
Switching From Seasonal Visa To Long Term Work Permit
A seasonal job can be a useful first step toward building a career abroad, but a seasonal visa usually does not turn into a long-term work permit automatically. In many…
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A seasonal job can be a useful first step toward building a career abroad, but a seasonal visa usually does not turn into a long-term work permit automatically. In many…

Failing probation usually means the employer may end or extend employment under the contract and local labor law. For a sponsored worker, dismissal can also prompt the employer to report…

Some countries let people change employers without applying for a completely new visa, but this usually depends on the type of work permission they hold. An open work visa may…

Not long ago, a pharmacist in Manila, Cairo, Lagos or Lahore could send a CV abroad and sometimes land an interview on the strength of a degree alone. That era…

A decade ago, a skilled electrician with a few years on the tools and a reference letter could often find a sponsor abroad with little more than a CV. That…

Rather than ranking countries, it helps to recognise that destination health systems fall into four recognisable types. Almost every country a doctor considers belongs to one of them. System typeWhat…

Most sponsored workers who lose a case against a bad employer do not lose it in a hearing room. They lose it in the first week, by acting in the…

Every sponsored worker answers to two sets of rules at once. The first is employment law, which decides how much leave you get and what you are paid while you…

Ask anyone who has watched a family application get refused, and you'll often hear the same thing: the money was there. What was missing was a clear story behind it.…

A skills assessment for work visa purposes is a formal check, run by an organisation the destination country trusts, that confirms your education and work history really fit the job…