Ottawa to drop demand of visas for Polish visitors
OMAR EL AKKAD
From Friday's Globe and Mail
February 22, 2008 at 3:50 AM EST
OTTAWA — Polish citizens will soon no longer need visas to visit Canada, a source in Ottawa said.
According to the source, Citizenship and Immigration Minister Diane Finley will announce next week that Canada is lifting the visa requirement for Polish citizens - something that Polish Canadian groups have spent years advocating.
"They're saying, 'We're a Western liberal democracy, we're with you in Afghanistan ... why are we not being treated like other countries?' " the source said.
A spokesperson with Citizenship and Immigration Canada did not confirm that an announcement is imminent.
The lifting of visa requirements for Polish citizens would be the latest in a series of such changes in Canadian visa policies for Eastern European countries. In late October of last year, Ms. Finley announced that citizens of the Czech Republic and the Republic of Latvia no longer require a temporary resident visa to visit Canada. (On the other hand, citizens of such countries as Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria do require visas.)
In all, about 50 countries are exempt from Canadian visa requirements.
The relationship between Canada and Poland came into the public spotlight late last year, after the death of Polish national Robert Dziekanski in Vancouver. Mr. Dziekanski died within minutes of being tasered at Vancouver International Airport last October. His death sparked myriad inquiries in Canada, and prompted Canada's ambassador to Poland, David Preston, to express his "deep sympathy" to Polish officials.
Poland is Canada's largest economic partner in Central and Eastern Europe, with more than $1.2-billion in annual trade.
As a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the country has also dispatched more than 1,000 troops to Afghanistan.
Friday, February 22, 2008
Sunday, February 17, 2008
NAZI WAR CRIMINAL FINALLY DEPORTED FROM CANADA
Nazi war criminal extradited to Italy to face life sentence
Linda Nguyen
Canwest News Service
Friday, February 15, 2008
Michael Seifert, 83, leaves court after attending his extradition hearing in 2003. Seifert, convicted in absentia in 2000 in Italy for war crimes ranging from murder to torture and rape when he was an SS prison guard, has been ordered extradited to Italy.
A Canadian man who was convicted of brutally torturing and killing nine people at a Nazi prison camp more than 60 years ago has been extradited to Italy.
Michael Seifert, 83, boarded a commercial plane bound for Italy at Pearson International Airport in Toronto at 3 p.m. ET, confirmed Alain Cherette, a spokesman for Canada's Department of Justice.
"Mr. Seifert was flown to Toronto and from there, he was handed over to Italian authorities,"he said Friday.
Seifert is set to face a life sentence in Italy where, seven years ago in an Italian military court, he was convicted in absentia of war crimes committed during his time as an SS guard in the Second World War.
The crimes took place in a Nazi prison camp in Bolzano, Italy, from 1944 to 1945.
Nicknamed the "Beast of Bolzano," Seifert was found guilty of being involved with nine killings and abuses at the police transit camp that imprisoned Jews, Italian resistance fighters and others, some of whom ended up being taken to Nazi concentration camps.
While working as a guard, Seifert was responsible for supervising prisoner work and performing prisoner rollcalls. He also took prisoners to trains destined for Nazi death camps. He got the job after he left Ukraine at the start of the war.
In his defence, Seifert has said he was only at the camp because he was serving a sentence there for a sexual assault involving another Ukrainian guard. He's always denied involvement in the atrocities and killings.
Nonetheless, Italy issued an extradition order for the former Ukrainian national in May 2002.
Seifert had been living in British Columbia since arriving in Canada in 1951.
He had been fighting his extradition through B.C. Supreme Court for the past six years.
Last year, the court ruled that since Seifert lied about his birthplace and his former occupation when he was applying for Canadian citizenship, it can be revoked.
Seifert argued he only lied to Canadian immigration authorities because he would be killed if his former native Ukraine found out he was emigrating.
Last month, the Supreme Court of Canada denied his last appeal.
"He was at the end of his options," Cherette said. "That cleared the way for his extradition. It's the end of due process. He's used every legal tool that was at his disposal and that was it."
Seifert had been held in custody in a Vancouver-area prison until he was removed Thursday by RCMPofficers who escorted him to Toronto, Cherette said.
Seifert was handed over to two Italian officers fromInterpol at the Toronto airport Friday prior to boarding his afternoon flight.
Cherette adds that it is now up to Italian authorities to decide what they are going to do with him.
