GLOBAL WORKFORCE MOBILITY
Acumen International handles work permits, visas, renewals, relocation, and compliant onboarding in 190+ markets.
GLOBAL EMPLOYER OF RECORD
We operate across 190+ countries and deliver to the same standard everywhere, whether the market is a major economy or one of the world’s most challenging.
USAGermanyUKJapan+26
Confident, compliant hiring across the world’s largest and most influential markets.
SwitzerlandNetherlandsSwedenAustralia+41
Compliant hiring and payroll tailored to local regulations and standards.
IndiaBrazilMexicoVietnam+65
Expert tax advisory across jurisdictions for global compliance.
KazakhstanAngolaIraqPapua New Guinea+41
Seamless operations even in challenging, sensitive, or remote locations.
What Mobility Involves
Moving key talent requires complete alignment across immigration, local labour law, and host payroll. We manage every dependency as the employer.
We establish what is possible before dates are promised, based on the destination, nationality, role, salary and employment setup.
We offer
Destination and sponsor feasibility
Role, salary and eligibility checks
expert filing and start-date planning
We manage the work authorisation case from preparation and filing through approval, extension and status changes.
We offer
Work permit sponsorship and visa
Dependants and family applications
Renewals, extensions and status changes
We keep the local employment terms and payroll consequences aligned with the immigration route and the employee’s move.
We offer
Local employment setup
Fully compliant hiring from day one
Benefits and expat employment support
We manage the obligations that continue after arrival when the employee, role or assignment changes.
We offer
Sponsor reporting and compliance updates
Role, salary and location changes
Permit renewals and extensions
Stuart Creasey
Head of Client Success & Onboarding
Expert judgement
Mobility
Years of Industry Leadership
Compliance
Global Employment
Expertise
Countries Covered
Coverage
Expert Support
CAUGHT BEFORE FILING
Rejections and missed start dates are usually the end result of an earlier mismatch. Acumen identifies those points before they become an immigration or employment problem.
The destination employer fails local licensing, history, or compliance checks required for legal sponsorship.
Salary, occupation codes, or local labour-market rules conflict with the targeted visa category.
Document legalisation, quota windows, and authority processing times make target start dates impossible.
In-country labor laws, salary thresholds, and filing rules change mid-assignment, leaving active permits non-compliant.
Acumen Advantage
Success in high-barrier jurisdictions requires more than published statutory rules. We work with local authority practice, document legalisation and sponsorship constraints directly in-country.
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Acumen establishes which employment and sponsorship routes are available in the destination market.
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In-country specialists navigate local submission best practices, not just published guidelines.
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Country-specific evidence, translations, attestations and legalisation requirements are built into the case plan.
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Employment, immigration and arrival requirements are coordinated locally where fragmented providers would otherwise create gaps.
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Executives, specialists and non-standard cases receive senior oversight when the consequences of delay or error are higher.
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When requirements change or an authority raises an issue, the case has a clear escalation path and an alternative plan.
GLOBAL MOBILITY ENABLEment
Employer standing, salary, role eligibility and sponsor duties determine whether a move is viable and how quickly it can happen. Acumen International applies through established local entities with clean compliance histories and active sponsor standing, so applications meet destination-market criteria at the first filing.
The destination employer must meet local conditions to sponsor: depending on the market, licensing, operating history, presence or compliance status.
Salary thresholds, prevailing-wage rules, mandatory benefits and local contract requirements determine whether the immigration route is available.
Occupation lists, quotas, qualifications, skills criteria and labour-market testing determine which route is possible and what evidence is required.
Approval is not the end. Changes in salary, role, work location or employment status can trigger reporting, new filings or a different immigration route.
GLOBAL mobility solutions
Fast setup
190+ countries
Expert-led
LICENSED SPONSOR, PROVEN STANDING
Acumen International sponsors and employs the person at the destination under its own licences, so the whole international move — feasibility, applications, renewals — stays with one case team.
We establish case feasibility, map the requirements, gather the right evidence and set a realistic filing and start timeline.
Feasibility · case plan · documents · timing
We manage the applications and coordinate the employment, dependant and relocation steps needed for the cross-border hire to happen.
Applications · dependants · relocation
We stay with the case after arrival, managing renewals and changes that affect immigration or the employee’s local position.
Renewals · reporting · role changes · transfer
25+
Years of Industry Leadership
95%
Client Retention Rate
190+
Countries Covered
5,000+
In-country Experts
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
How Acumen moves and employs people across borders. If your question isn’t here, an advisor will answer it.
Can Acumen sponsor a work permit in a country where we have no entity?
Yes. Acumen International employs the person in that country and, as the legal employer, submits the application for work permit and visa.
Can the person stay on our home-country payroll?
No. Work authorisation is granted to the employer in the destination country, so the person must be employed and paid there. Acumen employs them under a local contract and runs the host-country payroll, with tax and social contributions filed where they work.
We provide complete compliance risk assessments, local contract adaptation, tax filing, and continuous legal updates to safeguard your operations in every high-risk market we cover.
What do you need from us to start?
The destination, the role, the salary and the person’s nationality and family situation. That is enough for the feasibility assessment.
We process unified multi-country payroll in local currencies, calculate mandatory social contributions, and administer compliant statutory and supplementary benefit packages for your global workforce.
Estimate total employment cost in 190+ countries
PLAN SMARTER, HIRE GLOBALLY
Get a clear view of the true cost of hiring across 190+ countries with real-time, expert-validated employment data.
Compare salaries, taxes, and statutory benefits
Identify the most cost-effective markets
Plan and compare global hires with confidence
Country-specific insights
Cross-country comparisons
Detailed breakdowns
Net-to-gross. Gross-to-net
LET’S TALK
Tell us about your hiring, payroll, compliance, or global expansion needs, and our team will get back to you with the right support.
Whether you’re scaling into new markets, navigating complex labor regulations, or looking for a streamlined solution to manage your international workforce, we’re here to help you every step of the way.
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Reach us anytime at info@expressglobalemployment.com
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