REACHING CANADA, AUSTRALIA AND EUROPE IN 6-12 MONTHS IS A DREAM MANY HOLD DEAR. FAST TRACK IMMIGRATION IS AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF GOING ABROAD WHICH PROFESSIONALS AND STUDENTS NEED TO UNDERSTAND 

   Global immigration is rising across the world as nations deal with increasing populations and impending labour shortages. As a result, many governments are implementing major changes to their immigration policies and are drawing up plans for more in the near future. World Wide Immigration Consultancy Services (WWICS) shares changes to the fast track processing of Immigration under Federal Skilled and Investors class immigration.

   Canada, the maple country, is constantly improving its immigration system to respond to the needs of employers and potential immigrants, with the latest provision to allow CIC to speed up applications for migrants. Since Canadian economy depends heavily on immigration to fill shortages in its labour market, the applications for applicants falling under the 38 Priority Occupation List are processed pretty fast and the person gets decision within a short span of 12 months. Canada remains the hot destination professionals with expertise in finance, computer and information system, health care, restaurant and food service, construction, financial audit, accountancy, engineering, medicine, audiology and speech language pathology, occupational therapy and physiotherapy.

   Fast processing would be applicable to the above mentioned list of professions and to applicants who have an offer of arranged employment or have already been living legally in Canada for one year as a temporary foreign worker or international student.

   Canada also welcomes international students and offers them ample employment opportunities in their area of expertise. The recent changes to the programme are highly suitable for students and even professionals who wish to enroll themselves in Canadian institutions as they can study, get a work permit and subsequently apply for permanent residency without hassle. However, an individual has to enroll him or herself in a high potential educational or vocational course for a minimum of one year.

   Canada with its aggressive and attractive investor friendly policies is attracting investors for permanent residency wherein the applicant and his or her family can acquire PR in a matter of 6-12 months under the special programmes by investing a sum of Rs 50 lakhs. Without any IELTS qualification, Canadian Investor Programme offers a truly dream proposition with a limited two years of experience and net worth as low as Canadian $8,00,000.

   UK is currently in the midst of the largest overhaul of its immigration policy. The newly coined UK Border Agency has consolidated some 80 separate policies dealing with all employment, student and training based immigration into one ‘five-tier’ points based system.

   The five tiers consist of: TIER 1: Highly skilled migrants (replaces the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme (HSMP)
   TIER.2: Skilled workers with a job offer (replaces the UK Work Permits scheme)
   TIER 3: Low-skilled workers (this tier has been suspended indefinitely in favor of EU migrant workers)
   TIER 4: Students
   TIER 5: Youth mobility workers (encompasses Working Holiday agreements etc).
   TIER 1 is a good optionwhere the turn around time is just about 30 days after the submission of the complete documents. It is a point based system where one is required to make 75 points from age, educational qualification, past earnings and UK work experience. In addition to that, one is required to get 10 points each for proficiency in English (IELTS) or a degree in English medium education recognised by UK and maintenance of funds. The best age group in this case is 25 to 31 years.

   Following the UK is Australia and their immigration programme which is heavily influenced by Britain's new five tier system. With points based system, Australia divides the General Skilled Migration (GSM) programme into visa subclasses, many of which do not require a previous job offer from an Australian employer. This grants permanent residency very quickly. While the GSM has been enormously successful for Australia 's economy, many regions of Australia are still experiencing a shortage of skilled labour in some sectors. The government is responding by introducing critical skill list, so that foreign workers reach Australia faster, with less of bureaucratic involvement.

   Australia looks forward to highly skilled people such as engineers, scientists, doctors nurses, para medical staff, accountants, secondary school teachers and computing professionals. The country particularly needs specific trade experts like miners, sheet metal workers and plumbers.
   As far as Europe goes, investment based immigration is a good option. Immigration process to Denmark is particularly noteworthy. The Danish Green Card Scheme allows skilled individuals to obtain resident permit in just about 6-12 months based on their education, work experience, language skills, adaptability and age. Some of the occupations that are particularly in demand in Denmark include specialists in teaching, hospitality, IT, telecommunication, management, social and religious work, sales, purchases and marketing, healthcare, construction, freight forwarding, postal services and storage and engine operation. Successful applicants are granted Resident Permit for three years and are allowed to bring their family to Denmark .

   Growing economies like Czech Republic and Ukraine with liberalised business and professional immigration policies also attract entrenched Indian capital investors who can afford to explore the bountiful business opportunities abroad.