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Croatia's amended Foreigners Act, in force since June 4, 2026, lets foreign workers switch employers after six months without a new permit and extends unemployment grace periods — but also slows permit processing and adds a mandatory Croatian language test.
Globaris Immigration Desk · July 21, 2026 · 3 min read
Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, Hungary, and 13 other EU states missed the deadline to adopt the revised Single Permit Directive — the reform meant to speed up combined work-and-residence permits and let foreign workers change employers more freely.
Globaris Immigration Desk · Jul 21, 2026 · 3 min read
The Ministry of Manpower has quietly lifted the maximum age for a new Work Permit application by one year — a small but real widening of the door for older construction, manufacturing, marine, process and services workers from South and Southeast Asia.
Globaris Immigration Desk · Jul 16, 2026 · 2 min read
Since July 13, 2026, Immigration New Zealand only accepts Occupational English Test (OET) results taken in person at a supervised test centre — the at-home online option is gone for anyone testing on or after that date.
Globaris Immigration Desk · Jul 15, 2026 · 2 min read
Laminated permanent residence cards issued between August 2016 and August 2021 lose validity on August 3, 2026 under EU security-format rules — newer plastic cards are unaffected.
Globaris Immigration Desk · Jul 8, 2026 · 1 min read
Immigration, HR and business experts convened by Helpers Hungary have submitted a formal proposal to replace over 20 overlapping permit categories with two clear tracks — a default work permit and the EU Blue Card.
Globaris Immigration Desk · Jul 6, 2026 · 1 min read
Slovakia's headline unemployment rate looks steady at around 4%, but layoffs are rising in some sectors even as roughly 142,000 foreign workers keep the labour market from tightening further.
Globaris Immigration Desk · Jun 29, 2026 · 1 min read
Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, Hungary, and 13 other EU states missed the deadline to adopt the revised Single Permit Directive — the reform meant to speed up combined work-and-residence permits and let foreign workers change employers more freely.
Globaris Immigration Desk · Jul 21, 2026 · 3 min read
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