Saudi Arabia Warns Expatriates: Self-Employment Outside Your Sponsor Can Now Mean Jail
Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry warns expatriates that self-employment outside their sponsor can bring up to six months in prison and...
Read moreDetailsSaudi Arabia's Interior Ministry warns expatriates that self-employment outside their sponsor can bring up to six months in prison and...
Read moreDetailsJapan raises foreign residents' status-renewal fees up to 12-fold from October, with permanent residency fees rising 20-fold.
Read moreDetailsThe US is ending open-ended 'duration of status' for F-1/J-1 students from September 15, and Common App data already shows...
Read moreDetailsSix foreign dive instructors were arrested in a Koh Tao work-permit crackdown, highlighting the limits of Thailand's DTV visa.
Read moreDetailsThe Bank of Thailand's biggest reorganisation in 27 years could bring tougher scrutiny to foreigners' banking, pensions and property payments.
Read moreDetailsLonRes data shows UK landlords lose nearly three-quarters of rent tribunal cases, with evidence problems cited in almost half.
Read moreDetailsNew Bayleys research finds 29% of New Zealand's priciest properties are ineligible for the country's golden visa scheme.
Read moreDetailsBeijing's new 20% tax on offshore trusts is pushing wealthy mainland Chinese investors to reassess their holdings, Reuters reports.
Read moreDetailsSpain's second-hand home prices rose 16.2% year-on-year in July, per the Fotocasa index.
Read moreDetailsOman has stopped renewing work permits for expatriates over 60, reversing a 2022 policy.
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