The Immigration Conversation | Presented by Fragomen

The glass has been shattered and you need to be agile in the new global mobility era. Partner Julia Onslow-Cole and industry veteran Brian Friedman take a look at how the pandemic has changed, and continues to change, the immigration and relocation landscape. They discuss the future of business travel, the working from anywhere phenomenon and outsourcing to become more strategic as a global mobili...

In the first of a podcast series, Partner Louise Haycock and Senior Manager Charlotte Wills provide important insight into what businesses should be doing to prepare for the end of the Brexit transition period and the new immigration regime, which begins on 1 January 2021.

In this episode of the Immigration Conversation, Special Counsel Cherie Wright , from our Sydney office and Practice Leader Sally Lisle , from our Auckland office, discuss student and post-study visa options for Australia and New Zealand, including key critical documentary and timing issues that can affect the success of a visa application.

As part of our APAC Insight Series, Partner Dalia Wong and Senior Business Immigration Manager Anna Evangelista provide an overview of the immigration landscape in Singapore, highlighting the expected increased scrutiny resulting from the latest salary updates and expansion of the Fair Consideration Framework.

In this episode of the Immigration Conversation, Cosmina Morariu from our Toronto, Canada office and Naomi Goldshtein, who is based in our London, UK office, discuss the options for international students in both Canada and the UK, including routes to permanent residence, costs and the impact of COVID-19. 

In the latest podcast in our Asia Pacific Insight Series, Ramona Perera, Kyle Fucoy and Missy Mae Makil discuss The ABCs of Community Quarantines in the Philippines. We provide the latest news with respect to the immigration landscape in the Philippines, specifically focusing on foreign nationals who hold valid visas, those with expired or expiring visas and those who wish to exit the Philippines....

In the third part of this podcast series – Entrepreneur Process for Foreign Investors, Canada – Senior Manager Cosmina Morariu and Alison Anderson, Founder and CEO of SuccessionMatching, will focus on foreign investors wishing to buy locally established businesses in British Columbia as a vehicle to apply for Canadian permanent residence, outlining the process, time, and cost involved, as well as...

アジア・パシフィック・インサイト・シリーズの一環として、フラゴメン・アジア・パシフィック・コーディネーション・センターのマネージャー、アルフレッド・チョンと、日本現地アドバイザーであるILSの丸山光衣が、雇用機関と実務の観点から、新型コロナウイルス感染症の影響による日本の入国管理法の問題と課題についてお届け致します。   As part of our APAC Insight Series, Alfred Chong, Manager of Fragomen’s Asia Pacif...

In this third episode in our Ireland podcast series,  we look at citizenship and residency solutions. Fragomen's Bill Foster, Angel Bello Cortes, Stephen McCrea and Kristina de St Maurice discuss the options for individuals who may be entitled to Irish citizenship. 

 In the second episode of our oil and gas podcast series, Fragomen's Shoaib Khaleeli and Shayan Sultan discuss immigration and workforce deployment in the oil and gas industry in the Middle East.

In this edition of the podcast series, Senior Manager Cosmina Morariu and Alison Anderson, Founder and CEO of SuccessionMatching, will review the entrepreneur process for foreign investors wishing to buy locally established businesses, as a vehicle to apply for Canadian permanent residence. The discussion will be focused on the province of Ontario, and outlines the process, time and cost involved,...

O Brasil acaba de editar novas regras para visto de profissionais estrangeiros em embarcações e instalações offshore. É a primeira mudança após três anos da nova Lei de Migração. Nossos gerentes no Rio de Janeiro, Diogo Kloper e Raphael Goulart, detalham as mudanças em relação à elegibilidade dos profissionais, proporcionalidade, documentação, dentre outras.

O câmbio atual favorece os negócios internacionais no Brasil. O setor imobiliário é um dos beneficiados. O diretor da Fragomen no Brasil Gustavo Kanashiro conversou com especialistas sobre as oportunidades para os estrangeiros que querem morar ou investir no país. Ouça o podcast em português.

Fragomen Partners Nadine Goldfoot, Teresa Liu and David Crawford review options in the UK, Australia and Canada, as people take proactive steps to secure the best future for themselves and their families. 

Senior Knowledge Management Director Scott Leeb leads a conversation on findings from Fragomen’s Worldwide Immigration Trends Report Q2 supplement, focusing on key drivers and themes of immigration policy, including evolving political, economic and cultural factors. Joining Scott are Murtaza Khan, Managing Partner of Fragomen Middle East and Africa; Louise Haycock, a Partner in the firm’s London o...

As is the case with many jurisdictions around the world, COVID-19 has affected the immigration and mobility landscape in Indonesia. In this latest podcast from our Asia Pacific Insight Series, Singapore-based Manager Alfred Chong , and Senior Analysts Raga Rasuanta and Satria Cahyadi, from the firm’s Asia Pacific Coordination Center, discuss some of those issues, including the pandemic’s impact on...

In the first episode of Fragomen’s oil and gas podcast series, Murtaza Khan, Managing Partner, Middle East and Africa, leads a discussion on immigration and workforce deployment in the oil and gas industry in Sub-Saharan Africa. He is joined by Senior Manager Johannes Tiba, Manager Caroline Kanzara and Senior Immigration Consultant Nompumelelo Mdletshe.    This first episode focuses on the current...

Toronto-based Senior Manager Cosmina Morariu leads a discussion on a key challenge facing Canada: the issues associated with business succession. Her guest is Alison Anderson, CEO of SuccessionMatching, an online community of business buyers, sellers and succession planning professionals.

In the second episode of how the pandemic is impacting immigration in the country, William Foster , Managing Director of the firm’s Dublin office, leads a discussion on how the landscape will change post-COVID-19. He is joined by Practice leader Ángel Bello Cortés and Managers Claire Cumiskey and Deirdre Murray . 

International student-athletes are facing many issues as a result of COVID-19. These challenges and how they can be addressed are discussed by Partner Karine Wenger and Associate Monica Sherman Ghiglia.

As part of our APAC Insight Series, we take a look at the impact COVID-19 has had on Japan’s immigration system, particularly how it has affected foreign nationals who have residence status in Japan or are entering the country for tourism or work. Kenneth Lau, Partner in Fragomen’s Singapore office; Adrian Goh, Japan Assistant Manager and Team Lead; Consultant Afidah Shah, and Senior Analyst Artri...

Miguel Jimenez , Business Immigration Director in Fragomen’s Mexico City office, and Jack Kim , Senior Manager in the firm's Toronto office, discuss the impact COVID-19 has had on Mexico and Canada, the USMCA and cross-border options between the two countries, among others.

Bill Foster, Fragomen's Managing Director in Ireland, leads a discussion on immigration processes for employees and employers in the wake of the pandemic, with Practice Leader Ángel Bello Corés and Managers Colm Collins and Louise Collins.

Nova portaria libera entrada de profissionais estrangeiros no Brasil depois de três meses de restrições. Veja mais detalhes neste novo podcast, com a sócia da Fragomen no Brasil, Diana Quintas, e o gerente sênior de imigração da Fragomen Diogo Kloper. 

Como resultado do isolamento social e impacto econômico decorrentes da pandemia do COVID-19, o governo brasileiro editou a Medida Provisória 936, que permite às empresas reduzir e suspender contratos de trabalho por tempo determinado. Neste podcast, a sócia da Fragomen no Brasil, Diana Quintas, e o gerente sênior de imigração Diogo Kloper discutem como fica a situação dos estrangeiros que trabalha...