The government is making it harder for people to get work and family visas for the UK. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said migration levels were “far too high”, after official figures showed record net migration to the UK of 745,000 in 2022. What are the new immigration rules? Most people wanting to work in the UK […]
2023–24 permanent Migration Program On 9 May 2023, the Australian Government announced that the planning level for the 2023–24 permanent Migration Program will be set at 190,000 places. The Government has designed the 2023–24 permanent Migration Program to address persistent and emerging skills shortages and to attract people with specialist skillsets that are difficult […]
November 1, 2023 – Ottawa – Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada is pleased to release details on the Government of Canada’s Immigration Levels Plan for 2024-2026. Following the trajectory of the 2023-2025 Plan, Canada aims to welcome 485,000 new permanent residents in 2024, 500,000 in 2025 and plateau at 500,000 in 2026. This plan prioritizes economic […]
WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), through the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), and the Department of Labor (DOL) published a temporary final rule making available an additional 64,716 H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker visas for fiscal year (FY) 2024, on top of the statutory cap of 66,000 H-2B visas that are available […]
The Bundesrat, which is Germany’s upper house, has given its final endorsement to amend the law that aims to make it easier for foreign skilled workers to come to Germany. Commenting on the approval, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Interior said that the new law is expected to become fully effective on March 1, […]
1.4 billon people from over 60 different world countries, who currently travel to the 27 Schengen Area countries without having to obtain a short-stay visa, will have to apply for an online travel authorization before any trip to the Member States, starting from 2024. The European Union has been working on this travel authorization, which is called the […]
