2022年11月新闻热点(Recent hotspots November 2022)
作者:Publius
目录:
1. 拜登政府上台后细化移民签证政策。
2.一年50万人!加拿大公布最新移民目标!
3.中国留学生大量去往英国,英国采取更低门槛的移民签证政策
4.澳洲父母签证数量翻倍 技术移民配额大增
近期热点 2022年11月13日
1. 拜登政府上台后细化移民签证政策。
有理由认为,拜登政府总的来讲相信外籍人才会成为促进美国社会发展的动能,为美国创造就业机会、发展新产业、促进科技创新做出巨大贡献。
所以过去近两年时间里,拜登政府频繁在移民体系内细化针对STEM专业外籍人才的留美政策标准,同时对外也为申请人提供了更友好的信息分享,让外籍人才们能更直观、更方便地了解自己的留美选项。
对于STEM专业留学生来说,常见的临时工作签证有如下几个:
1.F-1签证OPT
STEM专业留学生毕业后可以使用“正常12个月+延期24个月”,即最长36个月的OPT在美国合法工作,本科、研究生、博士毕业生都能使用这个福利。要注意的是,如果攻读了两个平级学位,比如读了两个硕士学位,这项福利只能使用一次。
2. H-1B工作签证
H-1B大家都很熟悉了,需要美国雇主为受益人提起申请,申请的职位必须与留学生所学专业相关、必须符合现行工资标准等一系列要求。H-1B的问题是存在抽签抽不中的问题,好在STEM专业有超长OPT加持,一抽不中再战二抽的情况很常见。
3.O-1工作签证
O-1和H-1B一样也是一款非移民类工作签证,O-1是专门为在科学、艺术、教育、商业、体育、影视等行业具有非凡能力、杰出成就的外籍人士提供的一种签证类型。
O-1签证的优势包括无名额限制、无需抽签、第一次申请可获批3年之后可以每一年申请延期、几乎等于无时间限制、随时申请只要获批就能立即开始工作。
相对于H-1B签证,O-1签证对雇主的要求也比较低,并可以有多个雇主。O-1申请不要求雇主向劳工部提交LCA劳工情况申请,也没有H-1B的对现行工资标准的要求,这一系列优势真的让O-1在工作签证类别中脱颖而出。
在2022年1月下旬,移民局放宽了STEM专业留学生申请O-1A工作签证的标准,O-1A适用于在科学、教育、商业或竞技体育有非凡能力的申请人。最近移民局再次更新了STEM专业申请O-1A的工作手册,更加细化地向申请人解释了“STEM专业申请O-1A的条件、标准和要求”。
4.L-1签证
L-1是美国移民局向外籍商人、专家到美国长期工作发放的非移民类工作签证,主要是为了鼓励外国企业在美国做生意和投资,一般适用于跨国公司从海外公司向美国分部派遣高级经理、行政主管、或拥有特殊知识的专业技术人员。
L-1分为两种:L-1A专门签发给跨国公司高层经理或行政主管;L-1B专门签发给具有专业知识的核心技术人员。
按照现行移民局规定,在申请L-1时提交材料时必须证明以下关键三点:
1. 公司在为高管申请L-1签证时,该名高管必须在申请签证之前的三年内在该公司的海外机构(美国境外公司)连续工作一年以上;
2. 海外公司必须与美国境内的公司保持合格的公司关系,这种关系可以是母公司、子公司、附属公司等,同时两家公司必须有实际的资金和业务往来
3. 使用L-1的高管必须在实际工作中承担高级经理的管理职能,或者承担行政主管的决策性职能,而不仅是在职务头衔上挂着“经理”字样。
L-1A首次申请可以获得3年的有效期,之后可以申请延期,最长可使用7年;L-1B首次申请可以获得3年有效期,之后可以申请延期,最长可使用5年。
1. The Biden administration has refined its immigrant visa policy since taking office.
It is reasonable to assume that the Biden administration generally believes that foreign talent will be a driving force in the development of American society, making a significant contribution to the creation of jobs, the development of new industries, and the promotion of scientific and technological innovation.
