be able to use the portal on a voluntary basis. Participating EU
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Australia Mobility Arrangement for Talented Early-professionals Scheme (MATES) announced for India The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) has announced that, from December 2024, graduates and early career professionals from India’s top universities can register in the pre-application ballot for a Mobility Arrangement for Talented Early-professionals Scheme (MATES) (subclass 403) visa. If selected in the ballot,
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Finland Updated income requirements for residence permits The Finnish Immigration Service has announced that new income thresholds for residence permit applicants will affect applications that are submitted on or after 1 November 2024. The new income thresholds concern the following residence permits: Background Usually, the authorities can grant a residence permit only if the applicant
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Italy Operational guidelines for entry quota applications On 24 October 2024, the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Labor and Social Policies, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry and the Ministry of Tourism sent out a joint circular with operational guidelines on the 2025 entry quotas for foreign national workers. For the
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Finland Updated online form for new employee announcements Effective 31 October 2024, the employee announcement form in the Enter Finland for Employers online service will be updated. From that date, there will be a new and simplified employee announcement form, making it quicker and easier for employers to submit the announcement. Employers must submit an
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European Union EU delays launch of Exit/Entry System At a meeting of EU interior ministers on 10 October, Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson announced that the planned 10 November 2024 launch date for the Entry/Exit System (EES) is no longer on the table. The commissioner noted that France, Germany and the Netherlands have declared that
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Canada Eligible, low-risk applicants to continue benefiting from streamlined immigration medical examination requirements Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has extended until 5 October 2029 that exempts certain low-risk, in-Canada foreign nationals from needing an additional immigration medical examination (IME) as part of their application. This measure is aimed at faster processing of applications and improving client
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Denmark Updated procedure for assessing salary offers On 27 September 2024, the Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration (SIRI) published an updated version of the practice note that is used to assess whether an offered salary in certain work cases corresponds to Danish standards. In March 2022, SIRI published a note concerning SIRI’s practices
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