Latest Updates on Immigration

Planning a Thailand trip? New visa, SMART, LTR, and consular charges apply from April 27, 2026, while visa-free entry rules remain unchanged

A new US Bill proposes scrapping the diversity lottery, tightening visa routes and shifting to a merit-based system. Here's what it could change

Immigration News May 2026: From US asylum rules to Europe's digital border system, May 2026 brings policy changes that will affect travellers, students and workers globally

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has launched a probe into nearly 30 firms over alleged H-1B fraud, including claims of 'ghost offices' used to sponsor workers

Canada's latest Express Entry draw targets French speakers with 4,000 ITAs as the country pushes higher francophone immigration outside Quebec

Proposal to revise wage calculations for foreign workers draws support and criticism as US seeks to align pay with market rates

US Visa Bulletin warns India may face EB-5 cut-off soon. Experts explain timelines, risks, and why September 30, 2026 matters

ABS data shows Indians overtaking England-born residents in Australia, as migration patterns shift and political debate intensifies

Planning a long stay in France without working? Here's how the Visiteur visa works, what income you need, and the total funds required

Some 971,020 people in Australia - or 5.2 per cent of the population - were born in India, narrowly surpassing the 970,950 born in England, according to data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics

An appeals court on Friday blocked President Donald Trump's executive order suspending asylum access, a key pillar of the Republican president's plan to crack down on migration at the southern border of the US. A three-judge panel from the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit found that immigration laws give people the right to apply for asylum at the border, and the president can't circumvent that. The panel concluded that the Immigration and Nationality Act doesn't authorise the president to remove the plaintiffs under "procedures of his own making," allow him to suspend plaintiffs' right to apply for asylum or curtail procedures for adjudicating their anti-torture claims. "The power by proclamation to temporarily suspend the entry of specified foreign individuals into the United States does not contain implicit authority to override the INA's mandatory process to summarily remove foreign individuals," wrote Judge J. Michelle Childs, who was nominated to the ..

Trump's $1 million gold card visa has cleared just one applicant so far, even as officials say hundreds remain in the pipeline

Indian passport holders can now transit through French airports without a visa from April 10, 2026. Here's who the exemption applies to

Cato analysis says legal immigration to the US has fallen far more than illegal crossings, with H-1B visas, students and families seeing sharp declines

Videos targeting H-1B workers are rising in the US. Attorneys explain legal limits and what visa holders should do if approached

From a 3-year pause to wage-based selection and OPT end, a new US Bill proposes sweeping changes to the H-1B visa programme

Australia cancels registration after probe finds misleading applications and breaches; experts say applicants must verify agents before filing visas

From lower investment thresholds to relaxed rules, New Zealand's AIP visa is drawing global wealth-here's how it works and who is applying

About 30,000 refugee claimants have received letters under Canada's new asylum law, with 21 days to respond or face possible removal

A new $100,000 H-1B visa fee has split experts, with some saying it leaves numbers unchanged while others warn it could limit new foreign entrants to the US