IMMIGRATION


MOBILITY AND IMMIGRATION A pe


GLOBAL rf T ect storm


Businesses must work more closely with mobility and immigration experts when planning international moves, leading immigration expert Julia Onslow-Cole told the Global Expansion Summit, held in London this summer. Ruth Holmes reports.


he challenges companies are experiencing when moving people across borders are only going to increase. This was the message from Julia Onslow-Cole, head of


PwC’s global immigration team, at the 2017 Global Expansion Summit, which took place in London in June. “We see political pressure from governments all around the


world to tighten immigration rules in non-statutory ways – for example, by tightening up existing rules to make it harder to secure visas and to cross borders,” Ms Onslow-Cole said. “At the same time, we have businesses who increasingly want to send people across national boundaries, and young people who expect


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to travel as part of their job. We are up against a perfect storm.” Citing the example of a call from a global mobility director


taken late one Friday, Julia Onslow-Cole described the difficulties of moving large teams of people at very short notice, and avoiding key risks, such as inadvertent permanent establishment and tax implications. The Brexit negotiations, the fluidity of US immigration


policy, and the fast-changing crisis in Qatar underscore the need for immigration expertise and timely information, as well as for consultation at government level to ensure that businesses have access to the skills they need.


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