Canada’s Express Entry Candidate Pool: What Percentile Is Your CRS Score In? According to the latest figures from Canada’s immigration department, the Express Entry candidate pool declined by just 186 profiles overall between 16 and 30 August 2026 — despite a drop of nearly 1,800 profiles in the 351-400 CRS [...]
On 3 September 2026, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) issued 229 Invitations to Apply (ITAs) through Express Entry to physicians with Canadian work experience. Key Details of This Draw Draw category: Physicians with Canadian Work Experience Invitations issued: 229 ITAs CRS cut-off: 198 points Profile deadline: Express Entry profiles [...]
Reviewed by John Hu, Principal Consultant at John Hu Migration Consulting. Canada’s Global Talent Stream (GTS), created to attract top talent to the Canadian innovation economy, has long been known for its 7–10 business day processing time. However, starting in 2025, the program is undergoing major reforms—testing both employer preparedness [...]
Reviewed by John Hu, Principal Consultant at John Hu Migration Consulting. Attention global talent! The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has updated its guidance for the EB-2 National Interest Waiver (NIW) in January 2022 and again in 2024-2025. This new guidance offers clearer criteria for how applicants can demonstrate [...]
Reviewed by John Hu, Principal Consultant at John Hu Migration Consulting. There were a total of over 32,000 skilled migration visas granted in the period of 2017/18 including subclass 189 skilled independent, 190 skilled nominated and 489 skilled regional (provisional) visas, out of which about 300 were from Hong Kong [...]
Reviewed by John Hu, Principal Consultant at John Hu Migration Consulting. There is a high demand for nurses to work in Australia. Nurses will have excellent career opportunities . Most nurses consider skilled migration program to migrate to Australia. Most visa applications for nurses receive priority processing. To make the application [...]
Reviewed by John Hu, Principal Consultant at John Hu Migration Consulting. The Productivity Commission’s suggestion of selling Australian visas which some estimate will be in the order of $50,000 per visa rubs against the Australian ethos of a fair-go. Australia already has the SIV which is a pathway for the [...]
Reviewed by John Hu, Principal Consultant at John Hu Migration Consulting. [ultimate_heading alignment=”left” margin_design_tab_text=””] Australia New Skilled Regional Visas New subclasses 491, 494 and 191 to replace existing 489 and 187 in November 2019 and November 2022 respectively. The Migration Amendment (New Skilled Regional Visas) Regulations 2019 amend the Migration [...]
Reviewed by John Hu, Principal Consultant at John Hu Migration Consulting. Australian government announced the original 457 visa, with a new 482 visa instead, but the details of what changes? According to the Ministry of Immigration announced that the new measures from now on stage implementation, until March 2018 with full implementation. [...]