Therefore, over the past two years, the Biden Administration has frequently refined the criteria for foreign talent in STEM majors to stay in the U.S. within the immigration system, while also providing more friendly information sharing for applicants, so that foreign talent can more intuitively and easily understand their options for staying in the U.S.
For international students majoring in STEM, the common temporary work visas are as follows.
1.F-1 visa OPT
After graduation, STEM majors can use the “normal 12 months + 24 months extension”, i.e. up to 36 months of OPT to work legally in the U.S. Undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral graduates can use this benefit. It is important to note that this benefit can only be used once if you are pursuing two equivalent degrees, such as two master’s degrees.
2. H-1B work visa
The problem with the H-1B visa is that the lottery is unsuccessful, but with the long OPT for STEM majors, it is not uncommon to be unsuccessful in the first lottery and then in the second.
3.O-1 work visa
O-1 is a non-immigrant work visa like H-1B. O-1 is a visa type for foreigners with extraordinary ability and outstanding achievements in science, arts, education, business, sports, film and television.
The advantages of the O-1 visa include no quota, no lottery, three years for the first application, extensions every year thereafter, virtually no time limit, and the ability to begin work immediately upon approval.
The O-1 visa also has lower employer requirements than the H-1B visa and allows for multiple employers; the O-1 petition does not require the employer to file an LCA with the Department of Labor and does not have the prevailing wage requirements of the H-1B, which are a number of advantages that really make the O-1 stand out in the work visa category.
In late January 2022, USCIS relaxed the criteria for international students in STEM majors to apply for O-1A work visas, which are available to applicants with extraordinary ability in science, education, business, or athletics. The USCIS recently updated the O-1A Workbook for STEM majors to explain in greater detail the “Conditions, Criteria, and Requirements for STEM Majors Applying for the O-1A” to applicants.
4. L-1 Visa
The L-1 visa is a non-immigrant work visa issued by the USCIS to foreign businessmen and experts to work permanently in the United States, primarily to encourage foreign companies to do business and invest in the United States, and is generally used by multinational companies to send senior managers, executives, or technical professionals with special knowledge from overseas companies to their U.S. branches.
There are two types of L-1s: L-1A is issued exclusively to senior managers or executives of multinational companies; L-1B is issued exclusively to core technical personnel with specialized knowledge.
Under current USCIS regulations, the following three key points must be demonstrated when submitting documents in an L-1 petition.
1. at the time the company petitions for an L-1 visa for an executive, the executive must have worked continuously for at least one year at the company’s overseas facility (a company outside the United States) for the three years prior to the visa application.
2. the overseas company must maintain a qualifying corporate relationship with a company in the U.S. This relationship can be a parent company, subsidiary, affiliate, etc., while the two companies must have actual financial and business dealings
3. the L-1 executive must actually perform the managerial functions of a senior manager or the decision-making functions of an executive officer, not just the “manager” in the job title.
The L-1A is valid for 3 years for the first application and may be extended for up to 7 years thereafter; the L-1B is valid for 3 years for the first application and may be extended for up to 5 years thereafter.
2.一年50万人!加拿大公布最新移民目标!
近期,加拿大公布了《2023-2025移民水平计划》。移民部长肖恩弗雷泽(Sean Fraser)在安大略省北约克宣布了这一消息。
根据这份水平计划,加拿大未来三年的移民目标再次上调:2023年计划迎来465,000名新移民;2024年增加到485,000 名;到2025 年,这一数字将进一步上升到500,000 名。
这是新移民部长弗雷泽上任后宣布的第二个移民水平计划。2022年2月,他宣布了加拿大《2022-2024移民水平计划》,将加拿大的移民目标从30多万提升到40多万。其中,2022年的目标是43.1万、2023年的目标是44.7万、2024年的目标是45.1万。
根据《2023-2025移民水平计划》,加拿大将在2023年迎来465,000名新移民。其中,经济类移民26.62万,家庭团聚类移民10.65万,难民类7.63万,人道主义类约1.6万。
快速通道EE审批着加拿大联邦层级的三大技术类移民项目。包括联邦技术移民、联邦技工移民以及加拿大经验类移民。
通过EE移民的申请人及其家人(配偶和受抚养人)可以一步到位拿永居身份。在未来三年,这些人的目标配额相较之前有了很大的增加:
2023年82,880人;
2024年109,020人;
2025年114,000人。
另一个有明显配额增加的移民类别就是省提名PNP各省的移民部长们通过多种方式向联邦移民部施压,要求拥有更多的移民配额和移民自主权。于是,这次的移民计划中,也将省提名的目标从原来的八九万,一口气直接增加到十多万:
2023年105,500;
2024年110,000;
2025年117,500。
2. 00,000 a year! Canada announced the latest immigration target!
