The European Commission has adopted a green paper on “An EU approach to managing economic migration”. Its aim is to stimulate a public debate with civil society at large, the social partners and the other EU institutions on the need to develop a comprehensive EU strategy on this issue. The Commission will organise a hearing […]

The new Immigration Act will be implemented on 1 January 2005. It is a framework legislation, which will require further bylaws. The new Act is based on a broad political consensus. This consensus came about because, contrary to the original plan and the suggestions of a commission set up in 2000, immigration will not now […]

The Federal Police has assumed a discretionary interpretation of policy that spouses are not entitled to Brazilian employment authorization in the absence of the labor market testing required for other foreign workers. We understand that this policy is not yet law and have received the information courtesy of FRAGOMEN GLOBAL IMMIGRATION SERVICES.

On January 16th 2002 the President of the USA, George W. Bush, signed into law two bills that allow accompanying spouses of L and E visa holders in the United States to obtain work authorisation.