Italian news agency Agenzia Giornalistica Italia reported Friday that Seifert will be transferred to a military hospital in Verona, where his war crimes took place.
Bernie Farber, head of the Canadian Jewish Congress, said Seifert's extradition sends a clear message the Canadian government is taking a hard stance on Nazi-era defendants.
"This is excellent news. It's been a long time coming," he said "Sadly, other governments had turned a blind eye to the murderers around us. Hopefully this signals a change in attitude in Canada."
Farber said Holocaust survivors living in Canada can finally feel some kind of justice.
"It brings great solace and great comfort to Holocaust survivors who came here and discovered sadly that they were sharing their new-found land with their victimizers. It's been a terrible time for them,"Farber said. "Justice is finally being done."
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=c6bf8764-e10a-4571-8ae9-18f91b4f1620
Linda Nguyen
Canwest News Service
Friday, February 15, 2008
Michael Seifert, 83, leaves court after attending his extradition hearing in 2003. Seifert, convicted in absentia in 2000 in Italy for war crimes ranging from murder to torture and rape when he was an SS prison guard, has been ordered extradited to Italy.
A Canadian man who was convicted of brutally torturing and killing nine people at a Nazi prison camp more than 60 years ago has been extradited to Italy.
Michael Seifert, 83, boarded a commercial plane bound for Italy at Pearson International Airport in Toronto at 3 p.m. ET, confirmed Alain Cherette, a spokesman for Canada's Department of Justice.
"Mr. Seifert was flown to Toronto and from there, he was handed over to Italian authorities,"he said Friday.
Seifert is set to face a life sentence in Italy where, seven years ago in an Italian military court, he was convicted in absentia of war crimes committed during his time as an SS guard in the Second World War.
The crimes took place in a Nazi prison camp in Bolzano, Italy, from 1944 to 1945.
Nicknamed the "Beast of Bolzano," Seifert was found guilty of being involved with nine killings and abuses at the police transit camp that imprisoned Jews, Italian resistance fighters and others, some of whom ended up being taken to Nazi concentration camps.
While working as a guard, Seifert was responsible for supervising prisoner work and performing prisoner rollcalls. He also took prisoners to trains destined for Nazi death camps. He got the job after he left Ukraine at the start of the war.
In his defence, Seifert has said he was only at the camp because he was serving a sentence there for a sexual assault involving another Ukrainian guard. He's always denied involvement in the atrocities and killings.
Nonetheless, Italy issued an extradition order for the former Ukrainian national in May 2002.
Seifert had been living in British Columbia since arriving in Canada in 1951.
He had been fighting his extradition through B.C. Supreme Court for the past six years.
Last year, the court ruled that since Seifert lied about his birthplace and his former occupation when he was applying for Canadian citizenship, it can be revoked.
Seifert argued he only lied to Canadian immigration authorities because he would be killed if his former native Ukraine found out he was emigrating.
Last month, the Supreme Court of Canada denied his last appeal.
"He was at the end of his options," Cherette said. "That cleared the way for his extradition. It's the end of due process. He's used every legal tool that was at his disposal and that was it."
Seifert had been held in custody in a Vancouver-area prison until he was removed Thursday by RCMPofficers who escorted him to Toronto, Cherette said.
Seifert was handed over to two Italian officers fromInterpol at the Toronto airport Friday prior to boarding his afternoon flight.
Cherette adds that it is now up to Italian authorities to decide what they are going to do with him.
Italian news agency Agenzia Giornalistica Italia reported Friday that Seifert will be transferred to a military hospital in Verona, where his war crimes took place.
Bernie Farber, head of the Canadian Jewish Congress, said Seifert's extradition sends a clear message the Canadian government is taking a hard stance on Nazi-era defendants.
"This is excellent news. It's been a long time coming," he said "Sadly, other governments had turned a blind eye to the murderers around us. Hopefully this signals a change in attitude in Canada."
Farber said Holocaust survivors living in Canada can finally feel some kind of justice.
"It brings great solace and great comfort to Holocaust survivors who came here and discovered sadly that they were sharing their new-found land with their victimizers. It's been a terrible time for them,"Farber said. "Justice is finally being done."
