11th Biennial IBA Global Immigration Conference

4 Dec - 6 Dec 2024

Session information

Trends in global mobility

Thursday 5 December (1330 - 1500)

Description

The panel will look at the following questions

  • Has your country’s employment based visa policy become more open or more restrictive in the last 1-2 years?
  • Have issues such as refugees and irregular migration made policy making on regular migration for skilled workers more complex?
  • Have any categories of work visas been restricted?
  • Are there any new categories?
  • Are the numbers of visas for skilled workers up or down
  • Are you seeing more short term business travel rather than longer postings?

Session / Workshop Chair(s)

Alex Stojicevic MKS Lawyers, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Newsletter Officer, Immigration and Nationality Law Committee

Speakers

Oluwapamilerin Akabunwa Famsville Solicitors , Lagos, Nigeria; Diversity and Inclusion Officer, Immigration and Nationality Law Committee
Andreea Haulbert Karl Waheed Avocats, Paris, France
Dieter Kohlfürst Kohlfürst Legal, Miesbach, Germany
Anne O'Donoghue Immigration Solutions Lawyers, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Vice Chair for Diversity and Inclusion - Global Employment Institute (GEI)
Ariel Orrego Villacorta AOV ABOGADOS, Lima, Peru; Secretary, Immigration and Nationality Law Committee
Chetal Patel Bates Wells, London, England
Mahrukh Umrigar Consortia Legal, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India