Visa News and Information
University graduates can apply for Australian Post-Study Work Visas
Date December 19, 2011
The Australian government has announced this week that more international students (including those from Sri Lanka) will be eligible for the Post-Study work visa as part of the Australian government’s response to the Knight Review of the student visa program. Australian I...
Sri Lanka visit visa fees for year 2012 reduced
Date December 20, 2011
Following pressure from the tourism industry, the new Sri Lanka visit visa fee will be much lower than originally planned. There is currently no visit visa fee. From 1 January 2012 it was expected that there would be a visit visa fee of $50. The visit visa fee for the year 2012 w...
Australian Student Visa Reforms
Date December 20, 2011
The Australian Immigration Minister Chris Evans, and the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations Chris Bowen, have announced a number of changes to make Australia’s international education sector more competitive to attract more international s...
Full Time Jobs in Canada: On the Rise
Date December 20, 2011
According to Canada’s Labour Force Survey, unemployment in Canada is on the decline. The rate of unemployment fell from 7.4 to 7.2, two percent lower than the United States. Roughly 25,000 new full time positions were made available in manufacturing, construction, transportatio...
Is Canada right for you? Do Your Research!
Date December 20, 2011
Although Canada is a land teeming with opportunities, adjusting to the Canadian lifestyle can be a stressful time for anyone leaving their home country. According to recent polls by Royal Bank, 58% of Chinese and South Asian immigrants agreed that emotional preparedness is vital ...
European Union Blue Card applications are now accepted
Date December 20, 2011
Slovakia has updated its immigration law which includes a new directive from the European Union (EU) for a blue card scheme for non-EU workers. From 20 July 2011, the blue card has been available for non-EU nationals who wish to work and gain residence rights in Slovakia. The blu...
UK immigration law challenged
Date December 20, 2011
Rashida Chapti, a British Citizen living in the UK has filed a human rights complaint with the new immigration law which requires spouse immigrants to speak English. Under this new ruling implemented in November of 2010 by Home Secretary, Theresa May, all spouses must speak Engli...
New Zealand in need of Skilled Migration
Date February 22, 2012
Skilled migrants are in high demand, just off Australia’s coast, in New Zealand. Recent research has shown that applications under the Skilled Migrant category and for Temporary Work Visas have severely declined with a difference of thousands just within the past year. Ruth Dys...
New migration scheme implemented in the UK
Date December 20, 2011
On August 9th 2011 the UK launched a new Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) immigration category, exceptionally talented candidates in various professional fields will be able to immigrate to the UK under this revamped version of the previous Tier 1 (General). The new scheme will not on...
Australia Migration changes
Date December 20, 2011
The Department of Immigration and Citizenship Australia has implemented major changes to its General Skilled Migration program 1 July 2011. The pass mark for various visa subclasses is now 65 points. The age limit has also been raised from 45 years of age to 50. Nominated occupat...
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