Record numbers of 20 Indo-Americans are contesting the US Congress elections being held this year. They have collectively raised 15.5 + million USD so far as revealed by the fresh official figures. Seven of them have raised more than 1 million dollars individually. The US Congress elections are scheduled to be held in November 2018,… Read More »

New Zealand may shift its focus to the Global Impact Visa from the Entrepreneur Work Visas. Immigration is refusing 93% of the applications for the Entrepreneur Work Visas. The standards have been set too high for the applicants of this visa. The Cabinet paper released in 2017 said that the current Entrepreneur visa was functioning… Read More »

From summer 2018, Canada Biometrics Program will be expanding for visas. Every individual who applies for a Canada Work, Visitor, Study, or PR Visa, asylum or refugee status will have to provide a photograph and fingerprints. This is known as biometrics. It is collected by the Canadian government to manage identity and facilitate processing of… Read More »

Immigrants ethnic profiling did not occur informed Immigration New Zealand. Notwithstanding this, Iain Lees-Galloway the Immigration Minister has suspended a pilot program that gave priority to overstayers for being deported. INZ assured that it had not taken into consideration the ethnicity of immigrants for profiling. Overstayers have been selected for immigration only on the basis… Read More »

US EB-5 has opened fresh avenues for Hospitality and Travel professionals in India. They can now enter the US market by the investment of 500,000 USD into a USCIS project through the EB-5 program. This will facilitate ease and flexibility in education and training for the next generation. It is something which has emerged as… Read More »

The UK may accept higher immigration levels for obtaining an enhanced trade deal with the European Union. Prime Minister Theresa May could be compelled by her top cabinet ministers to give up the target of 100,000 immigrants annually. The EU may offer an enhanced and broader trade deal to the UK. This is if the… Read More »

Immigrating to Canada as a Quebec-selected skilled worker is different from usual Canadian immigration. This is because the Quebec province has a special treaty with the Canadian Government with respect to immigration. The Quebec province has its own set of rules for selecting overseas immigrants that will be able to settle well in the province.… Read More »

Indians have emerged as the second largest immigrants being hired by the Tech firms in Toronto Canada. Thanks to the fast-track work visa launched by the Canadian government in 2017, more overseas workers are being recruited by the tech companies in Toronto now. Top 5 nations for overseas hires by Toronto tech firms: The US… Read More »

South Africa will hasten visa processing and entice major conferences in order to increase arrivals of foreign nationals by 40 percent by 2021, Derek Hamon, South African tourism minister, said on 30 March. He was quoted by Reuters as saying that the new steps are part of the country’s goal to attract an additional five… Read More »

Slovenia has offered new ICT Visas for work and residence of nationals of third nations for Intra Corporate Transfer. This is in accordance with the Directive of the European Union 2014/66 with respect to conditions of arrival and stays of nationals of third nations through Intra Corporate Transfer. ICT Visas: The new ICT Visas for… Read More »