Why Scandinavian Countries Are The Happiest
Where is Scandinavia? Scandinavia is a large region of northern Europe and includes the following countries: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland. The world happiest report has repeatedly rated the Scandinavian countries to be some of the most happiest in the world. Despite the cold gloomy weather and high taxes the Scandinavians are the happiest […]
Will we be left with a no deal Brexit?
(Getty Images) Labour’s Keir Starmer has warned that Theresa May and her government will be facing a race against time to pass a number of new laws, or they may risk creating an ‘unsustainable legal vacuum’ if Britain end up leaving the EU without a deal. However last week Dominic Raab insisted that the government […]
Germany changes their Immigration laws
The German government wrote up a draft for immigration regulations on 17th of August. The new law is to reform the current, unwieldy immigration law of 2004 and to finally regulate labour market integration beyond asylum policy. Refugees are briefly mentioned in the draft whilst the focus keyword seems to be the skilled workers. Germany […]
Two Ukrainians leave their country every minute
Research has found that since late March 2018 over 400,000 citizens have left Ukraine in search of a better life abroad. A little over a quarter of Ukrainians have left the country to wait out hard times while they find work temporarily abroad, according to a survey by the Kyiv International Institute […]
Illegal immigration on the rise as visa restrictions become strict
A recent new study has found that as the British government has put more control on the immigration system, it has driven up the number of people entering the UK illegally. While the the visa restrictions have cut overall migration as the government planned, academics said they can be “ineffective and counterproductive” because they force more people […]
Australian Citizenship Minister Introduces Stricter Value Test for Migrants
Source: AAP Malcolm Turnbull, the government’s minister has expressed concern that many people are granted permanent residency before they even step foot into the country so therefore wants to further tighten the visas. Last year Australia accepted around 162,000 permanent migrants last year which is well below they annual cap […]
Trump says ‘Hire American’s’ as he changes working visas
A Drop in H-2B Visas A Trump limits the number of H-2B visas companies with high demand and who are dependant on foreign seasonal workers are beginning to suffer. Despite Donald Trump’s promise to have the back of smaller businesses, many small American companies have been denied visas to bring in foreign workers this year. […]
Hong Kong grants same sex couples equal visa rights
Since 2014 a British national has been fighting her case in court for Hong Kong to accept her spousal visa, her spouse is also a British national working in Hong Kong. In the first week of July Hong Kong’s highest court ordered immigration officials to grant spousal visas to same sex expatriate couples. The […]
Foreign Workers in Australia Could be Owed Money
If you’re a foreign worker and you’ve worked in Australia in the last ten years on a working holiday visa you could be in for a tax refund. Tax refund specialists in Australia are calling up anyone who worked in Australia in the last the years to check their filing […]
Does Canada trump USA as the new land of opportunities?
Canada More Accepting? Whilst the USA crack down on immigration following President Trump’s new immigration policies, a new light is being shed on the neighbouring country Canada. Canada has always been seen as the immigration friendly nation with more then 80,000 immigrants being recruited for jobs in the past five years alone. Canada […]