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Shanghai Grants First 'Entrepreneurship' Visa
By Fiona Moore, for ExpatBriefing.com,
30 August, 2018
Shanghai authorities have issued the city state's first "entrepreneurship visa" to a foreign national.
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Skilled Foreigners Being Turned Away For UK Visas
By Fiona Moore, for ExpatBriefing.com,
18 June, 2018
Lower-paid medical practitioners are increasingly having their request for UK working visas rejected, as a result of immigration quotas.
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French Lawmakers Seek FATCA Relief For Expats In France
By Fiona Moore, for ExpatBriefing.com,
18 June, 2018
The French Senate on May 15, 2018, adopted the text of a proposed Motion for Resolution in principle, which calls on the French Government to negotiate with the US Government relief for French taxpayers that were born in the US and face US tax penalties having been unaware they would be covered by the US Foreign Tax Compliance Act.
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Netherlands To Shorten Expat Tax Scheme
By Hans Esser, for ExpatBriefing.com,
27 April, 2018
The Dutch Government has proposed shortening the duration of the special tax scheme for expatriate workers from eight years to five.
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Finnish Lawmakers Call For Termination Of Portuguese DTA
By by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels,
13 April, 2018
The Finnish Government has proposed that parliament terminate the 1970 double tax agreement between Finland and Portugal so that Finland can tax the pensions of retired Finnish expats.
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