For decades, the suffering of undocumented immigrants has been at the forefront of national political debates in the United States. However, there is one group of immigrants whose plight has mostly gone unnoticed or...
With positive projections, approximately 1.8mn Indian students to opt for foreign education by 2024
With international borders reopening and the Covid situation easing, the number of Indian students studying abroad is expected to rise in the next years, with a new estimate predicting that by 2024, over 18 lakh Indian...
Top Foreign Universities May Soon Have An Offshore Campus In India
The Managing Director and CEO of QS Quacquarelli Symonds, Nunzio Quacquarelli, met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. QS is a British firm that specializes in studying higher education institutions all over the...
Quebec invites record-breaking candidates in new Arrima draw
Quebec welcomed 536 people with relevant professional experience to apply for permanent positions. On September 30, Quebec encouraged 536 immigrants to apply for permanent residency. This is the second round of...
Canada launches immigrant entrepreneur visa
Indians are increasingly interested in Canada’s start-up visa program, which aims to entice immigrant entrepreneurs seeking a path to permanent residence. The program is in keeping with the Canadian...
Covishield gets a green signal from the Australian Government, Indian travelers rejoice
As part of efforts aimed at securely reopening the country in November, Australia designated Covishield, the Indian equivalent of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 injection, as a “recognized vaccination” for...
India Not On The List Of UK’s ‘Simplified’ Travel Rules, Still Says ‘Will Make Travel For Indians As Easy As Possible’
Despite India-made Covishield being named among its globally eligible vaccine formulations, the UK had outraged India by not accepting fully vaccinated Indian visitors as part of its new criteria last month. The so...
Australia set reopen international borders for all travelers beginning November, says PM Scott Morrison
The international border is set to reopen next month for states that have achieved an 80 percent vaccination rate, beginning with New South Wales, according to Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Until the state’s home...
Almost 80,000 US green cards set to expire on Friday, leaving foreign workers in a limbo
Thousands of unused green cards are expected to expire on Friday, frustrating many foreign workers who hoped to avoid relying on temporary work visas to remain in the United States. This fiscal year, there was a surplus...
38 Australian universities have sold their shareholding in IDP Education via Education Australia
Universities in Australia are attempting to recoup some of the financial losses caused by Covid during the last year and a half. Education Australia, a cooperative of Australia’s universities, sold 38 of the...
USA: 125 Plaintiffs Filed Lawsuit To Avoid Loss Of Employee-Linked Green Cards, Now Severed Into Various Lawsuits
The time is ticking; up to 80,000 green card numbers connected to employees are slated to expire by the end of September. Those anticipating that the district court would have the ultimate word and prevent this from...
US: Democrats Plan B To Issue Green Cards Via The Registry System Struck Down By Senate
Democrats are finding it more difficult to pass much-needed immigration reforms through a reconciliation (budget-spending) package. Last night, the US Senate, in a guidance note, shot down Plan B, which would have...
761 Express Entry candidates invited to apply for permanent residence in Canada
This year, Canada has hosted 19 Express Entry draws just for PNP candidates. On September 29, Canada welcomed 761 Express Entry hopefuls to apply for permanent residency. Candidates who were invited had already obtained...
L-2 Indian spouses visa holders file a class-action suit, challenging employment rules and work authorization
A class-action lawsuit has been launched by a group of mostly Indian citizens contesting the US immigration policy that bars L-2 visa holders from working until they obtain a work permit. A group of 15 plaintiffs, 13 of...
New Zealand Government to offer one-off visa to fast-track skilled migrant residency
The new visa makes it easier for migrant workers who were caught in the middle of the pandemic, including as thousands of trained health workers whose applications for residency had been delayed. After delays in...
H1-B quota and COVID-19 travel curbs making it difficult to fill the 1.2 million job vacancies in the IT sector in the US
According to the National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP), a nonpartisan policy research organization, there are more than 1.2 million distinct job vacancy advertisements in computer jobs in the United States as...
A stepwise guide to Canada’s Federal Skilled Worker Program
Canada was the first country in the world to implement an objective points system for welcoming skilled immigrants in 1967. The Federal Skilled Worker Program was established to do this (FSWP). Immigrants were chosen...
