Category: Immigration Insights

April 20, 2017

The Department of Immigration (DIBP) has released more information about its changes to the Temporary Work (Skilled) visa (subclass 457) overnight. It is important to note that the 457 programme has not yet been abolished, but it will be replaced with the Temporary Skill Shortage visa (a different programme) from March 2018. 457 visa fee increases […]

April 20, 2017

The Dutch Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND) introduced a new policy on 1st April which provides opportunity for highly skilled foreign workers, foreign students and foreign scientific researchers who hold a valid residence permit, to carry out self-employed activities alongside the main employment or studies that are permitted under their residence permit. Previously, these residence […]

April 20, 2017

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Federal Cabinet has announced that Indian nationals are now eligible for the UAE’s visa on arrival scheme, provided that they have at least six months’ validity remaining on their passport and hold either a valid US visa or US Permanent Residence (Green Card). Indian nationals who meet these requirements do […]

April 20, 2017

Changes to the Express Entry System Canadian Immigration is making heavy use of the Express Entry system in 2017.  There have been 10 draws since January and each draw has resulted in at least 3,500 invitations being issued.  The scores of the lowest ranked invited candidates have been dropping steadily as well.  The most recent […]

April 20, 2017

Mozambican companies have until Sunday 30th April 2017 to submit their annual Mozambican Company Employees List. Employers must complete the Mozambican Company Employees List (or Relação Nominal) each year which must list all individuals, including both local hires and foreign nationals, employed as of 31st March of that year. The list must be submitted to […]

April 18, 2017

In this week’s edition, we advise that the Australian 457 visa program is to be abolished and that stakeholders have been invited to suggest amendments to Ireland’s Occupations Lists. We also bring you the latest immigration news from the UK, Lithuania and Peru.

April 18, 2017

The Prime Minister Mr. Turnbull announced today the abolition of the 457 visa program and its replacement with a new Temporary Skill Shortage (TSS) visa. At present there is no law or policy, and we can only provide you with information which is currently in the public domain: Mr. Turnbull said 457s would be replaced by […]

April 13, 2017

Effective 6th April 2017, UKVI can now audit any third party site as part of an ongoing compliance check. This includes any premises or physical address where a sponsored migrant carries out their work, such as a third party office or a client site where the employee has been contracted to supply services. The Home […]

April 13, 2017

The Law on the Legal Status of Foreigners has been modified by a new Act of Parliament in Lithuania, improving the immigration possibilities for companies and foreign nationals operating in the country. The main changes are: Quota: Sponsorship for temporary resident permits for foreign nationals now require two local full-time employees instead of three which […]

April 13, 2017

The Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (DJEI) is inviting interested parties to submit their suggestions for amendments to the Highly Skilled Eligible Occupations List (HSEOL) and Ineligible Categories of Employment List (ICEL), after the Economic Migration Policy Unit announced that they will be conducting bi-annual reviews in order to maintain the relevance of the […]