France EU Blue Card rules updated On 2 May 2025, France passed Law No. 2025-391, updating the EU Blue Card rules in line with EU Directive 2021/1883. Among the changes introduced are the following: Ireland Visa requirement for nationals of Trinidad and Tobago The Department of Justice has announced that, effective 12 May 2025, nationals
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Denmark New rules for third-country students in non-state-approved higher educational programmes On 30 April 2025, the Ministry of Immigration and Integration published an amendment to the ‘Executive Order on the granting of residence and work permits to students’ (the Executive Order on study programmes). The amendment means that students from third-countries in non-state-approved higher educational
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Finland New Consulate General to open in Houston, Texas On 25 April 2025, the President of Finland approved an amendment to the Decree of the President of the Republic on the Locations of Finland’s Diplomatic Missions. The amendment will establish Finland’s Consulate General in Houston, Texas, in the United States as of 1 July 2025.
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Czech Republic Free access to the Czech Labour Market for Citizens of Selected Countries is Extended to Citizens of Taiwan Effective 1 March 2025, a government decree has introduced free access to the Czech labour market for citizens of Taiwan. Taiwanese citizens who wish to be employed in Czechia are no longer required to obtain a work permit,
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France Changes in the French language assessment for nationality and long-term residence From 12 May 2025, the TCF Integration, Residence and Nationality (IRN) test will allow candidates to be evaluated up to level B2. Following the promulgation of Law No. 2024-42 of January 26, 2024, the new government requirements for mastery of French are evolving and will
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Ireland Details of launch of new online employment permit system The Department of Enterprise, trade and Employment (DETE) has announced that its new “Employment Permits Online” system will launch on 28 April 2025. To facilitate the move to Employment Permits Online, the existing EPOS website will be taken offline. During this time no employment permit
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Albania, North Macedonia, Serbia Open Balkan services commence The Open Balkan system developed by Albania, North Macedonia and Serbia, now allows citizens of these countries to live and work in either of the other countries without a separate residence or work permit. To apply, qualifying individuals need to first obtain an Open Balkan ID number
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Denmark New system for digital applications The Danish Immigration Service and the Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration (SIRI) have announced that they are moving all digital application forms and invitation forms to a new IT system on newtodenmark.dk. Users can still complete their digital application or invitation in the old system. The switch
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Denmark Authorities publish updated income statistics applicable from 1 April 2025. The Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration (SIRI) uses income statistics made by the Confederation of Danish Employers (DA) in the case processing of applications to decide if an offered job is within the Danish standards for salary. This applies to the Pay Limit Scheme, the Positive List and the Fast
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European Union Revised timeline fort EES and ETIAS On 5 March 2025, EU Home Affairs Ministers endorsed a revised timeline for the implementation of the Entry/Exit System (EES) and the European Travel Information and AuthorisationSystem(ETIAS). The EES is expected to become operational in October 2025. ETIAS is expected to follow inthe last quarter of 2026. At the same time,
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