International Relocation: Supporting Your Employees
International relocations involve transferring employees from the UK to work in a different country. This process requires careful planning and consideration, as it affects both the business and the employee’s personal life. Relocating to a new area can be a mentally, emotionally and physically challenging experience for an employee. International relocation is an especially daunting […]
Managing International Assignments: Employer Guidance
Organisations deploy personnel on international assignment for many reasons. Whether you are addressing an internal skills gaps, supporting leadership development or looking to improve working relations across borders, for any international assignment to be successful, there will be a multitude of legal, immigration, tax and pensions risks to manage when sending employees overseas. Global mobility […]
Moving Out of the Country Checklist: How to Support Employees
Corporate relocations are administratively and logistically demanding for employers. They also require significant investment, with expectations of ROI and organisational value. Effective management of the relocation process will be critical to facilitate success of the move, enabling the employee to hit the ground running professionally and help to settle their family into the new environment. […]
Expat Package (What Do Employees Expect?)
The success or failure of an overseas assignment can often be impacted by the quality of the expat package provided to assignees when asked to work overseas. A competitive compensation package will not only help to attract the best available candidates for the job from within your organisation or when recruiting externally, it will also […]
Types of Global Mobility Assignment
To achieve the flexibility and agility required to respond to changing business demands while operating within a cost-effective and compliant infrastructure, organisations should explore different types of global mobility assignments. With a varied global mobility portfolio, organisations can optimise the return and value of its mobility activity by ensuring the most appropriate and cost-effective type […]
Irish Citizenship Through Investment
The Ireland Investor Programme closed to new applications in 2023. The following article and information pre-dates the closure of the route. To discuss current investor visa options for the UK and Ireland, contact us. Gaining Irish citizenship through investment has become attractive for many reasons. As an Irish citizen, you are conferred constitutional rights […]
Ireland Immigration Investment Programme: What Do You Need to Invest?
The Ireland Investor visa closed to new applications in 2023. The following article and information pre-dates the closure of the route. To discuss current investor visa options for the UK and Ireland, contact us. The Ireland Immigrant Investor Programme (IIP), also known as the Ireland investor visa, offers non-EU nationals the opportunity to gain […]
Ireland Investor Visa (Applicant FAQs)
The Ireland Investor visa closed to new applications in 2023. The following article and information pre-dates the closure of the route. To discuss current investor visa options for the UK and Ireland, contact us. The Ireland Investor visa is offered through the Irish Immigrant Investor Programme (IIP). It is available to citizens of non-EEA […]
Overseas Work Permit (How to Get One!)
When looking at how to get an overseas work permit for an employee, there will be a number of factors to consider. This can be daunting for HR and mobility teams, given the highly changeable nature and varied nature of global immigration rules. One of the key requirements when deploying employees overseas on assignment is […]
Assignment Management (Overseas Management Risks)
Overseas assignment management is becoming increasingly common as employers move away from permanent relocations in favour of more flexible and less costly solutions to deploy key employees to different regions. Overseas assignments present both opportunities and risks for employers. While the move may be temporary, employees still require support both in terms of the logistics […]