GERMANY ECJ FOREIGN COMPANY STAFF NON-EU NATIONAL VISAS CASE
January 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
DETAILED checks on the immigration status required of non-European Union (EU) staff that EU companies want to post to another EU country are illegal, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled. It has said immigration authorities should rely on a "simple declaration" from a company that its non-EU employees comply with the immigration rules of the EU country where it is based. This should satisfy controls, said judges, who ruled against a German system, where diplomatic representatives are required to "satisfy themselves" ...
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