Every country in this directory is an EU member, so citizens of the EU, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland can take a job in any of them without a permit, and non-EU workers can use the EU Blue Card alongside national permits. Online hiring is concentrated in a few national boards, and one company runs … Read more
In Western and Northern Europe, who may take a job matters as much as where it is advertised. Citizens of the EU, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland can work in almost every country in this directory without a permit, while everyone else needs an employer-backed permit, and the UK has been outside that system since … Read more
Most hiring in Northeast Asia runs through national boards written in the local language, and the sites built for foreign applicants carry a small fraction of their listings. BOSS Zhipin in China averaged 70.2 million monthly active users in the second quarter of 2026, while Saramin and JobKorea, South Korea’s two largest boards, are Korean-only … Read more
The EU Talent Pool is a free online platform, built and run by the European Commission, that will match employers in participating EU countries with non-EU citizens who live outside the EU and work in one of 42 shortage occupations, from nurses and software developers to welders, cooks and lorry drivers. The regulation behind it … Read more
The US Department of Homeland Security finalised a rule on 14 October 2026 under which holders of several categories of US work permit, including the H-4 spouses of H-1B visa holders, can no longer keep working while a renewal is pending. The rule, published as 91 FR 65306, adopts without change an interim rule that … Read more
Sweden’s work permits now carry a salary floor of 90 percent of the national median wage, and extension applications filed from 2 December 2026 will face it too. For applications received since 16 June, the line is SEK 34,470 a month, based on a median of SEK 38,300. People whose permits were granted before 1 … Read more
Japan’s Employment for Skill Development (ESD) program is scheduled to start on 1 April 2027, replacing the Technical Intern Training Program with a three-year route into the Specified Skilled Worker (SSW) visa. The government announced on 23 January 2026 that it will accept up to 1,231,900 foreign workers through the end of fiscal 2028, which ends in … Read more
the age range at 18 to 35 inclusive and allows two participations, each in a different category. The working holiday category is for stays of up to 12 months, and the permit cannot outlast the passport. Applicants need health insurance, at least CAD 2,500 for expenses, a return ticket or the money to buy one, … Read more
Five Asian jurisdictions run a formal route that lets a recent graduate stay on to look for work: South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore. They differ on three points that matter more than the headline length of stay: whether the graduate may work during the search, whether the degree has to come from … Read more
For more than seventy years, a foreign worker’s legal status in Saudi Arabia was tied directly to a single employer, the kafeel, who controlled whether that worker could change jobs, leave the country, or even hold onto their own passport. That system, known as Kafala, was formally replaced in June 2025 with a contract-based employment … Read more