Month: March 2014

VENEZUELA: TR-L work visa delays

March 31, 2014

Due to the on-going political unrest in Venezuela, government offices, such as the Ministry of Labor, Ministry of the Interior and Justice and Administrative Service of Identification, Migration and Foreign Affairs (SAIME), are currently experiencing considerable delays in processing Transient…

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UNITED STATES: H-1B visa petitions opening 1st April

March 28, 2014

From the 1st April 2014, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will be accepting H-1B visa petitions for the 2015 fiscal year. As with the 2014 fiscal year however, the USCIS will continue to be limited to issuing only…

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VFS Contract with UKVI extended over South Asia

March 26, 2014

Following on from our news last week, we can confirm that the UKVI has extended their contract with VFS Global until 2019 in India and across South Asia. As per the renewed contract, VFS Global and the UKVI will provide…

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Change of visa application centre provider in the Russian Federation

March 20, 2014

From today Thursday 20th March, UK visa application centres operated by VFS in the Russian Federation will begin closing. This is due to VFS"s contract with the Home Office coming to an end at the end of March. New visa…

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AUSTRALIA: 457 visa sponsorship limits revoked

March 7, 2014

Having been introduced in July 2013, the sponsorship limits that restricted the number of 457 nominations made by employers have been effectively revoked by the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP). Under the 457 visa program, when applying for…

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Canada Immigration Peril

March 5, 2014

Newland Chase reports the end to one of the longest Investment Migration Programmes. It may be RIP for the Canadian Federal Investment Programme, but this appears to have triggeredrestlessness for other national investment schemes across the world. Over the past...

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