The move will allow more than 200,000 workers who have family members in Canada, or that will be coming to the country, to continue to be with their loved ones
In October, British High Commissioner to India Alex Ellis had said that they were on track to get back to processing India-to-UK visa application within standard 15 of days
Twenty thousand of the H-2B visas will be granted to workers from the Central American countries of Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala as well as Haiti
The regional financial hub announced new rules two weeks ago to draw expatriates earning at least $21,452 a month, offering them 5-year visas that would automatically allow their spouses to work also
"Singapore is still a global city," Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in an address last month, in which he vowed to bolster the national workforce's skills
The Graduate route is designed for international graduates who have been awarded their degree from a recognised UK university to stay on and look for work for at least two years.
Last year, Infosys revealed plans to hire 12,000 American workers over the next two years, bringing its hiring commitment in the US to 25,000 over five years
An H-4 visa is issued by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to immediate family members (spouse and children under 21 years of age) of the H-1B visa holders, most of whom are Indians
His decision to temporarily suspend new work visas for foreigners, including H-1Bs, is one proof of him using Covid-19 as an opportunity to harden immigration laws in the run-up to the Nov poll
