The Australian government is expanding pathways to permanent residency through a new visa program for highly skilled foreign workers. Hit play to get details on changes in the occupation lists, how it impacts visa eligibility, and the new role for labor market testing. Erickson Immigration Group senior manager for Australia, Martin Russell, joins host Lauren Clarke from Melbourne. Show Links: C-SPAN Congress's Chutzpah GUEST: Martin Russell, EIG Senior Manager, Australia NEWS NERD: Rob Taylor HOST: Lauren Clarke PRODUCER: Adam Belmar   ..read more

In this latest episode of the Immigration Nerds podcast, we nerd out on the immigration policies of Canada, a nation whose population grew by over one million people for the first time ever last year and is expecting to welcome another 1.5 million permanent residents by the end of 2025. So who better to discuss Canadian immigration with than a Canadian immigrant? Our host Lauren Clare is joined by Ruairi Spillane, founder, and CEO of Moving2Canada and Outpost Recruitment ..read more

In this week's episode of the Immigration Nerds podcast, we invite you to hit play for all the facts surrounding the hottest topics for H-1B visa holders right now: cap selection, grace periods, and domestic visa renewals. Host and EIG Senior Attorney Lauren Clarke is joined for a far-reaching discussion by Shev Dalal-Dheini, Director of Government Relations at the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA). Featured Guest: Shev Dalal-Dheini, Director of Government Relations, American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) News Nerd: Rob Taylor, EIG Partner Host: Lauren Clarke, EIG Senior ..read more

In this week's Immigration Nerds podcast episode, host Lauren Clarke speaks with Alejandra Oliva, author of the new book, Rivermouth — A Chronicle of Language, Faith, and Migration. In Rivermouth, Oliva focuses on the physical spaces that make up different phases of immigration and looks at how language and opportunity move through each of them; from the river as the waterway that separates the US and Mexico to the table as the place over which Oliva prepares asylum seekers for their Credible Fear Interviews, and finally, to the wall as the behemoth imposition that runs along America’s souther ..read more

This week, the Immigration Nerds features a conversation between Lauren Clarke, senior attorney at Erickson Immigration Group, and EIG Senior Manager Martin Russell in Australia and Immigration Manager, Erdiana Kamarudin, in Singapore. The team explores how new workforce planning and hiring policies in the APAC region are creating opportunities for highly skilled migrants. Featured Guest: EIG Senior Manager, Martin Russell, in Australia; and Immigration Manager, Erdiana Kamarudin, in Singapore News Nerd: Rob Taylor, EIG Partner Host: Lauren Clarke, EIG Senior Attorney and Immigration Nerds hos ..read more

Immigration Nerds host Lauren Clarke, a senior attorney at Erickson Immigration Group, helps us understand the facts and context of the soon-expiring Title 42 policy created decades ago to address public health and social welfare but most recently used during the pandemic to regulate the border. Our guest, David J. Bier, Associate Director of Immigration Studies at the Cato Institute, joins us to talk about the border policies in place before Title 42, the programs that have been introduced since, and what we can expect still. Featured Guest: David J. Bier, Associate Director of Immigration St ..read more

The podcast from the smartest nerds in the know on immigration is back! The Immigration Nerds Podcast has relaunched with show host Lauren Clarke—a senior attorney at Erickson Immigration Group, an immigrant, and the kind of nerd who makes the details easier to understand. Are you interested in the American response to the refugee crisis in Ukraine? Hear what’s working and what’s not in the U.S. State Department program designed to welcome Ukrainians fleeing Russia’s invasion, Uniting for Ukraine. Lauren’s guest is George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School Law Professor Ilya Somin ..read more

Immigration Nerds is a podcast that started first from an ambitious idea, and within 3 years topped the charts in our category, and quickly became a weekly listen for the immigration industry. A journey, as host and executive producer, I’m personally proud to have embarked upon and watched grow. After this episode, I will be passing on the torch of this flagship podcast that you have all come to enjoy and gain insight from over the years. And to help reflect upon this journey it would be only right to have one of the people daring enough to take a chance on this entire operation, Erickson ..read more

As the summer approaches many countries across the board are opening up to accommodate the expected influx of tourism as the weather gets warmer. And with that in mind, Bloomberg created a ranking system called the covid resilience index to help guide you along the way. The system aggregates each country’s lockdown severity, vaccinated travel routes, flight capacity, vaccine doses per 100 people, reopening progress, and quality life index (which takes in universal health care coverage and human development ratings). This episode will cover the top 10 countries which we hope can be a cheat shee ..read more

Cair Coalition's Senior Attorney Elizabeth Schmelzel joins EIG 's Partner Hiba Anver. They discuss: How international travel expanded her notions of hard work, survival, and compassion experienced worldwide Working in a career that allows you to live out your values The empathy needed to represent clients in immigration detention, and tend to their needs Wrestling notions of gender dynamics in work, life, and how to balance a career with family ..read more