New changes in Immigration Law

After five months of having entered into force the new migration law, The National Immigration Service amended several articles of Executive Order No. 320 of August 8, 2008 which is the regulation of Decree Law No. 3 of February 2, 2008. Among the most important changes are: it eased the requirements for visas for marines, extended the term of visas for temporary workers; the inclusion of tourism visa and marine visa among the specials visas that can be applied before immigration authorities abroad and reduced the cost of immigration services for domestic workers, among others.

The Executive Decree No. 26 of March 2, 2009 has shown once again that the immigration law is a complex and especially evolutionary law, that despite the latest attempt by the immigration authorities, it requires a deep multidisciplinary study to achieve levels of efficiency and quality to become an effective national security institution, with international vision and respectful of human rights.