17/05/2013 Australia: Federal Budget Will Increase Visa Application Fees, Make Other Immigration Changes

  The visa application charge for subclass 457 visa applications will increase to AU900 from AU455, effective July 1, 2013. Government programs...

17/05/2013 Australia: Government Unveils 2013/14 Budget with Few Measures for Individuals

On 14 May 2013, the Commonwealth Treasurer, the Honourable Wayne Swan MP, delivered the Australian Federal Budget 2013-14.1 In addition, on 13 May...

16/05/2013 China: Government Issues Draft Rules to Implement New Immigration Law, Solicits Public Feedback

The proposed regulations would introduce new visa categories and recategorize some existing ones, provide new definitions of illegal work and stay,...

16/05/2013 Colombia: Government to Restructure Visa Regime

  The current six visa categories will be consolidated into three, with several subcategories under each, and new visa names will result. New...

16/05/2013 USA: Senate Judiciary Committee to Debate Nonimmigrant Provisions of Reform Bill

  Today, the Committee will begin to consider an array of suggested amendments, including proposals to broaden DOLs H-1B enforcement authority....

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• Colombia: Government to Restructure Visa Regime:
    The current six visa categories will be consolidated into three, with several subcategories under each, and new visa names will result. New business visa categories will also be created. The changes will take effect on June 24. The Colombian...
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• Panama: Highly-Skilled Worker Permit Is Among Three New Work Permit Categories:
    The new highly-skilled worker permit requires a bachelors or post-graduate degree, but no minimum level of professional experience. The Panamanian government also introduced new work permit categories for Italian nationals and parents of Panamanian...
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• Romania: New Rules on Taxing Resident Assignees Overseas:
  Government Ordinance no. 8/20131 G.O. no. 8/2013 recently modified the Romanian Fiscal Code, significantly impacting Romanian companies with employees assigned abroad. The changes under G.O. no. 8/2013 effectively provide a cash-flow advantage for...
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• United Kingdom: HMRC Issues Draft Guidance on Statutory Residence Test:
  On 8 May 2013, the U.K. tax authorities, HM Revenue and Customs HMRC, published the much-anticipated draft guidance to the new statutory residence test SRT1. As expected, the guidance is detailed and contains many examples. The guidance provides a helpful...
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• USA: June 2013 Visa Bulletin: EB-3 Continues to Advance Significantly:
    The EB-3 subcategory for professionals and skilled workers will advance by more than nine months for China and most other countries in June, though India will advance only two weeks. In the EB-2 category, priority date cut-offs will advance two...