With UK job vacancies at a 20-year high, an economy bouncing back from the pandemic and no more free movement within the EU, new work visa routes in March’s Immigration Rules changes can’t come too soon for many businesses.
The USCIS recently issued an alert confirming the agency will decouple EAD and AP applications filed concurrently, where possible, to improve efficiency and reduce processing times.
During the past two years of the pandemic, federal agencies such as the DHS and the DOS have taken measures to accommodate their services and facilitate the issuance of visas in the consulates across the world in light of on-going safety concerns.
The Home Office’s UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) department this week confirmed upcoming changes to the way in which employers will be able to check a prospective employee’s right to work in the UK from April 6, 2022.
On January 6, 2022, the Mexican Ministry of the Interior published in the Official Gazette of the Federation an agreement announcing a change in Mexican migration policy, requiring Venezuelan citizens to obtain a visa to enter national territory.
La Secretaría de Gobernación publicó en el Diario Oficial de la Federación un acuerdo por el que se da a conocer un cambio en la política migratoria mexicana, requiriendo a ciudadanos venezolanos contar con una visa para internarse a territorio nacional.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has hailed the new fast-track visa for scale-ups as an important development to make it “quicker and easier for fast-growing businesses to bring in highly skilled individuals.”
The USCIS has entered into a settlement agreement in Shergill v. Mayorkas, which expands opportunities for certain L-2 and H-4 visa holders to maintain work authorization while awaiting USCIS adjudication.