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=c6bf8764-e10a-4571-8ae9-18f91b4f1620
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
BLOOMBERG PUBLISHES GREG SISKIND'S ARTICLE ON PHYSICIAN IMMIGRATION
Bloomberg, one of the world's major news services, has launched its U.S. health care law publication and included a feature article by Greg Siskind.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
SOUTH AFRICA’S IMMIGRATION SYSTEM UNDER ATTACK
Gary Eisenberg
Eisenberg & Associates
info@migratesa.com
South Africa’s immigration system is under attack. Its political environment is beginning to swirl into uncertainty as the leader elect of the African National Congress, South Africa’s controlling political party, Jacob Zuma may see his chances to succeed Thabo Mbeki as President of the country destroyed by a conviction on charges of corruption. Past charges of corruption and rape have dissipated after unsuccessful repeated efforts of the State to prosecute him.
The Minister of Home Affairs herself, N. Mapisa-Nqakula, is a captain standing with her hands behind her back whistling a silent song behind the wheel of a sinking ship. She looks into the distance understanding that she will be displaced in April 2009 elections. The Minister’s Immigration Amendment Bill which had as its principal purpose the refinement and correction of the current Immigration Act has been wallowing in dust and neglect at Parliament for the past two years without more. Current immigration legislation currently hobbles along waiting for a cure.
No matter the substance of South Africa’s immigration law, delivery systems within the Department of Home Affairs are dying or have collapsed. Mavuso Msimang, installed as Director-General of the Department of Home Affairs one year ago, has thus far achieved nothing to stem the tide. While Msimang is a man of exceptional bearing and ability in the parastatal world, his ability to take charge of the Department’s 70,000 personnel scattered throughout South Africa and the world, has simply dissipated into smoke. Msimang simply does not have a management team capable and large enough to make any difference. The level of ineptness and corruption within the Department remain at an all-time high, historically unprecedented.
Despite this malaise, Eisenberg & Associates is busier attending to the immigration requirements of foreigners than ever before in its history. It appears that South Africa continues to draw foreigners, for pleasure and business alike. The World Cup scheduled to take place in 2010 is the horizon for investors, and those foreigners in the construction and engineering fields encouraged to participate in the development schemes in support of World Cup developments (transportation infrastructure, stadiums and housing). The Natal, Eastern Cape and Western Cape Provinces continue to attract foreigners into its coastal areas like never before. There seems to be a palpable heartbeat emerging from all of this, like an African drum, beckoning the return of South African émigrés and the inflow of foreigners, as well as refugee seekers, swelling South Africa’s population beyond the limits of any governmental vision adopted a decade ago.
Eisenberg & Associates
info@migratesa.com
South Africa’s immigration system is under attack. Its political environment is beginning to swirl into uncertainty as the leader elect of the African National Congress, South Africa’s controlling political party, Jacob Zuma may see his chances to succeed Thabo Mbeki as President of the country destroyed by a conviction on charges of corruption. Past charges of corruption and rape have dissipated after unsuccessful repeated efforts of the State to prosecute him.
The Minister of Home Affairs herself, N. Mapisa-Nqakula, is a captain standing with her hands behind her back whistling a silent song behind the wheel of a sinking ship. She looks into the distance understanding that she will be displaced in April 2009 elections. The Minister’s Immigration Amendment Bill which had as its principal purpose the refinement and correction of the current Immigration Act has been wallowing in dust and neglect at Parliament for the past two years without more. Current immigration legislation currently hobbles along waiting for a cure.
No matter the substance of South Africa’s immigration law, delivery systems within the Department of Home Affairs are dying or have collapsed. Mavuso Msimang, installed as Director-General of the Department of Home Affairs one year ago, has thus far achieved nothing to stem the tide. While Msimang is a man of exceptional bearing and ability in the parastatal world, his ability to take charge of the Department’s 70,000 personnel scattered throughout South Africa and the world, has simply dissipated into smoke. Msimang simply does not have a management team capable and large enough to make any difference. The level of ineptness and corruption within the Department remain at an all-time high, historically unprecedented.
Despite this malaise, Eisenberg & Associates is busier attending to the immigration requirements of foreigners than ever before in its history. It appears that South Africa continues to draw foreigners, for pleasure and business alike. The World Cup scheduled to take place in 2010 is the horizon for investors, and those foreigners in the construction and engineering fields encouraged to participate in the development schemes in support of World Cup developments (transportation infrastructure, stadiums and housing). The Natal, Eastern Cape and Western Cape Provinces continue to attract foreigners into its coastal areas like never before. There seems to be a palpable heartbeat emerging from all of this, like an African drum, beckoning the return of South African émigrés and the inflow of foreigners, as well as refugee seekers, swelling South Africa’s population beyond the limits of any governmental vision adopted a decade ago.
