Global Immigration Services

BDO Global Immigration Services offers a dedicated team of specialists committed to delivering exceptional service and advice to local and international clients. 

As market leaders, we navigate and keep up with the evolving immigration laws and policies in an ever-changing world. 

We offer global reach and deep capabilities focused on quality assurance and risk management to ensure that you meet your temporary and permanent migration needs while helping you to ensure compliance with increasingly restrictive and onerous regulatory requirements. 

How BDO can help

With our exceptional technical skills, business acumen, and commitment to strong client relationships and understanding our clients’ needs and businesses, we work with you to achieve your objectives. 

Global Immigration Services is a network of immigration and visa related service providers in more than 100 countries, including: 

Anguilla

Antigua and Barbuda

Armenia

Australia

Austria

Azerbaijan

Belgium

British Virgin Islands

Bulgaria

Canada

Chile

China

Colombia

Costa Rica

Curaçao

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

Dominican Republic

Egypt

Estonia

Ethiopia

Fiji

Georgia

Germany

Greece

Guatemala

Guyana

Hong Kong

Hungary

Iceland

India

Indonesia

Italy

Japan

Kenya

Latvia

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malaysia

Malta

Morocco

Mauritius

Moldova

Mongolia

Montenegro

Montserrat

Mozambique

Myanmar

Netherlands

Nevis

Nicaragua

Nigeria

Pakistan

Panama

Papua New Guinea

Paraguay

Peru

Poland

Polynesia

Portugal

Romania

Samoa

Serbia

Sierra Leone

Singapore

Slovenia

South Korea

Spain

St Kitts

St Lucia

Suriname

Sweden

Switzerland

Taiwan

Tajikistan

Tanzania

Thailand

Tunisia

United Arab Emirates

Uruguay

Vietnam

West Bank & Gaza

Zimbabwe

What we offer

Organisations may face a range of issues around bringing employees or executives into the country. BDO’s global immigration services help organisations through the process so they can get up and running.

We offer:

Proximity. Strong client relationships as your strategic partners, working with you to meet your needs.

Experts in every area. We offer ongoing advisory services to national and international businesses in all aspects of immigration, visa related matters and citizenship laws.

Reach. Our local experts and global teams offer industry and legislative knowledge at a national and global level.

A proven model. Our approach, focused on exceptional client service delivery, technical expertise, quality, and risk management means you can rely on us on every assignment we manage.

Breadth. We work closely with BDO specialists in other divisions to offer multidisciplinary advice and seamless services.

Web-based systems. Timeliness, consistency, and efficiency in our migration and related services is supported by our e-services and web-based tools.

Global mobility approach

In an increasingly shrinking world with global business, and the movement of goods and people across borders, Global Immigration Services complements BDO’s seamless global approach, which includes BDO’s Global Mobility to meet the needs of local and global corporations.

We service clients through a central point of contact, granting access to relevant experience across borders - where and when our clients need us.

As our clients expand globally, our access to our international network can help them to do business with a depth of experience in international matters, significant resources and international client service capabilities.

Our Global Mobility Team provides valuable and consistent services as specialists in the global mobility and international staff secondment. This includes:

  • HR policy and secondment advice including remuneration
  • Social Security Insurance
  • Tax planning and consultancy advice
  • Advice on employment/labour law legislation including secondments, employment contracts and general advice
  • Payroll and HR administration services including coordinating and implementing payroll administration processes and HR administration and support
  • Assistance for managers and seconded employees including as to relocation, accommodation and schools.

More information

View the BDO Global Immigration Services brochure.

Find your local country contact in the BDO Global Immigration Services Directory.

Or to contact your local BDO immigration expert, visit the BDO website for your country.

MARIA JOCKEL
Global and National Immigration Leader, Migration Services, Australia
+61 3 9603 1830
maria.jockel@bdo.com.au

SABA NAQVI
Leader, Immigration Services, Canada
+1 604 688 5421
snaqvi@bdolaw.ca

ELIZABETH CONTI
Immigration Services, Switzerland
+41 44 444 58 60
elizabeth.conti@bdo.ch

SEVIM WELLER
Partner, Germany
+49 211 1371 217
sevim.weller@bdolegal.de

Meet our team

Maria Jockel

Maria Jockel

Global and National Immigration Leader, Legal Principal, Accredited Specialist, Immigration Law
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