Canada Updates Permanent Residence Rules for Hong Kong Residents
Effective December 18, 2025, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has updated the instructions for calculating work experience for the permanent residence
Read More »Qatar Expands Hayya GCC Stays
The Qatari government has expanded the Hayya Gulf Coast Countries (GCC) Resident Visa. Eligible residents of the GCC countries can now stay in Qatar for up to two months.
Read More »Kazakhstan Adopts New Rules for Registration of Immigration
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan has adopted new Rules for the Registration of Immigrants, which will enter into force on July 1, 2026. Key
Read More »Global Entry Program Opens to All Eligible Australians
Effective December 15, 2025, the Global Entry program is now available to all eligible Australian citizens. Global Entry is a US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) program
Read More »New Zealand Visa Service Fees to Rise in 2026
From January 1, 2026, the service fee that must be paid to some Visa Application Centres (VACs) will increase. The following countries and territories are raising the service
Read More »Finland Tightens Citizenship Rules: Financial and Identity Requirements
Amendments to the Citizenship Act entered into force on December 17, 2025. A person applying for Finnish citizenship is now required to have sufficient financial resources.
Read More »Denmark Imposes Quota System on Foreign Doctor Authorizations
On December 15, 2025, the Danish Patient Safety Authority introduced a quota on the number of applications for authorization as a doctor, valid until December 31, 2026. The
Read More »South Africa Seeks Public Input on Immigration and Citizenship Reforms
On December 12, 2025, the Minister of Home Affairs encouraged South Africans to submit written comments on the newly-published Draft Revised White Paper on Citizenship,
Read More »Canada Launches Global Impact+ Initiative to Attract Top Researchers
On December 9, 2025, the government announced a CAD $1.7 billion investment to launch the Canada Global Impact+ Research Talent Initiative, a suite of programs that aims to
Read More »Oman to Grant Visa-Free Entry to Filipino Nationals in 2026
The Foreign Ministry of Oman announced that from 2026, nationals of the Republic of the Philippines will be added to the list of countries exempt from short-visit visa
Read More »UK Imposes Visa Requirement on Nauru Nationals
On December 9, 2025, the government published a statement of changes in immigration rules (HC 1491) introducing a visit visa requirement for nationals of Nauru, closing the
Read More »Malaysia Launches Expatriate Projection Requests for 2026
The Expatriate Services Division (ESD) of the Immigration Department of Malaysia has announced that, starting December 15, 2025, companies that are registered on the ESD
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