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Obtaining work visas for the US is difficult. The H1B visa quota is used up almost as soon as it becomes available in April each year. The L1 visa is only available in limited circumstances where the employee has worked for the same employer outside the US for one year in the last three years.
Sajid Javid the Home Secretary whose family is of muslim Pakistani ancestry has recently raised hopes that doctors from outside the EU will find it easier to gain entry to the UK under the tier 2 visa scheme. However, it is not certain what will happen after the intended tier 2 visa review.
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently new pilot scheme favors advance planning over border adjudications for Canadian L1 visa holders. The pilot program, launched on April 30, 2018 for a period of six months will reportedly ‘facilitate the adjudication and admission process of Canadians traveling to the US as L1 nonimmigrants.’
EU politicians have quashed Britain’s hopes of introducing a new UK immigration and Visa system on Brexit day. Brussels is insisting that Britain will have to agree to the ‘entire’ European rulebook during a two-year implementation period on membership terms from 2019.
Sanwar Ali workpermit.com comment:It is less than a year to go until Brexit and there is still some uncertainty about what will happen to EU migrants in the UK. It still seems likely that EU citizens in the UK before Brexit actually happens will be allowed to stay in the UK.
In a potentially bold move by Brussels to claim the moral high ground during Brexit negotiations with the UK, earlier this year President of the European Commission (EC), Jean-Claude Juncker has announced that the EC is considering covering the expected £72 application cost for EU nationals seeking to settle in Britain, post-Brexit.
The Irish government has been slammed by the Restaurants Association of Ireland (RAI) for a ‘crippling skills shortage’ across the industry. According to the RAI, Irish restaurants are being forced to recruit from overseas in a bid to fill an estimated 8,000 vacancies.