Just now, Canada has announced the 2023-2025 Immigration Level Plan. The announcement was made by Immigration Minister Sean Fraser in North York, Ontario.
Under this Level Plan, Canada’s immigration targets for the next three years have been revised upward again: 465,000 new immigrants are scheduled to be welcomed in 2023; this number will increase to 485,000 in 2024; and by 2025, this number will rise further to 500,000.
This is the second immigration level plan announced by new Immigration Minister Fraser since he took office. in February 2022, he announced Canada’s 2022-2024 Immigration Level Plan, which raises Canada’s immigration target from over 300,000 to over 400,000. The targets are 431,000 for 2022, 447,000 for 2023, and 451,000 for 2024.
Under the 2023-2025 Immigration Level Plan, Canada will welcome 465,000 new immigrants in 2023. Of these, 266,200 will be economic immigrants, 106,500 will be family reunification immigrants, 76,300 will be refugees, and approximately 16,000 will be humanitarians.
Fast Track EE approves the three major skilled immigration programs at the federal level in Canada. These include Federal Skilled Immigrants, Federal Skilled Worker Immigrants, and Canadian Experience Class Immigrants.
Applicants who immigrate through EE and their families (spouses and dependents) can receive permanent residence status in one step. Over the next three years, the target quota for these individuals has increased significantly compared to the previous.
82,880 in 2023.
109,020 in 2024.
114,000 in 2025.
Another immigration category with a significant quota increase is the provincial nomination PNP provincial immigration ministers have pressured the federal immigration ministry in a variety of ways to have more immigration quotas and immigration autonomy. As a result, the immigration plan also increased the target of provincial nominations from 80,000 to 90,000 to more than 100,000 in one breath.
105,500 in 2023.
110,000 in 2024.
117,500 in 2025.
3.中国留学生大量去往英国,英国采取更低门槛的移民签证政策
根据UCAS于近期最新发布的数据,中国留学生在2022年申请英国大学的人数,已经达到破纪录的31,400人。这是自2013年起的直线成长,上升幅度高达接近200%(193%)。
UCAS的数据显示,即便受到疫情重挫,中国留学生每年到来英国的人数,依旧持续增长;
随着英国脱欧、欧盟留学生减少,中国留学生人数更是独占鳌头,在2022年大幅超越了欧盟留学生人数总和:今年中国大陆学生申请量更是比欧盟多出了近1万人次!
除了留学签证外,留英、来英正在变得比以往更容易
发放112万份海外签证中,中国人获签最多。
英国内政部的最新数字显示,截止到2022年9月的一年,
发放给工签雇员、留学生、家庭亲属等其他外国公民的签证数量突破112万份!这一增幅高达83%,比英国脱欧前的水平也增加了七成。
数据显示,对于所有海外人士来说,只要选对途径,留英、来英正在变得比以往更容易
其中,学生签证的数量是最引人关注的之一。
在过去一年,创纪录的学生签证数量推动了去年非欧盟签证的飙升,截至2022年6月,内政部共计发放了创纪录的486,868份学生签证,比2019年增长了215%.
其中,中国留学生人数以11.5万份学生签证发放数位列第二,仅次于印度的11.8万。
工作签证方面,最新一年,移民局共发放了超过331,223份工作相关签证,比疫情前增长了整整一倍。
Chinese students go to the UK in large numbers as the UK adopts a lower threshold immigration visa policy
According to recent figures released by UCAS, the number of Chinese students applying to UK universities in 2022 has reached a record-breaking 31,400. This is a linear growth since 2013, with a rise of nearly 200% (193%).
