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Australia
The federal Skilled Nominated visa (subclass 190), granted by the Australian Government's Department of Home Affairs, allows nominated skilled migrants to live and work in Victoria as permanent residents, but before a person can lodge that federal visa application they must first obtain state nomination from the Vic…
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Austria
Austria's Red-White-Red Card for Skilled Workers in Shortage Occupations, governed by the Settlement and Residence Act and the Act Governing the Employment of Foreign Nationals, admits third-country citizens into occupations the Federal Minister of Labour and Economics promulgates each year in the shortage-occupatio…
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Canada
The Agri-Food Pilot, which allowed experienced non-seasonal workers in certain agriculture and agri-food occupations to gain permanent residence, has ended.
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Canada
The Atlantic Immigration Program is a pathway to permanent residence for skilled foreign workers and recent international graduates from Canadian Atlantic institutions seeking to work and live in one of Canada's four Atlantic provinces: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, or Newfoundland and Labrador.
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Canada
The British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP) Skilled Worker stream operates as an Express Entry-style registration pool: eligible candidates register, and the province periodically invites the highest-ranked to apply for a provincial nomination toward Canadian permanent residence.
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Canada
The Global Skills Strategy (GSS) offers faster, roughly two-week processing for certain highly skilled temporary workers' work permit applications, covering both LMIA-required (Global Talent Stream) and LMIA-exempt jobs, as well as accompanying family members, provided the application is submitted complete and onlin…
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The Home Child Care Provider Pilot and Home Support Worker Pilot are closed programmes.
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Cyprus
Cyprus has transposed the recast EU Blue Card Directive (Directive (EU) 2021/1883) into national law, establishing a legal pathway for third-country nationals to obtain an EU Blue Card residence-and-work permit for highly qualified employment.
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Estonia
Estonia's residence permit for employment, issued by the Police and Border Guard Board under the Aliens Act, is the temporary permit for non-EU/EEA/Swiss nationals working in Estonia — the umbrella covering skilled workers under general conditions, top specialists, start-up employees, scientists and lecturers, EU Bl…
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France
France's French Tech Visa for Founders, part of the "Talent – Innovative Economic Project" (Passeport Talent – Porteur de projet) residence-permit family, requires the founder to demonstrate an innovative economic project to be developed in France with official recognition of its innovative nature by the Regional Di…
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Germany
Germany's EU Blue Card, its legal basis in Section 18g of the Residence Act (implementing Directive (EU) 2021/1883), is a residence permit for university graduates and third-country nationals with specific professional experience, promoting the permanent immigration of highly-qualified workers.
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Germany
Germany allows a foreign national to immigrate to work on a self-employed or freelance basis under Sections 9, 9a, 17a, 18, 20 and 21 of the Residence Act (Aufenthaltsgesetz).
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Germany
Germany's Skilled Worker Residence Permit lets non-EU/EEA/Swiss (‘third-country’) nationals work in Germany without the EU Blue Card's salary threshold, along two statutory tracks under the Residence Act (Aufenthaltsgesetz, AufenthG): Section 18a for skilled workers with a recognised vocational training qualificatio…
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Ireland
The Critical Skills Employment Permit is Ireland's flagship permit for occupations in short supply, issued under the Employment Permits Acts by the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment.
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Ireland
The Intra-Company Transfer Employment Permit moves non-EEA senior management, key personnel and trainees from an overseas branch of a multinational to its Irish branch — the 'connected person'.
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Italy
Italy's digital nomad and remote worker visa was established by the Interministerial Decree of 29 February 2024 (published 4 April 2024), under Article 27, paragraph 1(q-bis) and paragraph sexies.1 of Legislative Decree 286/1998.
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Latvia
Latvia's EU Blue Card, transposing the recast Directive (EU) 2021/1883, is a highly-qualified-employment residence permit requiring a valid work contract or binding job offer of at least 1 year, proof the applicant meets national or professional-qualification requirements as applicable, a valid travel document/visa/…
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Luxembourg
Luxembourg's EU Blue Card requires the third-country national to hold a valid passport, meet higher professional qualification conditions, have an employment contract of at least 6 months for highly qualified work, and be offered a salary at least equal to the Grand-Ducal-regulation amount (EUR 58,968 for 2024).
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Netherlands
The Netherlands implements the EU Blue Card under the (recast) EU Blue Card Directive (EU) 2021/1883, administered by the IND as a work-and-residence permit for highly educated migrants employed by a Dutch sponsor.
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Netherlands
The Dutch Orientation Year (Zoekjaar) residence permit, issued by the IND, is a self-sponsored bridge permit: a person who has graduated, obtained a doctorate, or carried out research can use it to look for work in the Netherlands without needing an employer or sponsor up front.
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Portugal
Portugal's Cartão Azul UE is the residence title enabling a third-country national to reside and carry out highly-qualified activity in national territory, under Articles 121.º-A et seq.
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Portugal
The D8 is Portugal's national residence visa for the exercise of a professional activity provided remotely — the "digital nomad" route — sitting alongside subordinate work, independent work and highly-qualified-activity tracks in the country's residency-visa regime.
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Portugal
Portugal's Skilled Job Seeker Visa is a national residence visa created to let holders of specialised technical skills enter and remain in Portuguese territory to look for work, authorising them to carry out highly qualified professional activity until the visa expires or a residence permit is granted.
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Portugal
Portugal's StartUP Visa is a residence-visa programme run by IAPMEI, the Portuguese Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation, under Legislative (Normative) Order nr.
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Slovenia
Slovenia's EU Blue Card is a single permit for highly-qualified employment, restricted to non-EU citizens, requiring an employment contract of at least one year signed by the employer for work performed by a person with at least a university education, guaranteeing a salary of at least 1.5 times the average annual g…
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Spain
Spain's entrepreneur residence authorisation, under Articles 68 to 70 of Law 14/2013 on support for entrepreneurs and their internationalisation, is for foreign citizens over 18 who intend to launch, develop or manage an innovative business activity of special economic interest to Spain.
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Taiwan
The Taiwan Employment Gold Card, launched in 2018 under the Act for the Recruitment and Employment of Foreign Professional Talent (in force since October 2017), is a combined resident visa, open work permit, Alien Resident Certificate and multiple re-entry permit valid 1 to 3 years.
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United Kingdom
The Innovator Founder visa (formerly the Innovator visa) is the UK's route for setting up and running a genuinely new business.
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