A new electronic registration system intended to streamline the expensive and cumbersome H-1B application process will be in place for the upcoming application season, with an earlier deadline, the federal government said Friday afternoon.

India on Thursday said it is engaged with the administration as well as members of the US Congress on concerns regarding the H1B visa issue, amidst apprehension that there may be a clamp down on it which can hurt Indian IT industry.

The Trump administration plans a far-reaching set of new immigration regulations that, if enacted, would profoundly affect employers, international students, H-1B and L-1 visa holders, EB-5 investors, asylum seekers and others.

Canada’s new federal immigration minister is former Crown Prosecutor Marco Mendicino. The Liberal MP takes over at Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) from Ahmed Hussen, who becomes minister of Families, Children and Social Development.

Once your H-1B visa is approved, you receive a green signal from the USA government to work in the country for a 3-6 years. You can use this visa to get a job and live a settled life. However, once the H1B visa is approved, the next immediate question that is asked by the visa holders is, ‘can I transfer my Visa to another company’?

Newly released documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) reveal that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) rolled out a major policy change impacting petitions for H-1B workers without sufficient training to officers deciding the petitions. The records reveal troubling insights into what likely contributed to substantial increases in requests for evidence (RFEs) and denials of H-1B petitions.

A series of short video tutorials that explain what is myimmitracker and how it should be used.

Thousands of candidates have profiles in the Canada Express Entry Pool with Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) scores below 400. The most recent snapshot provided by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, dated October 11, 2019, reveals that of total pool size of 125,881 candidates, more than 71,000 scores between 301 and 400 CRS points. How can these candidates immigrate to Canada?

Australia is set to introduce new regional work visas from 16 November 2019. The visa subclass 491 will offer 14,000 places each year for the foreign skilled workers living and working in regional areas. Permanent residency (PR) pathway is also available for eligible applicants and their families. Listen to this audio interview for more details.

Immigration has finally released information on the September SkillSelect round, and the results are somewhat surprising! Only 100 subclass 189 visa invitations were sent out with a minimum of 85 points, and an eye-watering 95 points minimum required for Accountants.