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The Irish government will plough €1.9 million into a new initiative aimed at attracting top tech talent to the country. The drive to employ foreign IT workers on Irish work permits comes as Ireland continues to see supply lag behind demand in the labour market.
The number of Chinese executives arriving in the US on L-1A and L-1B intracompany transfer visas has spiked over the last 10 years, according to an article published by CNNMoney. China is reportedly relocating thousands of executives to the US to work in new US acquisitions on L-1A Executive or Manager visas.
The rise in the number of Chinese expat employees working in the US is understood to be on an upward trend and has been attributed to what CNNMoney describes as an ‘explosion in the takeover of American firms.’
An article published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) claims a leading US lawmaker admitted that the H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2016 has ‘very little chance of passing in the near future.’
The comments were allegedly made by US Congressman for New Jersey, Bill Pascrell Jr, during a phone-based press conference on July 18, 2016, about the Reform Act that he introduced in the House of Representatives on July 8.
In recent months Its understood that the European Union has been considering plans that will grant UK immigration exemption from freedom of movement rules for up to seven years. Meanwhile, EU member states are reviewing proposals that will give the UK continued access to the single market. Both plans could form part of a potential Brexit deal.
New, Australian 457 visa rules that come into force in January 2017 are expected to affect visa holders, with children, living in Southern Australia. 457 visa holders with children will be hit with newly introduced school fees.
The 457 visa allows migrants who are sponsored by an Australian business, under standard business sponsorship or under a labour agreement with the Australian Immigration Department, entry to work in Australia for up to 4 years.
Alexander Downer, the Australian high commissioner to the UK, has stated that Britain's recent vote to leave the European Union should make Tier 2 immigration to the UK easier for Australians. According to Downer, Brexit 'represents an opportunity to renegotiate Tier 2 visa arrangements with the UK that would enable more Aussies to live and work there.'