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This list is built to provide convenience for those who aim to immigrate to other countries. All information is extracted from the official immigration sites of the following countries.

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Skilled Migrant Visas

Australia

  • Intro: This visa is for invited workers and New Zealand citizens with skills we need, to live and work permanently anywhere in Australia.
  • Length of Stay: Permanently
  • Point Calculator
  • Minimum Points: 65
  • Intro: This visa lets nominated skilled workers live and work in Australia as permanent residents.
  • Length of Stay: Permanently
  • Point Calculator
  • Minimum Points: 65

Canada

  • Intro: Immigrate as a skilled worker
  • Length of Stay: Permanently
  • Point Calculator
  • Minimum Points: 67
  • Intro: Immigrate as a skilled worker in the province of Quebec
  • Length of Stay: Permanently

Denmark

  • Intro: You have been offered employment in a certified company. Your employer can apply for Danish residence and work permit on your behalf via the Fast-track scheme.
  • Length of Stay: 4 years
  • Intro: You have been offered a job in Denmark with a salary of DKK 426,985.06 or higher.
  • Length of Stay: 4 years
  • Intro: You have been offered a job included in the list of professions experiencing a shortage of qualified professionals in Denmark.
  • Length of Stay: 4 years

Finland

  • Intro: Apply for a residence permit with this application if you are coming to Finland to work for a Finnish employer or other employer operating in Finland and you have signed a contract of employment or accepted a binding job offer. A residence permit for an employed person is connected with labour market testing, which means that the employer must establish if there is available labour force within a reasonable time in Finland or within the EU/EEA for the work in question.

Germany

  • Intro: Highly-qualified foreigners are in particular scientists with special technical knowledge, as well as teaching personnel and scientific personnel in prominent positions.
  • Intro: The EU Blue Card enables third-country nationals who are university graduates or who have a comparable qualification to receive a residence title for the purpose of employment suiting their qualification.

Hong Kong

  • Intro: It seeks to attract( highly skilled or talented persons to settle in Hong Kong in order to enhance Hong Kong's economic competitiveness.
  • Point Calculator
  • Minimum Points: 80

Japan

  • Intro: Activities of engaging in research, research guidance or education based on a contract entered into with a public or private organization in Japan.
  • Length of Stay: 5 years (maximum)
  • Minimum Points: 70
  • Intro: Activities of engaging in work requiring specialized knowledge or skills in the field of natural sciences or humanities based on a contract entered into with a public or private organization in Japan.
  • Length of Stay: 5 years (maximum)
  • Minimum Points: 70

Ireland

Netherland

New Zealand

  • Length of Stay: Indefinitely
  • Age Range: 55 or under
  • Point Calculator
  • Minimum Points: 100
  • 'Currently, we are only selecting EOIs with 160 points or above'

Norway

  • Intro: If you have completed higher education or have completed vocational training, you can apply for a residence permit as a skilled worker. You must normally already have received a job offer, or have your own business.
  • Length of Stay: 3 years

Singapore

  • Intro: The Employment Pass allows foreign professionals, managers and executives to work in Singapore. Candidates need to earn at least $5,000 a month and have acceptable qualifications.
  • Length of Stay: 2 year (new pass), 3 years (subsequent)
  • Point Calculator
  • Intro: Top talent in business, arts and culture, sports, science and technology, and academia and research.
  • Length of Stay: 5 years and renewable
  • Requirement: Earn a fixed monthly salary of at least $30,000 within the last 1 year.
  • Intro: The Personalised Employment Pass is for high-earning Employment Pass holders and overseas foreign professionals. It is not tied to an employer and offers greater flexibility than an Employment Pass.
  • Length of Stay: 2 years
  • Intro: The S Pass allows mid-level skilled staff to work in Singapore. Candidates need to earn at least $3000 a month and have the relevant qualifications and work experience.
  • Length of Stay: 2 year
  • Point Calculator

Sweden

  • Intro: You must have been offered a job before you can obtain a work permit. You cannot enter Sweden until the permit has been granted. You cannot obtain a work permit to go to Sweden and look for a job.

UAE

  • Intro: You can apply for this visa, if you:
    1. Have a Bachelor or Master degree from a leading university, accredited by the UAE Ministry of Education, in one of the following disciplines:
      1. Epidemiology and Virology
      2. Artificial Intelligence (AI)
      3. Big data
      4. Computer engineering
      5. Electronics
      6. Software engineering
      7. Electrical engineering
      8. Genetic engineering
      9. Biotechnology engineering
      10. Must be practicing one of the disciplines
  • Length of Stay: 10 years
  • Intro: You can apply for this visa, if you:
    1. Have a doctorate degree attested by the UAE Ministry of Education
  • To Apply:
    1. A doctorate degree, attested by the UAE Ministry of Education in one of the high-priority disciplines
    2. An employment contract attested by the UAE Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation in one of the high-priority disciplines
  • Length of Stay: 10 years

UK

  • Intro: You can apply for a Tier 2 (General) visa if:
    1. you’ve been offered a skilled job in the UK;
    2. you’re from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland
  • Length of Stay: a maximum of 5 years and 14 days
  • Point Document
  • Minimum Points: 70
  • Intro: A Scale-up Worker visa allows you to come to the UK to do an eligible job for a fast-growing UK business (sometimes called a ‘scale-up business’).
  • Length of Stay: 2 years

US

  • Intro: You may be eligible for this immigrant visa preference category if you are a skilled worker, professional, or other worker:
    1. “Skilled workers” are persons whose job requires a minimum of 2 years training or work experience, not of a temporary or seasonal nature;
    2. “Professionals” are persons whose job requires at least a U.S. baccalaureate degree or a foreign equivalent and are a member of the professions;
    3. The “other workers” subcategory is for persons performing unskilled labor requiring less than 2 years training or experience, not of a temporary or seasonal nature.