Posts Tagged ‘Job Offer’

UK Government clarifies upcoming immigration changes

March 2nd, 2011 Tushar Mathur

The UK Border Agency (UKBA) has provided further details of the changes that will take place in April 2011 which include a permanent immigration cap on skilled immigration, a new exceptional talent visa, and new criteria for skilled workers with a job offer and intra-company transfers. There will in effect be significant changes in the rules for sponsoring non-EU workers. In addition the Tier 1 General skilled immigration visa will in effect end on 6 April 2011.

From 6 April 2011, there will an annual limit of 20,700 Tier 2 visas and 1,000 visas for the new ‘exceptional talent’ visa category.

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Seattle Immigration Lawyer | Employment-Based Visa Preferences

October 26th, 2010 Tushar Mathur

Returning to my series on obtaining a green card based on a job offer, when deciding whether to apply for an immigrant visa you must determine which employment-based preference category you fall into.

The first three employment-based immigrant visa preferences are as follows:

First Preference (EB-1): Persons of extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business or athletics; outstanding professors or researchers; and multinational executives and managers. (No Labor Cert. required.)

First Preference is known as the category for “priority” workers. Needless to say, the vast majority of immigrants do not meet the criteria.

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Seattle Immigration Lawyer | Eligibility for a Green Card through Employment

October 13th, 2010 Tushar Mathur

My last Seattle Immigration Lawyer Blog post provided an introduction to the rather daunting process of obtaining a green card through employment. This post will go a little deeper into the eligibility requirements. Before you consider this route, you must have these two things going for you: a job offer from a U.S.

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What is Work Permit?

July 12th, 2010 Tushar Mathur

Work permit is a basic or the generic (without any brand) term for the legal authorization which allows one to have employment. It is generally given to that person who is not holding the citizenship of the country, but is permitted to work in the same country. He is also allowed to work under some of the terms and conditions i.e. under some jurisdictions that he is permitted legally to do the work.

There are many standard ways to apply for the work permit in any of the country and they are as following:

  1. The training and the work experience arrangements.
  2. Student internships.
  3. GATS.
  4. The business and commercial arrangements.
  5. The sports people and entertainers arrangements.
  6. The sectors based scheme.

Each of these processes requires its own different applications and the job offer from the employer in that country only.

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