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. Read full story »
Tags: individuals | expatriates | business | public sector | law | employees | United Kingdom | education | professionals | Expats | Immigration | Other | Immigration
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. Read full story »
Tags: expatriates | Finance | tax | Netherlands | employees | individual income tax | Expats
By Fiona Moore, for Expatbriefing.com, 29 March, 2018
The Shanghai Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone, half of which is located in the Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone, reports that Shanghai has granted 52 special "R visas" to high-profile foreign experts since the start of this year. Read full story »
Tags: expatriates | employees | international financial centres (IFC) | China | offshore | professionals | construction | services | Expats | Visas and Passports
By by Jason Gorringe, Tax-News.com, London, 05 March, 2018
The Isle of Man Government says it is seeing positive results from recent changes to the island's work permit system, with the vast majority of work permit applications submitted online being processed within one working day. Read full story »
Tags: individuals | expatriates | Isle of Man | employees | international financial centres (IFC) | Employment | Expats | Immigration | Visas and Passports | Immigration
By Hans Esser, for ExpatBriefing.com, 16 January, 2018
Self-employed EU citizens should be able to maintain a right of residence and, through such, access to welfare in another member state, even when they have been unable secure more work, Europe's top court has ruled. Read full story »
Tags: expatriates | tax | Ireland | employees | Romania | unemployment | legislation | Expats | Europe
By Hans Esser, for ExpatBriefing.com, 18 December, 2017
The French Government is planning to unveil additional tax cuts next year to encourage London's bankers and financiers to relocate to Paris. Read full story »
Tags: expatriates | tax | employees | United Kingdom | social security | France | Germany | Expats
By Hans Esser, for ExpatBriefing.com, 03 January, 2018
A new report from the OECD says France's work permit system is unnecessarily complex, with regional disparities, and there is not enough transparency for employers. Read full story »
Tags: individuals | expatriates | Citizenship | employees | professionals | France | standards | Expats
By Hans Esser, for ExpatBriefing.com, 14 November, 2017
Malta's immigration authority, Identity Malta, has slashed processing times for issuing single work permits. Read full story »
Tags: expatriates | Citizenship | Malta | employees | international financial centres (IFC) | construction | Expats | Visas and Passports | Working Abroad | Work | Working Abroad | Working Abroad
By Hans Esser, for ExpatBriefing.com, 24 August, 2017
The Confederation of Danish Industry has welcomed an announcement by a government minister that a special tax scheme for certain skilled expat workers will be improved. Read full story »
Tags: expatriates | tax | Denmark | entrepreneurs | employees | unemployment | individual income tax | Expats
By Dex Tennyson, for ExpatBriefing.com, 14 July, 2017
Saudi Arabia's new tax on expatriate workers was introduced on July 1. Read full story »
Tags: expatriates | tax | Saudi Arabia | employees | Expats