Friday, February 8, 2008
PRESTACIÓN POR RAZÓN DE NECESIDAD A FAVOR DE LOS ESPAÑOLES RESIDENTES EN EL EXTERIOR Y RETORNADOS
*The following post is presented in Spanish for the benefit of our many Spanish speaking blog visitors.
Marla Bojorge
Bojorge & Associates
marla@icav.es
El Real Decreto 8/2008, de 11 de enero, por el que se regula la prestación de necesidad a favor de los españoles residentes en el exterior y retornados y la Ley 40/ 2006, de 14 de diciembre, del Estatuto de la ciudadanía en el exterior se configuran como el marco básico para establecer , en cumplimiento de lo dispuesto en el artículo 42 de la Constitución, una política integral de emigración y de retorno que salvaguarde los derechos económicos y sociales de los ciudadanos españoles que residen en el exterior y para facilitar la integración social y laboral de los retornados.
Como novedad se equipara en la misma condición de derechos a los cónyuges o parejas de hecho , de esta manera se corrige la situación de desigualdad existente hasta ahora.
El presente reglamento tiene como fin proteger el derecho a percibir una prestación a los españoles residentes en el exterior que habiéndose trasladado al exterior por razones económicas, laborales o cualquier otras y habiendo cumplido 65 años o estando incapacitado para el trabajo, se encuentran en situación de necesidad por carecer de recursos suficientes para cubrir sus necesidades. El importe de la prestación vendrá determinado por cada uno de los países de forma objetiva, tomando como referencia la realidad socioeconómica del pais de residencia.
¿Cuáles son las novedades?
La inclusión de la incapacidad dentro de la prestación por necesidad otorga a esta prestación la consideración de derecho subjetivo superando el concepto de ayuda existencial que tenía hasta el momento.
Se establecen los mismos requisitos para acceder a la ayuda existencial en sus dos modalidades.
Recoge de forma expresa los criterios a tener en cuenta para el cómputo de las rentas o ingresos imputables al solicitante.
Amplía el concepto de unidad familiar.
Delimita los conceptos de extinción del derecho
Delimita los requisitos para evitar o limitar las posibilidades de fraude
Se define la situación de incapacidad absoluta para todo trabajo, y se regula el procedimiento para su valoración y revisión
Se articula el procedimiento para garantizar la cobertura de la asistencia sanitaria de los residentes en el exterior.
Se recoge la pensión asistencial por ancianidad para los españoles de origen que retornen a España.
Se reconoce su derecho a la asistencia sanitaria siempre que no lo tuvieran por otros títulos, derecho que se extiende a los pensionistas españoles residentes en el exterior en sus desplazamientos temporales a nuestro país.
Se incluye la asistencia sanitaria para los trabajadores por cuenta ajena españoles de origen residentes en el exterior que se desplacen temporalmente a España y a los familiares a su cargo
¿Quiénes son los beneficiarios de la prestación por razón de necesidad?
-Los españoles de origen que por razón nacidos en territorio nacional , que por motivos económicos, laborales o de cualquier otra naturaleza, salieron del país y establecieron su residencia en el extranjero.
-Los españoles de origen no nacidos en España que acrediten un período de residencia en nuestro país de 10 años previo a la solicitud de la prestación, siempre que ostentaran durante todo ese período la nacionalidad española
¿Cuáles son los requisitos de la prestación por razón de necesidad?
a) Haber cumplido sesenta y cinco años de edad en la fecha de la solicitud de la prestación económica por ancianidad o para la prestación económica de incapacidad,
ser mayor de dieciséis y menor de sesenta y cinco años y estar en situación de incapacidad permanente absoluta para todo tipo de trabajo en la fecha de
la solicitud.
b) Residir legal y efectivamente en aquellos países donde la precariedad del sistema de protección social justifique la necesidad de esta prestación, debidamente acreditada mediante informe de la Consejería de Trabajo y Asuntos Sociales, de acuerdo con los parámetros de evaluación establecidos por la Dirección General de Emigración.
