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Skilled Workers
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Ogletree Deakins Insights
USCIS Schedule Update: Faster Green Card Sponsorship for ‘Sciences or Arts’ High Achievers?
Quick Hits USCIS recently announced that it has updated its definition for “Schedule A, Group II” occupations. USCIS has now clarified that Schedule A, Group II “Sciences or Arts” occupations…
Knowledge Centre
New Statement of Changes Sets Out Details of Salary Requirements for Skilled Workers
Further to the December 2023 announcements (covered in my blog here), yesterday, on 14 March 2024, the Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules HC590 was finally published. This post…
ImmigrationProf Blog
LA Times: Canada Recruiting Immigrants for Tech Positions
The LA Times is reporting on Canada’s increasing friendly immigration policy for skilled workers. Most recently, Canada “offered a three-year work permit to anyone holding a U.S. H-1B visa, the…
Canadian Lawyer Mag
New immigration programs to attract highly skilled workers a boon to tech sector: lawyer
Norton Rose Fulbright's Brigitte LeBlanc-Lapointe says quota to attract H1-B visa holders now full
ImmigrationProf Blog
Canada Competes for H-1B Immigrants
Canada has unveiled an immigration initiative to attract skilled technology professionals from the United States with H-1B work visas, nonimmigrant foreign worker visas for noncitizens with specialized skills. Beginning July…
Canadian Labour and Employment Law
Addressing labour shortages in Canada through changes to Express Entry
By Stephanie MacIntosh, Nell Slochowski
On May 31, 2023, Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) announced a significant change in the Express Entry application management system. They will now conduct category-based selection draws to provide…
Canadian Lawyer Mag
Ottawa opens two new immigration streams
Skilled workers with or without offers can come to Canada under updated Economic Mobility Pathways Pilot
UK Immigration Blog
White paper: UK Immigration patterns, 2023
Introduction 2022 was a year of tumultuous political change, with revolving doors both at Number 10 and the Home Office. Despite this, governmental immigration policy relating to the points-based system…
Ackah Business Immigration Law
Nurse Aids, Truck Drivers and 14 More Occupations Now Eligible For Express Entry
By Publisher
BOOK YOUR FREE CASE EVALUATION Canada’s labour shortage has been an ongoing challenge for a long period. Last year, Canada’s National Occupational Classification (NOC) implemented new Express Entry changes that…
The Mobile Workforce
Australia Considers Major Immigration Updates
By María E. Ferré, John Corgan
The Australian government is in the early stages of examining major changes to the country’s immigration system. According to statements by Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil, the government has engaged…