10/03/2010 Ireland: Finance Bill 2010

Ireland: Finance Bill 2010 The Department of Finance issued its 2010 Finance Bill on 4 February 2010. Many of the measures contained in the Bill...

09/03/2010 Poland, Warsaw: Work Permit Delays

Work permit processing times for Warsaw, Poland have doubled from thirty to sixty days due to new filing procedures that took effect at the beginning...

09/03/2010 Costa Rica: New Immigration Law Takes Effect

The new Costa Rican immigration law came into effect on March 1, 2010. Among other changes, the new law requires all residence and work permit...

08/03/2010 Jamaica Has New Tax Rates

The new tax-free threshold for taxpayers in Jamaica is 441,168 per annum. Additionally, since that date, a progressive tax system has been in effect....

08/03/2010 U.K. and Follow up on Statement of Practice 01/09

Her Majestys Revenue & Customs HMRC in the U.K. has announced that legislation will not be introduced until the 2011 Finance Act concerning this...

more HR features

• EU Social Security Regulations Update:
  On 1 March 2010, initial guidance1 was released by the U.K.s HM Revenue & Customs HMRC on the practical implementation of the new European Union EU social security rules, effective 1 May 2010, as contained in Regulations EC 883/2004, 987/2009, and...
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• United States: Technical Problems Plague DS-160 Online Nonimmigrant Visa Application:
  Foreign nationals who are trying to fill out Form DS-160, the new, fully electronic nonimmigrant visa application, have been experiencing widespread technical problems and delays. The Department of State DOS is attempting to resolve the problems, but in...
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• United States Reminder: FY 2011 H-1B Cap Filing Season Opens on April 1:
  U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will begin accepting Fiscal Year FY 2011 H-1B cap petitions on April 1, 2010. Though the business immigration community does not anticipate the huge initial surge of filings and rapid cap exhaustion of past years,...
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• United States: ICE Boosts I-9 Audit Efforts in Several States:
  Over the past week, Fragomen has learned that numerous employers throughout the United States have recently received notices of I-9 inspection from U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement ICE. ICE officials have not been able to confirm that these audits...
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• Brazil: New Procedures for In-Country Registrations:
  As previously reported, the Foreign Division of the Federal Police Department of So Paulo in Brazil has changed the registration procedures for work permit holders. In general, foreign nationals who will remain in Brazil for more than 90 days must...