El requisito de residencia legal en el extranjero, para el reconocimiento y conservación del derecho a la prestación económica, se acreditará mediante la documentación
prevista en los apartados a) y b) del punto 2 del artículo 8 de este real decreto.
c) No pertenecer a institutos, comunidades, órdenes y organizaciones que, por sus reglas o estatutos estén obligados a prestarles asistencia.
d) Carecer de rentas o ingresos suficientes en los términos establecidos en el artículo 5 de este real decreto.
e) No poseer bienes muebles o inmuebles con un
valor patrimonial superior a la cuantía anual de la base
cálculo correspondiente al país de residencia.
f) No haber donado bienes en los cinco años anteriores a la solicitud de la prestación económica, por un valor patrimonial superior a la cuantía establecida en la base
cálculo de la prestación económica correspondiente al país de residencia, valorándose dichos bienes según las normas establecidas para el impuesto que lo grave.
2. Se exceptúa de lo establecido en el apartado e) de este artículo la vivienda habitualmente ocupada por el solicitante de la prestación, y del apartado f) la vivienda
habitualmente ocupada por el solicitante de la prestación que haya sido donada con reserva de usufructo total y vitalicio afavor del mismo siempre que sea el único bien inmueble que se posea.
¿Cuál es la naturaleza de la prestación económica?
-La prestación económica tiene el carácter de personal e intransferible y no podrá otorgarse como garantía de ninguna obligación, salvo lo establecido en los apartados
siguientes.
- Cuando el beneficiario se encuentre acogido en un Centro asistencial cuyo mantenimiento esté subvencionado con cargo a los Presupuestos Generales del Estado, la Dirección General de Emigración podrá abonar una parte de la prestación a un representante autorizado del Centro para participar en el coste de la financiación de
los gastos de estancia del interesado, entregando el resto directamente al mismo.
En ningún caso la cantidad abonada en concepto de gastos de estancia al centro de acogida podrá ser superior al coste real de los mismos. En todo caso no superará el
75 por 100 del importe de la prestación que perciba el beneficiario.
¿Cómo solicitar esta prestación?
El procedimiento para el reconocimiento del derecho a la prestación por razón de necesidad se iniciará por el interesado o su representante legal y se ajustará a lo dispuesto en este real decreto y a lo previsto con carácter general en la normativa vigente sobre procedimiento administrativo.
La solicitud se presentará en las Consejerías de Trabajo y Asuntos Sociales de las Embajadas, en las Secciones de Trabajo y Asuntos Sociales o, en su defecto, en los
Consulados o Secciones consulares de las Embajadas.
Asimismo, podrá presentarse en los registros y oficinas a que se refiere el artículo 38.4 de la Ley 30/1992, de 26 de noviembre de Régimen Jurídico de las Administraciones
Públicas y del Procedimiento Administrativo Común.
El presente Real Decreto entró en vigor al día siguiente de su publicación en el Boletín Oficial del Estado (B.O.E. 24 de enero 2008).
Marla Bojorge
Bojorge & Associates
marla@icav.es
¿Es ud. Español de origen de 65 años o más y que por motivos económicos, laborales o de cualquier otra naturaleza estableció su residencia en el extranjero?
Tiene derecho a solicitar en España una prestación por razón de necesidad si cumple una serie de requisitos
Tiene derecho a solicitar en España una prestación por razón de necesidad si cumple una serie de requisitos
El Real Decreto 8/2008, de 11 de enero, por el que se regula la prestación de necesidad a favor de los españoles residentes en el exterior y retornados y la Ley 40/ 2006, de 14 de diciembre, del Estatuto de la ciudadanía en el exterior se configuran como el marco básico para establecer , en cumplimiento de lo dispuesto en el artículo 42 de la Constitución, una política integral de emigración y de retorno que salvaguarde los derechos económicos y sociales de los ciudadanos españoles que residen en el exterior y para facilitar la integración social y laboral de los retornados.
Como novedad se equipara en la misma condición de derechos a los cónyuges o parejas de hecho , de esta manera se corrige la situación de desigualdad existente hasta ahora.
El presente reglamento tiene como fin proteger el derecho a percibir una prestación a los españoles residentes en el exterior que habiéndose trasladado al exterior por razones económicas, laborales o cualquier otras y habiendo cumplido 65 años o estando incapacitado para el trabajo, se encuentran en situación de necesidad por carecer de recursos suficientes para cubrir sus necesidades. El importe de la prestación vendrá determinado por cada uno de los países de forma objetiva, tomando como referencia la realidad socioeconómica del pais de residencia.
¿Cuáles son las novedades?
La inclusión de la incapacidad dentro de la prestación por necesidad otorga a esta prestación la consideración de derecho subjetivo superando el concepto de ayuda existencial que tenía hasta el momento.
