2022 Immigration Country Transition, see if you are concerned about the national coup?

In 2021, the policies of many immigration countries have changed, which has also brought more or less impact to applicants, and Lai Wan Immigration will conduct a detailed inventory of the relevant content in this article.

Canada

Canada, as an established immigration country, has long been a popular immigration destination, attracting immigrant applicants from all over the world, with major changes including the following:

1. Canada's original Atlantic Immigration Pilot Program, officially upgraded to a permanent plan in 2022

Canada's Immigration Minister announced that the former Atlantic Immigration Pilot Program (AIPP) will be officially upgraded to a permanent program in January 2022, with an annual quota of 6,000 immigrants.

Here's a brief introduction to the four Atlantic provinces: these are four maritime provinces located in Atlantic Canada, namely New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. Because of the special geographical location, small population and poor transportation, there is a large vacancy in the labor market in the four Atlantic provinces.

2. Ontario Province's nomination project to change the government

At the beginning of January 2022, the letter of approval of the on-site nomination of Ontario Province clearly stated that the applicant should apply for a work visa within 6 months of obtaining the provincial nomination and work in Ontario within 10 months, which shows that Ontario has also entered the era of work visa!

2. Japan

As a neighboring country, Japan has also begun to show great attraction for overseas immigrants in recent years, including:

1. Japan announces that it has renewed the validity period for the recognition of status of residence

If the entry period is from January 1, 2020 to October 31, 2021, the validity period of the status of residence will be extended to April 30, 2022, including all batches of non-entry international students before october 2021.

If the entry period is from November 1, 2021 to April 30, 2022, the validity period of the status of residence is 6 months from the date of approval, including batches after january 2022.

2. Japan plans to relax the application for permanent residency in 14 industries

The Japan Immigration Bureau will adjust the residency status of the 2022 Foreigners' "Specific Skills Visa" so that all 14 types of foreign workers who apply the "Specific Skills" residency status can work in Japan indefinitely.

Discussions are underway at this stage on how the skills test will be adjusted and are scheduled to be officially announced in March this year. The government plans to include machinery manufacturing, agriculture, fisheries, catering and other industries in the No. 1 target of the 14 industries are also discussed separately. If this policy is implemented, these blue-collar workers will be allowed to renew their visas indefinitely and will be allowed to bring dependents.

3. Thailand

Thailand approves the launch of a 10-year Long-term resident visa (LTR), which aims to attract investors, retirees and high-potential talents to invest, vacation and work in Thailand. In this regard, Thailand's Ministry of Home Affairs said that it will revise the relevant announcement in the future, which is expected to be officially launched in 2022. The current proposal broadly includes:

1. The total duration of the long-term resident visa is 10 years, and it is allowed to stay in Thailand for 5 years;

2. Applicants for the qualification to continue to reside for a further 5 years can be submitted, and there is no restriction on the number of entry and exit. Foreigners and their dependents, including spouses and children (aged not more than 20 years), enjoy the same rights and interests, but not more than 4 persons;

3. After 1 year, the address of the residence must be notified to the relevant person in charge (the original provision was to notify once every 90 days);

4. After being allowed to reside in Thailand, you can work for up to 5 years at a time;

5. Applicants may apply for residence in China for other purposes.

Turkey

From 6 January 2022, all applicants who choose to immigrate by investment in Turkey can only use the Turkish lira for investment and will no longer use more stable currencies such as US dollars or euros. The minimum investment amount has not changed, and it is still an investment method such as buying a property of more than $250,000, or buying government bonds worth more than $500,000, and depositing more than $500,000. In the context of high-speed inflation in the lira, buying a property may be more resilient to risks than deposits or bonds.

5. Passport Policy

1. St. Kitts

1) The donation method returned to the original price, and the Immigration Bureau launched a new investment naturalization model

The St. Kitts Passport Program ended the family donation incentive at the end of 2021 and announced that it would not be extended. From January 2022, donations from a family of four have recovered from $150,000 to their original price of $195,000.

2) Launch of new investment projects

Although the donation model has returned to its original price, St. Kitts has introduced a new investment naturalization model , the National Infrastructure Investment Project. Investors obtain citizenship by investing in st. Kitts' state infrastructure, and a family of four is $175,000.

2. The St. Lucia Special Anti-epidemic Treasury Bond Project will continue to be extended for one year

In 2020, due to the impact of the new crown epidemic, the Government of Saint Lucia launched a one-year half-price government bond --- "special anti-epidemic government bond". Reduced the original $500,000 treasury bond to $250,000 without paying a government filing fee. Applicants and eligible dependents will be granted Saint Lucia citizenship. Currently, Saint Lucia is also the only country in the Caribbean that has a national debt option. The St. Lucia Cabinet announced a further extension of the Special Anti-Epidemic Bond Option until 31 December 2022.

3. Montenegro Citizenship by Investment Extension Plan for one year

The Montenegrin Cabinet also decided to extend until December 31, 2022, with a decision to make some changes to the project requirements.

For example, from 2022 onwards, a request for a contribution of 100,000 euros has been added to the Underdeveloped Urban Development Fund and the Innovation Fund by 100,000 euros respectively. This means that in the New Deal, the amount of donations from applicants to the government's fund will be increased from the current 100,000 euros to 200,000 euros, directly doubling.

In addition, the minimum investment amount for property investments has also increased. The amount of investment in the northern region of Montenegro will rise from the current 250,000 euros to 450,000 euros; the amount of investment in the montenegrin coastal region will rise from the current 450,000 euros to 550,000 euros.

In 2022, major countries around the world have made a new round of adjustments in accordance with their own planning and national conditions. Immigration policy is changing rapidly, grasping the present is the last word, immigrants should be early, early application early benefit!