Immigration News

Ontario French Speaking Skilled Worker Stream: Weekly Draws Continue December 12, 2018

The immigration authorities in Ontario have conducted their 43rd draw of 2018 in the provincial stream catering to French Speaking Skilled Workers.In the December 6th draw 45 candidates received Notifications of Interest for immigration.Candidates who had submitted an Express Entry profile between Jan 1st and Dec 6th...

Canada Reaches A Record Low Unemployment Rate In November December 11, 2018

In the monthly Labor Force Survey conducted by Statistics Canada, the unemployment rate in the country reached a record low level in November. It was 5.6 percent in and 19 million people were employed.The Unemployment rate is calculated as the percentage of the number of unemployed people prevalent in the labour force....

UK Tier 1 Investor Visa suspended from 7th December 2018 December 10, 2018

There were some attempts to abuse the Tier 1 investor visa program and the decision of suspending the Tier 1 Investor visa scheme, received a small impact only.The response was lowMany investment companies opted not to continue with the scheme. There were other options worth looking like the Tier 1 Entrepreneur visa ...

USCIS intends to introduce changes to H-1B Visa Lottery December 06, 2018

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has a proposal regarding changing the selection of a number of H-1B visa petitions each year.AimsThis requires employers to register online for getting selected randomly before submitting the visa petitions. It also aims to give visas to more people having an advanced degre...

India Extends Validity of Business Visas Up To 15 Years December 05, 2018

Far-reaching decisionsThe Indian authorities have taken a decision to extend business visa for a period up to 15 years. Additionally, the holders can convert a regular visa to the medical category when there is an emergency.Additionally, there is Relaxation in granting Internship Visa that a student can get while pur...

A majority of Australians favor immigration despite population issues December 04, 2018

There were intensified concerns in Australia over population growth, but despite it, Australians see benefits in immigration. This was the finding of an Annual National Survey of the public opinion, on immigration and population issues.The 2018 Mapping Social Cohesion survey, of the Scanlon Foundation, observes that ma...

New Immigrants to Canada need to Check Health Cover Entitlement before Arriving December 03, 2018

All New immigrants reaching in Canada need to be aware of the type of their health coverage they need, prior to their arrival.Canada has a well established Public Health Care System, but some provinces have a waiting period for new permanent residents. Moreover, the work permit holders and study permit holders also g...

Changes to H-1B visas, helping the top skilled, and highly paid overseas workers December 01, 2018

The Congress has mandated that the H1-B visa has an annual limit cap of 65,000 visas during each fiscal year. Moreover, the first 20,000 petitions filed by beneficiaries having a US master's degree get an exemption from the cap.A few major changesPresently, the Trump Administration proposes a few major changes in the H...

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