Se establecen los mismos requisitos para acceder a la ayuda existencial en sus dos modalidades.
Recoge de forma expresa los criterios a tener en cuenta para el cómputo de las rentas o ingresos imputables al solicitante.
Amplía el concepto de unidad familiar.
Delimita los conceptos de extinción del derecho
Delimita los requisitos para evitar o limitar las posibilidades de fraude
Se define la situación de incapacidad absoluta para todo trabajo, y se regula el procedimiento para su valoración y revisión
Se articula el procedimiento para garantizar la cobertura de la asistencia sanitaria de los residentes en el exterior.
Se recoge la pensión asistencial por ancianidad para los españoles de origen que retornen a España.
Se reconoce su derecho a la asistencia sanitaria siempre que no lo tuvieran por otros títulos, derecho que se extiende a los pensionistas españoles residentes en el exterior en sus desplazamientos temporales a nuestro país.
Se incluye la asistencia sanitaria para los trabajadores por cuenta ajena españoles de origen residentes en el exterior que se desplacen temporalmente a España y a los familiares a su cargo
¿Quiénes son los beneficiarios de la prestación por razón de necesidad?
-Los españoles de origen que por razón nacidos en territorio nacional , que por motivos económicos, laborales o de cualquier otra naturaleza, salieron del país y establecieron su residencia en el extranjero.
-Los españoles de origen no nacidos en España que acrediten un período de residencia en nuestro país de 10 años previo a la solicitud de la prestación, siempre que ostentaran durante todo ese período la nacionalidad española
¿Cuáles son los requisitos de la prestación por razón de necesidad?
a) Haber cumplido sesenta y cinco años de edad en la fecha de la solicitud de la prestación económica por ancianidad o para la prestación económica de incapacidad,
ser mayor de dieciséis y menor de sesenta y cinco años y estar en situación de incapacidad permanente absoluta para todo tipo de trabajo en la fecha de
la solicitud.
b) Residir legal y efectivamente en aquellos países donde la precariedad del sistema de protección social justifique la necesidad de esta prestación, debidamente acreditada mediante informe de la Consejería de Trabajo y Asuntos Sociales, de acuerdo con los parámetros de evaluación establecidos por la Dirección General de Emigración.
El requisito de residencia legal en el extranjero, para el reconocimiento y conservación del derecho a la prestación económica, se acreditará mediante la documentación
prevista en los apartados a) y b) del punto 2 del artículo 8 de este real decreto.
c) No pertenecer a institutos, comunidades, órdenes y organizaciones que, por sus reglas o estatutos estén obligados a prestarles asistencia.
d) Carecer de rentas o ingresos suficientes en los términos establecidos en el artículo 5 de este real decreto.
e) No poseer bienes muebles o inmuebles con un
valor patrimonial superior a la cuantía anual de la base
cálculo correspondiente al país de residencia.
f) No haber donado bienes en los cinco años anteriores a la solicitud de la prestación económica, por un valor patrimonial superior a la cuantía establecida en la base
cálculo de la prestación económica correspondiente al país de residencia, valorándose dichos bienes según las normas establecidas para el impuesto que lo grave.
2. Se exceptúa de lo establecido en el apartado e) de este artículo la vivienda habitualmente ocupada por el solicitante de la prestación, y del apartado f) la vivienda
habitualmente ocupada por el solicitante de la prestación que haya sido donada con reserva de usufructo total y vitalicio afavor del mismo siempre que sea el único bien inmueble que se posea.
¿Cuál es la naturaleza de la prestación económica?
-La prestación económica tiene el carácter de personal e intransferible y no podrá otorgarse como garantía de ninguna obligación, salvo lo establecido en los apartados
siguientes.
- Cuando el beneficiario se encuentre acogido en un Centro asistencial cuyo mantenimiento esté subvencionado con cargo a los Presupuestos Generales del Estado, la Dirección General de Emigración podrá abonar una parte de la prestación a un representante autorizado del Centro para participar en el coste de la financiación de
los gastos de estancia del interesado, entregando el resto directamente al mismo.
En ningún caso la cantidad abonada en concepto de gastos de estancia al centro de acogida podrá ser superior al coste real de los mismos. En todo caso no superará el
75 por 100 del importe de la prestación que perciba el beneficiario.
¿Cómo solicitar esta prestación?
