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...
26 May, 2026, 07.58 AM IST
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...
15 May, 2026, 03.00 PM IST
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-...
14 May, 2026, 05.35 PM IST
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...
17 Apr, 2026, 02.02 PM IST
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- ...
15 Apr, 2026, 12.06 PM IST
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,...
13 Apr, 2026, 01.51 PM IST
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...
08 Apr, 2026, 10.46 AM IST
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...
23 Dec, 2025, 04.16 PM IST
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, ...
01 Apr, 2024, 04.15 PM IST
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...
11 Mar, 2024, 01.54 PM IST
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 ...
24 Apr, 2023, 03.32 PM IST
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...
19 Jan, 2021, 09.14 AM IST
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...
18 Jan, 2021, 06.35 PM IST
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...
06 Jan, 2021, 01.52 PM IST
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...
06 Jun, 2016, 03.43 PM IST
- Govt set to revise minimum wage rates by 20 to 30 pc
Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, the government is mulling a revision of minimum wages for workers from April this year.
12 Feb, 2009, 08.57 PM IST
- Skilled non-EU nationals can live & work in Ireland
IT workers, bankers and scientists from outside the EU will now have an easier passage to Ireland.
26 Jan, 2007, 04.08 AM IST