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The UK’s visa waiver program is likely to be extended to EU nationals following Brexit. Full details, here.

Ahead of the launch of the UK’s BNO visa - exclusively for Hong Kong nationals - on January 31, new research shows that Britain has emerged as the relocation destination of choice for citizens of the Special Administrative Region. In December 2020, Workpermit.com reported that the UK government had underestimated the take-up of the BNO visa.   The BNO visa was launched by the UK government in response to controversial security laws imposed on Hong Kong by China. The new research shows that t...

Former MEP and anti-immigrant protagonist, Nigel Farage, has taken a swipe at UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson and Home Secretary, Priti Patel, over what he has described as a ‘post-Brexit immigration mess.’ As of 1 January 2021, the UK entered into a new relationship with the EU following the completion of the Brexit transition period.   However, in a column for The Telegraph, Farage took aim at Johnson and Patel for failing to handle continued illegal immigrant crossings in the Channel. ...

Currently, travel is difficult anyway due to the COVID-19 situation and the new strain of the virus.  When air travel is back to normal it remains to be seen how long it will take for British nationals to pass through entry checks in EU countries.  After almost fifty years of being in the EU, the end of free movement may take quite some getting used to.   Britons travelling to the EU as of 1st January 2021 The UK, after the end of the Brexit transitional period, is now considered by the EU...

The PNP continues to spread the benefits of immigration across Canada. (File photo: Sasan Hezarkhani/Unsplash) Canada’s provinces continued to be actively involved in strengthening Canada’s immigration system in 2020. Over the past year, and despite the challenges posed by the pandemic, Canada’s Provincial Nominee Programs (PNPs) have kept the number of provincial nominees constant and continued adding new immigration streams to meet their most pressing and specific needs. The PNP is an...

Freedom of movement came to an end at 11 pm on December 31st, meaning UK citizens can no longer live and work in the European Union without meeting relevant visa requirements.  The UK visa points system requirements now apply to newly arriving EU citizens planning to work in Britain.    UK and EU citizens already holding residency in Europe or Britain will have the same rights as before the January 1st change. Around one million UK citizens have legal residence in European Countries, while...

Canada’s provinces continued to be actively involved in strengthening Canada’s immigration system in 2020. Over the past year, and despite the challenges posed by the pandemic, Canada’s Provincial Nominee Programs (PNPs) have kept the number of provincial nominees constant and continued adding new immigration streams to meet their most pressing and specific needs. The PNP is an immigration program jointly administered by the federal, provincial and territorial governments. It offers Canad...

THE end of free movement is a historic moment, as for the first time in decades, all labour migration to the UK will be processed through the UK immigration system. However, the unprecedented turmoil of the past year and the degree of change involved in leaving the EU means that preparations for this new immigration system seem to have fallen by the wayside.  Analysis by a new independent think tank, Migration Policy Scotland, finds a concerning lack of preparedness on the part of both g...

Skilled Workers in Manitoba— 157 LAAs with a score of at least 461; Skilled Workers Overseas— 13 LAAs with a score of at least 718; and International Education Stream— 18 LAAs, no EOI score requirement. Out of the 188 LAAs issued, 13 went to Express Entry candidates. The MPNP says they will refuse any of these candidates who do not have a valid Express Entry ID, a job seeker validation code, and verifiable experience in an occupation on Manitoba’s In-demand Occupations list. The MPNP o...

Today at 11 pm UK time the Brexit transitional period ends.  Newly arriving EU citizen migrants to the UK from tomorrow will come under the expensive and bureaucratic UK visa points based immigration system.  EU citizens already in the UK can stay and British citizens living in EU countries should be able to keep their residence status.  Many people will be relieved to hear that the free trade agreement between the UK and the EU was agreed on 24 December 2020.  This will hopefully minimi...