Fiona Mougenot, Founder , Expat PartnersFiona Mougenot, Founder
No one expected lockdowns, airport closures, or restriction on movements domestically and internationally. But, needless to say, the COVID-19 pandemic has been bringing unprecedented challenges to the employmentbased immigration landscape. The onset of the pandemic resulted in swift international border closures, lockdown measures, economic slowdowns, and bevy of immigration concerns in the country. In this background, where business organisations have the most to lose, immigration-based law firms are becoming indispensable in securing their workforce. This is where Expat Partners—a consulting group dedicated to providing top quality services and advice in the filing of immigration applications in France and globally—enters the picture.

Founded in 2003 by Fiona Mougenot, Expat Partners has built a network of relationships with members of the French public administration, numerous law firms, and immigration practices across the world. Tapping into the unfulfilled need in today’s marketplace has led Expat Partners to develop services that assist international companies with their immigration applications, ensuring rapid turnaround.

A Streamlined Approach for Optimal Outcomes

Compliance with local immigration legislations is one of the biggest challenges that organisations and individuals face on their immigration journey. Expat Partners understands the time-consuming effort involved in immigration procedures, and hence, helps its clients navigate through the same so they can focus on value-adding tasks. The company ensures complete clarity and compliance in handling immigration every step of the way.
Expat Partners services include full assessment of the immigration requirements with a highlighting criterion that is also required by local labour law and tax, and providing a local network partner to assist with these matters. The company also helps in full preparation of the application file for each step of the required process such as visa, work authorisation, residence permit, extensions, assistance and accompaniment for completion of post arrival formalities. Expat Partners help in tracking of expiry dates to ensure that extensions are filed in a timely manner, while also streamlining audits of corporate global mobility files and procedures, training, webinars, and tailor-made strategies.

Expat Partners has built a network of relationships with members of the French public administration, numerous law firms, and immigration practices across the world

The company also facilitates access to Immigo—an online, global immigration case management system, designed by global immigration industry experts specifically for managing and tracking global immigration case work. Using the platforms, organisations can seamlessly manage the immigration procedures of their employees, while taking steps to avoid any compliance challenges.

Alongside such capabilities, what makes Expat Partners a cut above the rest is its team of in-house experts who have extensive experience in assisting large corporations, small business, startups, law firms requiring immigration advice, and set a high standard of services meeting the business projects. The company’s in-country specialists are all ranked among the best for their level of services. Over the years they have had the pleasure of working with some fantastic clients of all sizes in a range of industry sectors, from IT and ITenabled services to financial services and banks to e-sports.

Owing to its contributions and accomplishments in the immigration space, Expat Partners has cemented its position as one of the most trusted a consulting group dedicated to providing top quality services and advice in the filing of immigration applications. Moving forward, company will keep on enhancing its solutions and speeding up its processes, whether it is initial application or final authorisation.