Posts published in “Immigration & Citizenship”

Canada Launches Hong Kong Pathway to Attract Recent Graduates and Skilled Workers with Faster Permanent Residency

Visas & Travels - 4 February 2021

Canada Launches Hong Kong Pathway to Attract Recent Graduates and Skilled Workers with Faster Permanent Residency

Today, Minister Mendicino announced that Hong Kong residents will be able to apply for new open work permits beginning on February 8, 2021.

The ties that bind Canada and Hong Kong run deep. The first Hong Kong residents arrived here over 150 years…

Biden Signs Executive Orders Reversing Trump Immigration Policies

Visas & Travels - 3 February 2021

Biden Signs Executive Orders Reversing Trump Immigration Policies

Biden’s immediate focus is on the 3,100-kilometer southern border with Mexico, where Trump tried to keep thousands of migrants from Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala from entering the U.S.

VOA – U.S. President Joe Biden signed executive orders Tuesday to start to dismantle former President Donald Trump’s restrictive immigration policies,…

UAE now granting citizenship and passport to investors, professionals, special talents

Visas & Travels - 2 February 2021

UAE now granting citizenship and passport to investors, professionals, special talents

Categories that can qualify to acquire the Emirati nationality include: investors, doctors, specialists, inventors, scientists, talents, intellectuals, artists and their families (spouse and children), meanwhile the amendments allow retaining the current nationality.

The United Arab Emirates has approved amendments to the Executive Regulation of the Federal Law concerning Nationality and Passports allowing…

How to Apply for a British National (Overseas) Visa

Visas & Travels - 1 February 2021

How to Apply for a British National (Overseas) Visa

A British government plan to offer millions of Hong Kongers a path to British citizenship took effect on Sunday January…

Canada’s Airlines to suspend Flights from Mexico and Caribbean countries

Visas & Travels - 29 January 2021

Canada’s Airlines to suspend Flights from Mexico and Caribbean countries

The government and Canada’s airlines have reached an agreement to suspend all flights to and from Mexico and Caribbean countries until April 30, 2021. This will be in effect as of January 31, 2021.

The Government of Canada is introducing strict new measures to prevent the further introduction of COVID-19 throughout Canada. The government…