Global talent mobility company Topia has announced the acquisition of Pearl Global Tech, the independent immigration risk engine and knowledge base.

Pearl Global Tech’s solutions perform immigration risk assessments in seconds, ensuring that remote and travelling employees have the proper visas to work at their destination. With the addition of Pearl Global Tech, the company says it now simplifies compliance for the top two mobility risks -tax and immigration - enabling companies to support remote work and distributed work policies without relying on expensive, manual service providers.

Following COVID-19 and the normalisation of remote work, the mobility risks facing employers have multiplied. Topia’s latest Adapt survey, published in March 2022, found that 94% of employees believe they should be able to work from anywhere, so long as they get their work done. Unsurprisingly, 40% of HR professionals say they discovered employees working from outside their home state or country. Aware of this trend, immigration authorities have become savvier at identifying non-compliant visitors.

“Through the acquisition of Pearl Global Tech, we continue to execute our strategy of helping customers with digital transformation and compliance automation through our data-driven rules engine,” said Shawn Farshchi, Chief Executive Officer at Topia. “This approach to global talent mobility has produced rapid growth for Topia and more value for our customers.”

Pearl Global Tech was founded in 2017 by Julie Pearl, an immigration lawyer who co-founded the Pearl Law Group in 1995.

To learn more about the acquisition, visit here.