July 24, Covid-19 Update from Asia

This week saw ongoing movement restrictions and permission changes based upon rates of COVID-19 infections. In Hong Kong where recent case increases have immigration officials are working partially from home, causing visa delays, the US and Kazakhstan were added to the list of high-risk countries.  Australia and Hong Kong also were impacted as Taiwan removed […]

Singapore | Updated Arrival Protocol

Updated arrival protocols and Stay at Home requirements as of July 22, 2020.   Now, following the In-Principle Approval (IPA) letter, the employer must apply to the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) for permission to enter Singapore.  Approval will include the window of time permitted for the employee to arrive into the country and travel must […]

July 10, Covid-19 Update from Asia

I took a look back at our piece “What will the return to normal look like?” published only in April of this year, at an equal distance between our initial outbreak in China and the global pandemic of today. We exist with similar realities: Covid-19 continues to spread, there remains no treatment and we have no vaccine […]