The European Parliament recently approved the update of the EU rules on residence and work permits for third-country nationals, amending the Single Permit Directive. The update modifies the Single Permit Directive, adopted in 2011, which established a single administrative procedure for granting a permit to third-country nationals wishing to live and work in an EU [...]
After three years of negotiations, the European Parliament and the Council reached a political agreement in December 2023 on the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum. The agreement is a step towards a common system for managing migration in the EU. The agreement covers five key proposals of the Pact: Detection regulation: create uniform rules [...]
Introduction The purpose of the Registry of de facto couples of the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country is to register all those people who are or wish to become de facto couples, both of the same and different sexes, to whom the provisions will be applicable from then on. in Law 2/2003 of May [...]
Starting in November 2023, the European Commission will implement a US-style electronic travel authorization (ESTA) system for visitors from countries that are currently visa-exempt to visit the Schengen Area. To date, citizens of 50 countries could access the Schengen area without requesting any permission and without a visa, however, the EU wants to strengthen its [...]
The Court of Justice of the European Union, in its judgment of November 22, 2022, File number: C-69/21, (ECLI:EU:C:2022:913) establishes the following in relation to art. 5 of the Return Directive: Article 5 of Directive 2008/115/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, of December 16, 2008, on common rules and procedures in the [...]
