The immigration newsletter is brought to you by our International Assignment Services' specialist Global Visa Services team in the Asia Pacific region. The first newsletter of 2012 highlights a number of recent immigration regulatory updates in the region including:
- Singapore introduced a new pass for foreign spouses of Singaporeans and announced further measures to moderate the inflow of foreign workers;
- Japan introduced a new residence management system, and;
- the Philippines revised the implementing rules for Special Visa for Employment Generation.