Minimum salary requirements for Type B work permits and Blue Cards will increase from 1 January 2019.
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UKRAINE – Stricter Border Controls for Russian Nationals Under Martial Law
Effective 26 November 2018 until 27 December 2018, Ukraine has declared martial law in the regions of Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhia, Kherson, Odessa, Nikolaev and Vinnitsa.
During this period, Russian nationals crossing the Ukrainian border are being more carefully checked.
Over the past few days, more than 70 Russian nationals have been stopped from crossing the Ukraine border at Borispol and Kiev airports. The vast majority were not allowed because they could not confirm the purpose of their trip to Ukraine, while others had made illegal visits to the occupied territories, in particular Crimea
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UKRAINE – Stricter Border Controls for Russian Nationals Under Martial Law
This news alert was prepared using information provided by ABEA Relocation.
MALAYSIA – MDEC Foreign Knowledge Worker Projection for 2019 Opens on 3 December 2018
Companies who are registered with the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) can start to apply for their 2019 Foreign Knowledge Worker (FKW) projection for Employment Passes from 3 December 2018.
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This news alert was prepared using information provided by Permit Pro and The Corporate Lab.
INDIA – Exit Clearance Requirement Now Extended to All Indian Nationals
Effective immediately, all Indian nationals travelling to any of 18 “notified” countries for employment purposes are advised to register with the eMigrate portal of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) at least 24 hours prior to departure.
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This news alert was prepared using information provided by IKAN Relocations, Sesam Business Consultants and LawQuest.
AUSTRALIA – Labour Market Testing and Free Trade Agreements
On 31 October 2018, Australia became the sixth signatory to the ‘Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership’ (TPP-11), after Canada, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand and Singapore. The agreement comes into force on 30 December 2018. Chile, Peru, Brunei, Malaysia and Vietnam are yet to ratify the TPP-11.
AUSTRALIA – Labour Market Testing and Free Trade Agreements
This news alert was prepared using information provided by Newland Chase.
PERU – New Work Contract Registration System
The Peruvian government has launched a new online system for registering and subsequently managing employment contracts.
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PERU – New Work Contract Registration System
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AUSTRALIA – Changes to Working Holiday Maker Visa Programme
There have been some recent changes to the Working Holiday Maker (WHM) visa programme, which allows qualifying applicants to have a holiday in Australia and work there to help fund their trip.
AUSTRALIA – Changes to Working Holiday Maker Visa Programme
