Immigration News

US Ending Country Cap in Green Cards Will Help India and China January 03, 2019

After the elimination of the country quotas from Green Cards, the present discrimination in the labour market will be over. As per a Congressional report, this will allow for the domination of India and China to gain American citizenship.Green Card is popularA Green Card permits a person to live /work permanently in ...

Canada Parents And Grandparents Program Is Set To Reopen Late January 02, 2019

The Canadian Government authorities announced that the Canada Parents and Grandparents Sponsorship Program is set to reopen somewhat late in Jan 2019. This Program allows citizens and PRs to sponsor their parents/grandparents for PR in Canada. IRCC said that the relevant details regarding the opening of PGP will be inf...

Canada: A Record-Breaking Year for Express Entry Immigration December 31, 2018

The 100th draw of the federal Express Entry system took place in September. Moreover, there were important milestones in this record-breaking year. IRCC also issued more ITAs (89,800) in 2018 than in any previous year. The new record happened owing to the increase in Federal level targets of IRCC.Federal High Skilled I...

Joblessness Of Newcomers In Canada Declines To 6.4% December 29, 2018

A new research of Statistics Canada finds that Joblessness among fresh arrivals in Canada is 6.4%. It also highlights the fact that the employment gap between immigrants and workers born in Canada is reducing. Many employers in Canada today employ newcomers for filling the job vacancies.The findingsThe findings sugge...

Biometrics Rule - Canada Set To Implement Second Phase On Dec 31 December 28, 2018

As per an earlier announcement, Canada has made the submission of biometrics information, fingerprints and photographs mandatory for Asians and people from the Asia Pacific and the Americas. It had introduced the biometric rule since July 2018. Additionally, this rule and in the first phase, the rule was implemente...

H1B Visa has an impact and Indians seek Canadian Citizenship December 27, 2018

Presently, the United States is imposing severe rules regarding visas and immigration so that Indians remain away from arriving in the country.Canada is welcomingMoreover, Canada has continued to favour immigrants. 50 percent of Indians who migrated are now applying for Canadian Citizenship, after living for a specific...

Top Universities in USA oppose Presidential visa policy changes for overseas students December 25, 2018

The study of National Association of Foreign Student Advisers has the opinion that global students made a contribution of $39 billion to the US economy in the academic year of 2017-2018.The studyMoreover, it found that the economic activity of overseas students supported 455,000 American jobs. Additionally, 65 top un...

Advisory for increasing e-Visa validity period to 10 years - Niti Aayog December 24, 2018

Niti Aayog which is a Government organization has made a proposal to increase the period of validity of e-Visas to ten years. It also seeks the enhancement of the number of yearly visits for e-medical visa holders for attracting tourists.Better impactPresently, the period of validity in e-Visa is 60 days calculated f...

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