Press Releases
Euro MPs give support to intra-corporate transferees and their families.
Permits Foundation welcomes today’s vote on the Intra-Corporate Transfer (ICT) Directive in the European Parliament’s Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs committee. The vote represents an important step towards a more attractive Europe for international companies, intra-corporate transferees and their families…
Read moreEurope – The European Commission’s proposals for a Directive on intra-corporate transfers should be amended to allow family members to work.
Given the importance of accompanying family members to international mobility, Permits Foundation has recommended amendments to ensure that family members can accompany the intra-corporate employee from the start of the assignment and be permitted to work. Read our respose to EU Commissioner for Home Affairs, Cecilia Malmström Read our Press Release
Read moreUK – Permits Foundation responds to the Migration Advisory Committee and UK Border Agency on the level of an annual limit on economic migration.
The UK Government has asked the Migration Advisory Committee and the UK Border Agency to consult on the introduction of an annual cap on non-EU economic migration. Permits Foundation expressed the view that a cap on highly skilled business migration will harm the UK’s economy and its competitiveness as an international business hub. The foundation […]
Read moreImmigration caps risk stifling UK economic recovery.
The introduction of caps on employment of highly skilled foreign workers and intra-company transfers would stifle the UK’s economic recovery and damage its competitive position longer term. That’s the message Permits Foundation has given to the Migration Advisory Committee and the UK Border Agency in consultations drawing to a close this month. “There’s a serious […]
Read moreEuropean Commission’s proposals on intra-corporate transferees fail to address the needs of working spouses.
Proposals by the European Commission for a directive on the entry and residence of Intra Corporate Transferees fail to address the needs of working spouses and partners. The Commission’s initiative is intended to facilitate common work permit procedures for transferring managers, specialists and graduate trainees to Europe by international companies. However, although the proposals respect […]
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