Quebec is struggling with labour shortages
The mayor of Quebec City, Canada has released a new list of priorities and one of the most urgent is the need to increase immigration as there is over 17,000 vacancies to fill. Immigration topped Mayor Régis Labeaume’s said “This dramatic lack of manpower is the most dangerous problem and can jeopardize our economic future,” Labeaume said. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Record high numbers of foreigners entering NZ for work
Despite the New Zealand government’s changes to control immigration numbers, it has been reported that the number of people entering for work visas have increased massively. Last year more than 228,000 work visas were approved which has increased by 4000 from the previous financial year. The main industry in which a lot more foreign workers […]
Japan opens their arms to more foreign workers
In a bid to improve the shortage of labour workers Tokyo has opened its arms to greet low skilled foreign workers. Previously and more commonly Japan has been known to only accept highly skilled foreign workers but has now changed their mind as the ageing population has had an effect on the labour workforce. In […]
Canada Grants More Jobs on Global Talent Stream Visa
Canada’s Global Talent Stream: Addressing High-Skilled Labor Needs in STEM The Global Talent Stream/Scheme Visa in Canada celebrates its one-year anniversary by expanding its reach with three new job positions added to the Global Talent Occupations List. This visa continues to address the demands of innovative employers in Canada’s highly skilled labor market, […]
10 Tips On How To Stay Healthy Whilst Travelling
Along with leaving our responsibilities and our homes we tend to also leave our healthy eating habits and exercise when travelling. This is totally normal and you’re not the only one choosing to have come ice cream over a kale salad! Just because you’re not home it’s very easy to choose the easy and quick […]
How To Get By in Spanish
Spanish is the second most spoken language in the world with Mandarin being the first and English being the third. Spanish is spoken by over 400 million speakers, a language that will open up whole continents to you. It is the primary language of South and Central America, Spain and other parts of the world. […]