UCAS figures show that the number of Chinese students arriving in the UK each year has continued to grow, even after being hit hard by the epidemic
With the UK leaving the EU and fewer students from the EU, the number of Chinese students is dominating the market, significantly surpassing the total number of students from the EU in 2022: this year there are almost 10,000 more applications from mainland Chinese students than from the EU!
In addition to student visas, staying in and coming to the UK is becoming easier than ever
Of the 1.12 million overseas visas issued, the largest number of visas were granted to Chinese people
The latest figures from the UK Home Office show that in the year to September 2022
The number of visas issued to other foreign nationals such as work visa employees, international students and family relatives topped 1.12 million! This is an 83% increase, and a 70% increase from the pre-Brexit level.
The figures show that it is becoming easier than ever for all overseas people to stay and come to the UK if they choose the right route
One of the most notable increases is in the number of student visas.
Record numbers of student visas have driven a spike in non-EU visas over the past year, with the Home Office issuing a record 486,868 student visas in the year to June 2022, an increase of 215% on 2019.
The number of Chinese students ranked second with 115,000 student visas issued, behind India’s 118,000.
In terms of work visas, Immigration issued more than 331,223 work-related visas in the latest year, exactly double the number issued before the epidemic.
4.澳洲父母签证数量翻倍 技术移民配额大增
在澳大利亚工党政府的首个联邦预算中,内政部将在未来4年中获得5.76亿澳元额外拨款,恢复部分被莫里森政府削减的移民项目资金。此外,技术移民签证和父母签证的数量均有大幅增长。
父母签证数量将翻倍,从2021—2022财年的4500增加到8500。配偶和子女签证将依需求而定,没有配额限制。另外还有大约500个其它家庭类别签证和100个特殊资格签证。
技术移民签证数量将从7.96万增加到14.24万,这些签证涵盖了雇主担保、独立技术移民、偏远地区以及州政府担保。居住在海外的人以及在澳洲居住多年的新西兰人在申请技术移民签证时将获得优先权。
人道主义签证数量不变,仍为1.375万个。但阿富汗难民签证将在4年内增加1.65万个。
政府还将为太平洋岛国和东帝汶推出新的太平洋合作签证(Pacific Engagement Visa),每年最多3万个名额,这部分签证并未占用年度移民配额。
莫里森政府在3月将移民项目的资金削减了8.75亿澳元,工党政府在此次预算中增加了5.76亿澳元的拨款,意味着移民项目的拨款并未完全恢复。
移民项目的变化预计将在未来4年内为政府带来额外9.35亿澳元税收,但预计相关额外服务将带来大约4.87亿澳元的支出。
4. The number of parent visas doubled in Australia Skilled migration quota increased significantly
In the Labor government’s first federal budget, the Department of Home Affairs will receive an additional $576 million over the next four years to restore some of the funding for immigration programs that was cut by the Morrison government. In addition, the number of skilled migrant visas and parent visas have both increased significantly.
The number of parent visas will double, from 4,500 to 8,500 in FY 2021-2022, and spouse and child visas will be demand-driven, with no quota restrictions. There will also be approximately 500 other family category visas and 100 special eligibility visas.
The number of skilled migration visas will increase from 79,600 to 142,400, covering employer-sponsored, independent skilled migration, remote areas, and state government sponsorship. People living overseas and New Zealanders who have lived in Australia for many years will be given priority when applying for skilled migration visas.
The number of humanitarian visas will remain unchanged at 13,750,000. However, the number of visas for Afghan refugees will increase by 16,500 over four years.
The government will also introduce a new Pacific Engagement Visa (PIV) for Pacific Island countries and Timor-Leste for up to 30,000 places per year, which does not take up the annual immigration quota.
The Morrison government cut funding for immigration programs by $875 million in March, and the Labor government increased funding by $576 million in this budget, meaning funding for immigration programs has not been fully restored.
The changes to the immigration program are expected to generate an additional $935 million in tax revenue for the government over the next four years, but the associated additional services are expected to generate about $487 million in spending.