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US Visa Bulletin July 2026: Latest update brings bad news for Indians on the Green Card queueThe US Department of State's July 2026 Visa Bulletin introduces significant shifts for Indian green card seekers. The EB-2 category is now ...- Death rate in ICE immigrant detention centers more than doubles under Trump, Reuters analysis findsFifty individuals have died in U.S. immigration detention since January 2025, a rate that has more than doubled since 2009. Concerns are ri...
- 3 steps private sector employees and managers can take if they disagree with disciplinary committee actionPrivate sector employees and managers facing disciplinary action can protect themselves. Understanding labour laws and principles of natura...
- 700,000 green card seekers in limbo; applying anew from home country to be challengingSome 540,000 family-based and around 170,000 employment-based green card applications are currently pending with the US Citizenship and Imm...
- India’s invisible workforce gets a new safety net: Key labour reforms for migrant employees decodedIndia's inter-state migrant workers gain significant protections under new labour code rules notified on May 8, 2026. The Occupational Safe...
- US Visa Bulletin June 2026: Green card backlog worsens as EB-1, EB-2 dates move backward for IndiansThe June 2026 Visa Bulletin reveals significant setbacks for Indian applicants in employment-based green card categories, with EB-1 and EB-...
- Japan halts visa applications for foreign restaurant workers as cap nearsJapan has halted new visa applications for foreign restaurant workers under its specified skilled worker program as the sector nears its 50...
- US Visa Bulletin May 2026: Green Card backlog for Indians remains high; EB-5 may see cut-off rollbackThe US Visa Bulletin for May 2026 shows little movement in green card categories for Indians, with long backlogs continuing across family- ...
- Haryana revises minimum wages from April 1, 2026: Unskilled workers to get at least Rs 15,221 per monthHaryana has revised minimum wages for unskilled, semi-skilled, skilled, and highly skilled workers, effective April 1, 2026. The new rates,...
- Japan may soon require language proof for engineer, specialist visasJapan will soon mandate Japanese language proficiency for engineer and specialist visa applicants, requiring a B2 CEFR or N2 JLPT level. Th...
- Japan to cap foreign workers at 426,000 under new skill-based work system from 2027Japan is set to overhaul its foreign labor system. A new program, Employment for Skill Development, will replace the existing Technical Int...
- India poised to fill global demand-supply gap of skilled workersIndia to meet global skilled workers demand, expecting 28-30% growth in Indian workers' global mobility. High demand in UAE, Saudi Arabia, ...
- Hungary's new immigration law has 24 different types of residence permitsHungary's new immigration law, effective March 1, imposes stricter conditions for third-country nationals (TCNs). It introduces 24 types of...
- Japan considers widening long-term foreign worker visa schemeUnder a law that took effect in 2019, a category of "specified skilled workers" in 14 sectors such as farming, nursing care and sanitation ...
- Co-creation, co-production and co-innovation: way forward for Indo-Japan digital partnershipJapan is an ageing country while India is relatively a younger country with a large pool of talent. New agreement “Specified skilled Worker...
- Delhi and Tokyo ink new pact for employment of Indian Skilled Workers in Japan“Specified Skilled Worker (SSW)” is a new status of residence created in Japan in April 2019. Japan established this system to accept forei...
- Cabinet approves MoC to facilitate movement of skilled workers from India to JapanThese Indian workers would be granted a new status of residence of "specified skilled worker" by the government of Japan. “The idea is to e...
- India, Qatar sign pact for skill developmentThe agreement was signed between Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (India) and the Ministry of Education and Higher Educatio...
- Govt set to revise minimum wage rates by 20 to 30 pcAhead of the Lok Sabha elections, the government is mulling a revision of minimum wages for workers from April this year.
- Skilled non-EU nationals can live & work in IrelandIT workers, bankers and scientists from outside the EU will now have an easier passage to Ireland.
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