The European Parliament today adopted its long-awaited Report on intra-corporate transferees. The Directive will make it easier for international companies to transfer managers, specialists and trainees temporarily to a branch in the EU, as well as allowing work in other Member States during the assignment…

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…

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

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 […]

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 […]