El procedimiento para el reconocimiento del derecho a la prestación por razón de necesidad se iniciará por el interesado o su representante legal y se ajustará a lo dispuesto en este real decreto y a lo previsto con carácter general en la normativa vigente sobre procedimiento administrativo.
La solicitud se presentará en las Consejerías de Trabajo y Asuntos Sociales de las Embajadas, en las Secciones de Trabajo y Asuntos Sociales o, en su defecto, en los
Consulados o Secciones consulares de las Embajadas.
Asimismo, podrá presentarse en los registros y oficinas a que se refiere el artículo 38.4 de la Ley 30/1992, de 26 de noviembre de Régimen Jurídico de las Administraciones
Públicas y del Procedimiento Administrativo Común.
El presente Real Decreto entró en vigor al día siguiente de su publicación en el Boletín Oficial del Estado (B.O.E. 24 de enero 2008).
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
NEW UK POINTS SYSTEM BEGINS
Graeme Kirk
Gross & Co.
gdk@gross.co.uk
Details of the UK’s new Australian-style Points Based immigration system (PBS) were announced on 6th February 2008 by the British Government, when the Rules for Highly Skilled foreign workers applying to come to the UK were published.
The regulations will start coming into effect on 29th February when any Highly Skilled foreign nationals currently working in the UK who wish to extend their stay will need to apply under the new system. In April, it is intended that the new system will begin to be rolled out overseas when anyone from India who wants to work in the UK as a Highly Skilled Migrant will need to apply under PBS. It is intended by the summer that the new Highly Skilled system will operate worldwide.
The above announcements do constitute something of a delay on the part of the British Government, as it is clear that other aspects of the new Tier 1, namely the entrepreneur and investor visas will not come into effect until later in the year.
Gross & Co.
gdk@gross.co.uk
Details of the UK’s new Australian-style Points Based immigration system (PBS) were announced on 6th February 2008 by the British Government, when the Rules for Highly Skilled foreign workers applying to come to the UK were published.
The regulations will start coming into effect on 29th February when any Highly Skilled foreign nationals currently working in the UK who wish to extend their stay will need to apply under the new system. In April, it is intended that the new system will begin to be rolled out overseas when anyone from India who wants to work in the UK as a Highly Skilled Migrant will need to apply under PBS. It is intended by the summer that the new Highly Skilled system will operate worldwide.
The above announcements do constitute something of a delay on the part of the British Government, as it is clear that other aspects of the new Tier 1, namely the entrepreneur and investor visas will not come into effect until later in the year.
ITALY FILING ONLINE WORK PERMITS
Corrado Scivoletto
Studio Legale Monaco e Associati
c.scivoletto@monacoeassociati.com
The Decree of the Prime Minister of October the 30th, 2007, sets forth (amending a previous decree) the maximum number of Italian work permits that can be granted in 2007 to individuals who are not citizens of EU Member States for purposes of subordinated employment (not seasonal) and self-employment activities.
This Decree contains two important innovations aimed at simplifying and speeding-up the pertinent immigration formalities:
1) each prospective employer can download a software which is linked to the Immigration Office database and can thus file on-line the applications to obtain the authorisation to work (this being the first step of the immigration process, followed by the release of a visa and, thereafter, by the release of a permit of stay);
2) the Decree establishes three “click-days” on which said applications shall be filed on-line, in order to avoid potential telecom overloading caused by the forwarding of the applications. The first employees that can benefit from this new procedure are those who belong to States that have signed cooperation-agreement, for immigration purposes, with Italy.
Studio Legale Monaco e Associati
c.scivoletto@monacoeassociati.com
The Decree of the Prime Minister of October the 30th, 2007, sets forth (amending a previous decree) the maximum number of Italian work permits that can be granted in 2007 to individuals who are not citizens of EU Member States for purposes of subordinated employment (not seasonal) and self-employment activities.
This Decree contains two important innovations aimed at simplifying and speeding-up the pertinent immigration formalities:
1) each prospective employer can download a software which is linked to the Immigration Office database and can thus file on-line the applications to obtain the authorisation to work (this being the first step of the immigration process, followed by the release of a visa and, thereafter, by the release of a permit of stay);
2) the Decree establishes three “click-days” on which said applications shall be filed on-line, in order to avoid potential telecom overloading caused by the forwarding of the applications. The first employees that can benefit from this new procedure are those who belong to States that have signed cooperation-agreement, for immigration purposes, with Italy.
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