Poland counts down to MOS 2.0: legacy residence-permit portal to shut on 17 April
Home Office rule change leaves dual-national travellers at risk of being stranded abroad
Sponsor-licence costs double as Home Office raises CoS fee and tightens compliance rules
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Congressional GOP moves to end 2-month DHS shutdown with partisan funding bill
Republican senators will attempt to end the two-month DHS shutdown by passing a GOP-only funding bill through reconciliation. The move could restore salaries for CBP and USCIS staff, but the partisan approach omits Democratic oversight demands and may take weeks to complete—prolonging visa, border and Trusted-Traveler delays critical to corporate mobility.
Spain’s Migrant Amnesty Takes Final Form, Opening Legal Path for Up to 500,000 Undocumented Residents
Spain has enacted a Royal Decree that lets undocumented migrants who arrived before 1 January 2026 obtain a renewable one-year work-and-residence permit. Applicants need five months’ continuous stay, a clean criminal record and proof of employment, family links or vulnerability. The measure could bring hundreds of thousands of workers into the formal economy, easing labour shortages but raising concerns in Brussels about secondary movement within the EU.
Cyprus Migration Department Halts Residence-Permit Processing for Two Days
Cyprus’s Migration Department has suspended residence-permit processing at its central office from 15-16 April to install a new biometric and case-management system. Online functions remain open and emergency 30-day stamps are available to prevent travel disruption. The compressed two-day outage minimises impact on employers and foreign assignees while paving the way for faster, more transparent processing in future.