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NETHERLANDS: New Work Permit Exemptions
The government is introducing additional work permit exemptions on January 1, 2014. Currently, foreign staff attending an in-house company training in the Netherlands are not exempted from the work permit requirement. This will change for multinational organizations transferring employees to their Dutch establishments for certain training purposes. The maximum period for this work permit exemption […]
AUSTRALIA: Australian Government Revised Labor Market Testing Requirements in the 457 Visa Program
In June 2013, the previous government of Australia decided to undo decades of progressive reform and introduce Labour Market Testing (LMT) into the 457 program. That government was defeated in September 2013 and the new government has substantially watered down the LMT regime with amendments passed on November 23. The subclass 457 visa is the […]
GERMANY: Germany has Become the World’s Top Migration Spot after the United States
According to recently published OECD statistics from 2012, Germany has seen significant growth in migration and has skyrocketed to second place on the list of the world’s top migration spots after the United States: Germany became the second-largest immigration country, after the United States, in the OECD in 2012, receiving more than 10% of all […]
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