REPRINTED FROM Real Estate Weekly By David J. Pfeffer and Andrew Koerner, Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLPArticle Published on September 1, 2010 In the wake of the financial meltdown and subsequent signs of economic recovery, opportunities are becoming more prevalent for those looking to diversify and expand their investments. However, it continues to be exceedingly […]
International Referral, the world’s largest exclusive network of advisory firms is delighted to introduce Jennie Giannakopoulou of Giannakopoulou & Associates. Jennie has joined IR as our exclusive Real Estate, Immigration Law and Wills & Estates member in Greece. Eugenia (Jennie) Giannakopoulou received her Bachelor of Arts cum laude from Hellenic College in Boston, Massachusetts majoring […]
International Referral, the world’s largest exclusive network of advisory firms is delighted to introduce Shusaku Kimura of AIZEN Immigration Law Firm. Shusaku has joined IR as our exclusive Immigration Law Member in Japan. I graduated from Sophia University in Japan. I worked in automobile, software and real estate industries and I started my career as […]
On Friday, 13 December Immigration New Zealand (INZ) announced that the Long Term Business Visa (LTBV) Category will be closing at 4pm on Friday, 20 December. The LTBV is going to be replaced with a new “Entrepreneur Work Visa” and most likely an EOI points based system will be introduced. There have been concerns for […]
International Referral, the world’s largest exclusive network of advisory firms is delighted to introduce Serkan Zafer Er of Specialist Relocation. Serkan has joined IR as our exclusive Immigration Law member in Turkey. Specialist Relocation provides complete relocation solutions for corporate and individual clients, to, from or within Turkey and the rest of the world through […]
It is common knowledge that employers wishing to employ non-New Zealand citizens or residents must comply with all relevant employment and immigration law in force in New Zealand. Specifically, employer obligations include but are not limited to: Not allowing an unlawful worker or contractor to work for them (either knowingly or unknowingly); Not allowing a worker to […]
SKILLED MIGRANT CATEGORY POOL SELECTION There have been three reported draws from the Skilled Migrant Category (SMC) Pool since our last newsletter. For both the pool draws that took place on 30 October and 27 November Expressions of Interest (EOI) claiming a minimum of 140 points were selected and invited to apply for New Zealand residence. In […]
Graeme Kirk, the Senior Partner of Gross & Co, has this week Co-Chaired the 6th Biennial International Bar Association Global Immigration Conference held at the Mayfair Hotel in London on 21st – 22nd November 2013.The Conference was attended by well over 200 international immigration lawyers, Government officials and other immigration professionals. Gross & Co.
All employers should be aware of proposed changes to New Zealand’s immigration laws. These changes, which are likely to come into effect later this year, could have serious implications for all employers of migrants. These include unannounced visits and rights of entry without a warrant for Immigration Officers, and significant fines of up to $100,000.00 and/or imprisonment for […]
Ben Chapman-Smith of the New Zealand Herald reported recently that Statistics New Zealand have released figures confirming that New Zealand has had its highest net gain in migrants for more than 10 years. Overall, New Zealand has had a net gain of 15,200 migrants over the last 12 months, compared with a net loss of 3,300 in […]
International Referral the global network of business lawyers, is delighted to introduce Mark Williams of Lane Neave. Mark has joined the Legal network; as our exclusive Immigration Law member in New Zealand. Recognised as one of New Zealand’s prominent commercial immigration experts, Mark Williams leads Lane Neave’s immigration team. This Team provides one of the […]
With effect from the 29-09-2013, the Spanish Government finally fully approved the Investors’ Support and Internationalization 14/2013 Act which includes, among others measures, a Spanish residency programme that will allow investors to become permanent investors if they invest, at least, €500.000 in property located in Spain.The law was published on the Spanish Official Gazzete (BOE) […]