India
India’s Bureau of Immigration is introducing online services that will eliminate the need for in-person visits to the Foreign Regional Registration Office for foreign nationals. On Monday, February 12, 2018, e-Services were launched by the Foreign Regional Registration Offices...
The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program was created by the Obama administration in 2012 and allowed undocumented immigrants, who came to the U.S. as children and met certain eligibility criteria, to request a period of deferred action from the government and apply for U.S. work...
Challenges and Solutions
The term “remote” can mean “distant; situated far from the main population centers”, but the word will vary based on an individual’s perspective. For some, it’s where a Starbucks might be lacking. For others, it’s where livestock outnumber...
The traditional household goods move model is an important part of any relocation. However, shipment trends show that since 2011, average weight has decreased by 17%, which calls for an alternative to the larger loads and the associated costs. Servicing smaller shipments, especially during peak...
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - Regulation EU 2016/679 - is a regulation by which the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission intend to strengthen and unify data protection for all individuals within the European Union...
The IRS issued a Scam Alert for the public to be aware of a sophisticated phone scam targeting individual taxpayers and employers. Fraudulent callers claim to be IRS employees and are using fake names and IRS identification badge numbers. They appear to know a lot about their targets...
A Whitepaper by NEI Global Relocation
Diverse Cultures, Challenges, Opportunities
Latin America (LATAM) generally refers to territories in the Americas where the Spanish or Portuguese languages prevail: Mexico, most of Central and South America, and in the Caribbean, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico. It covers...
An Overview of the Tax Reform Bill's Impact on Relocation
The U.S. Tax Reform bill, entitled the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, went into effect January 1, 2018 having been passed by the U.S. House, Senate and signed into law by the President.
The late-year timing of this legislation leaves those impacted with little time to determine what actions need to...
After opening comments from Randy Wilson on Thursday morning, Mark Bartasis and Beth Olson, both NEI Client Relations Managers, presented this very popular session, which included videos, a skit, and an animated PowerPoint to demonstrate the difficulty of predicting relocation costs when things...
The final general session on Wednesday was a small group workshop on designing programs for specific situations with the goals to be flexible, customized, low-cost, fast, and hassle free. Margaret Bonitz and Amy Ballinger, NEI Client Relations Managers, led the session. Margaret began with...
Finishing out the morning, Al Blumenberg, NEI SVP of Global Client Development and Service Partner Relations, encouraged three Global Partner Alliance members to discuss how to save money by using specific services in fitting situations.
Panelists included Julie Rice of National...
Kayla Conrad, NEI Client Relations Manager, provided a comprehensive layout for leadership and blending of cultures when companies are acquired. She showed a couple of videos that clearly demonstrated how our minds simply do not see some things when we’re too focused on other things....
Kari Iverson, NEI Client Relations Manager, moderated an open discussion with two clients on how global mobility and talent acquisition fits within their organizations, including what they are doing to elevate the exposure of mobility within each of their companies.
Mercer’s most...
Ireland’s suitable rental availability continues to decrease dramatically and, concurrently, there’s been a significant rise in monthly rental costs. In response, the government introduced new measures to help stabilize the market and increase housing available to rent/buy in...
In February 2016, Abu Dhabi announced it was going to collect a municipality fee from tenants (like Dubai’s housing fee) of 3 percent of the annual rent, charged in 12 installments.
This process was put into effect January 2017 when tenants received an Abu Dhabi Distribution Company...