1. The Economist announces the world's most livable cities
The Economist releases the Global Liveability Index every year, summarizing cities in the world and ranking them according to their living conditions.
1, Vienna ( Austria ) 2. Copenhagen ( Denmark ) 3. Zurich ( Switzerland ) and Calgary (Canada) 5. Vancouver (Canada) 6. Geneva ( Sweden ) 7. Frankfurt (Germany) 8. Toronto (Canada) 9. Amsterdam ( Netherlands ) 10. Osaka (Japan) and Melbourne (Australia).
Weekly News | Chinese citizens rank second in the number of green card holders in the United States
2, Canada’s “EE Express Entry” may restart early next month
According to Canadian media reports, Canadian Immigration Minister Sean Fraser said in an interview: Canada will plan to The lottery for all immigration projects will resume on July 6th!
Before the epidemic, the Canadian Immigration Service usually selected candidates with high CRS scores from Express Entry every two weeks. Since 2021, considering that most FSWP and FSTP project candidates are abroad and have been severely affected by the epidemic, the Canadian Immigration Department has suspended invitations to FSWP projects and concentrated on domestic Canadian Experience Class (CEC) projects.
The lottery that resumes from July 6 will draw applicants for the three projects of FSWP, FSTP and CEC at the same time.
Due to the long suspension, many domestic CEC applicants are facing the expiration of their work visas. In response to such issues, the Canadian Immigration Department announced that when EE candidates receive an invitation to apply (ITA) and submit a permanent residence application, they can also apply for a transitional open work permit (BOWP) to extend their legal status. However, as of now, the Immigration Department has not given a detailed plan on how to apply for BOWP.
3, "2022 Global Peace Index" rankings announced
The Institute of Economics and Peace released the Global Peace Index (Global Peace Index). The index evaluates 163 countries and regions in the world. Ranking first is still Iceland , followed by New Zealand . Ireland has risen three places, ranking third in the world; and the 4th to 10th places are Denmark, Austria, Portugal, Slovenia , Czech , Singapore and Japan.
4. The Chinese group ranks second in the number of green cards living in the United States.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security DHS has released the latest version of the U.S. green card population data report. This report shows that as of January 1, 2021, there are 13.1 million people in the United States. Green card holders live in the United States.
According to official data, applicants from six countries have been allocated 51% of the green card quota. Mexico has more than 3.01 million citizens, accounting for 23% of the total green card population; followed by 820,000 Chinese citizens, accounting for 6.3% of the total green card population; ranking third and following are the Dominican Republic , India, Philippines , Cuba all have more than 500,000 people.
5. The average approval progress time of U.S. immigration projects
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service released the average approval progress time of U.S. immigration projects in June 2022. The following is the latest data:
I-526 In the approval time of applications from mainland China, 80% of cases The approval time is about 66 months; among the
I-829 approval time, 80% of the case approval time is about 57 months; among the
I-140 approval time, 80% of the EB-1A case approval time is about 20.5 months; NIW The approval time for 80% of cases is about 14.5 months;
I-485 approval time is about 23 months for 80% of cases.
