Work Visas

H1-B visa requires a sponsor for the immigrant to stay in the US but no such sponsorship is needed in the EB-5 scheme

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

Out of the 405,303 new permanent residents in Canada, which were granted in 2021, at least one-third of the residents were Indians.

A total of 369,322 applicants, who have approved employment visa petitions, are awaiting visa availability under the EB2 and EB3 categories

The visas, meant to encourage graduates to start their careers in the UK, are among the latest measures designed to show the benefits of Brexit

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.

The H-1B visa allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise.

Spain, Brazil, Lebanon, Cyprus, and Portugal are some of the other countries

US President last month withdrew a related Trump executive order that stopped the issuance of new green cards.

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

H-1B visas are set aside for skilled workers, especially in the technology industry, and H-4 visas are given to their spouses

The temporary suspension, the White House, argues will make more than half million jobs available to Americans

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

A new immigration order issued by President Donald Trump on Monday that bars the entry of holders of certain temporary work visas

Trump issued an executive order last month that blocked certain immigrants from obtaining permanent residence