News and Updates
ITALY: New Quotas for Apprenticeship and Intership Programs
The Italian government has released new quotas for apprenticeship and internship programs. Also, failure to report presence in Italy will now result in fines. 15,000 new quotas have been issued to allow non-EU nationals to come to Italy for apprenticeship and internship programs. This amount includes: 7,500 quotas for those foreigners coming for apprenticeship programs […]
CANADA: Immigrant Investor Venture Capital Pilot Program
In December 2014, CIC announced the anticipated launch in late January 2015 of a new federal investor program, the Immigrant Investor Venture Capital Pilot Program. Pursuant to the Immigrant Investor Venture Capital Pilot Program, applicants will be required to make a non-guaranteed investment of $2 million for a period of 15 years to the Immigrant […]
Short-Term Visas: A Country-by-Country Overview
This article provides an overview of various countries’ short-term visa options for temporary assignments. Belgium Under Belgian law, there are several work permit exemptions for short-term assignments. One is the Vander Elst exemption: if some conditions are met, no work permit is required for non-EEA (European Economic Area = European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway) […]









