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Canada has become one of the popular destinations for Hongkongers to migrate to in recent years. However, as ...

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From 1 January 2023, checks on persons at internal land and sea Borders between Croatia and the other countries in the Schengen area will be lifted…

This week, the Global Immigration team at SSW would like to highlight the following recent updates from the EU, Ireland, Lithuania and New Zealand.

Immigrationexpertsfeelthatthelatestannouncementisarelief,butthegovernmenthastolookatmanyotherissues

ImmigrationMinisterMichaelWoodhasannouncedthatthegovernmenthasdecidedtoprovidea12monthOpenWorkVisaforapproximately1,800peoplewhoheldapoststudyworkvisawhomissedoutbecauseoftheborderclosureduringthepandemic.

Nurses, specialist doctors and midwives will be added to the straight-to-residence pathway among a range of new immigration settings announced by Immigration Minister Michael Wood.

Nurseseligibleforimmediateresidencyunderimmigrationchanges

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“The whole world is experiencing labour shortages right now. Since our borders reopened, the Government has taken a number of steps to support businesses to recruit internationally to fill these shortages,” Michael Wood.