Immigration rule changes in 2019
4 dated rule changes recorded in 2019, from 2019-04-01 to 2019-10-31. Each item links to the programme page and the official source we recorded it from. This is a record of what we captured, not a complete legislative history.
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October 2019 (2)
Thailand Non-Immigrant O-A (Retirement) Visa: Thailand imposed mandatory health insurance requirement for all new Non-Immigrant OA visa applicants (issued from abroad). Minimum THB 40,000 inpatient / THB 4,000 outpatient.
source →Spanish Citizenship for Sephardic Jewish Descendants: Spain's Sephardic citizenship route closed permanently to new applicants. Ley 12/2015 (the Law for Granting Nationality to Sephardic Jews of Spanish Origin) expired after its four-year period was not renewed by the Spanish legislature. No further extensions have been made and the route is not available to new applicants.
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July 2019 (1)
Lithuanian Citizenship by Descent (Restoration of Citizenship): Lithuania amended its Law on Citizenship to extend restoration-route dual citizenship rights to descendants of pre-1940 Lithuanian citizens (or residents of ethnic Lithuanian origin) regardless of how many generations back. This opened the descent pathway to a significantly larger global diaspora, including Lithuanian-Americans and communities in Argentina, South Africa, Australia, and elsewhere.
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April 2019 (1)
Japan Specified Skilled Worker (SSW) Visa: Specified Skilled Worker (SSW / Tokutei Ginou) programme launched under revised Immigration Control Act, creating SSW-1 and SSW-2 categories to address Japan's severe labour shortage in 14 designated sectors.
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