Immigration

The Belgian Ministry of Employment has increased the minimum salary required for both the Fast-track Work Permit B and the European (EU) Blue Card. The EU Blue Card is a work and residence permit for highly skilled non-EU citizens. The Blue Card was designed by the EU to assist with […]

Short on the heels of a nonbinding House vote to block President Obama’s executive action on immigration, some 20 Democratic U.S. mayors are meeting today in New York City to send a different message: They want to help implement the president’s plan. The meeting, hosted by New York Mayor Bill […]

In response to the recent increase in Indian visa applications and associated backlogs and delays at Indian consulates across the U.S., U.S. citizens are now eligible to obtain visas on arrival for travel to India as tourists. The visa on arrival takes the form of an electronic travel authorization (ETA), […]

Dec. 07–When Houston entrepreneur Roberto Contreras went shopping for capital to finance a $70 million luxury residential tower he was planning near the Galleria, he didn’t look for equity in the usual places. Instead he cast his net a lot wider, finding 20 well-heeled international investors, mostly from Mexico and […]