Skilled Worker / Work Permit
Employer-sponsored work visas requiring a job offer at or above a defined salary threshold.
76 countries have at least one visa in this category.
🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda
Work Permit
7y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇦🇺 Australia
Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189) · Skilled Nominated visa (subclass 190) · Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491)
4y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇦🇹 Austria
EU Blue Card
10y to citizenship · No dual
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan
Work Permit
5y to citizenship · No dual
🇧🇸 Bahamas
Work Permit
10y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇧🇧 Barbados
Work Permit
5y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇧🇾 Belarus
Work Permit
7y to citizenship · No dual
🇧🇪 Belgium
EU Blue Card
5y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇧🇿 Belize
Work Permit
5y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇧🇹 Bhutan
Work Permit
20y to citizenship · No dual
🇧🇼 Botswana
Work Permit
10y to citizenship · No dual
🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam
Employment Pass
20y to citizenship · No dual
🇰🇭 Cambodia
EP Spouse / Dependent Visa
7y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇨🇦 Canada
Open Work Permit · Express Entry — Federal Skilled Worker (FSW) · Express Entry — Federal Skilled Trades (FST)
3y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇨🇿 Czech Republic
EU Blue Card
10y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇩🇲 Dominica
Work Permit
7y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇸🇿 Eswatini
Work Permit
5y to citizenship · No dual
🇪🇹 Ethiopia
Work Permit
4y to citizenship · No dual
🇫🇲 Federated States of Micronesia
Work Permit
5y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇫🇯 Fiji
Work Permit
5y to citizenship · No dual
🇫🇮 Finland
Specialist · EU Blue Card
8y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇬🇲 Gambia
Work Permit
5y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇩🇪 Germany
EU Blue Card (Blaue Karte EU) · Skilled Worker visa (Fachkräftezuwanderung)
5y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇬🇩 Grenada
Work Permit
7y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇬🇾 Guyana
Work Permit
5y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇮🇸 Iceland
Work Permit
7y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇮🇹 Italy
EU Blue Card
10y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇯🇲 Jamaica
Work Permit
5y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇯🇵 Japan
Engineer / Specialist in Humanities / International Services · Highly Skilled Professional
5y to citizenship · No dual
🇯🇴 Jordan
Work Permit
15y to citizenship · No dual
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan
Work Permit
5y to citizenship · No dual
🇰🇪 Kenya
Work Permit Class A (Prospecting) · Work Permit Class B (Agriculture/Fishing) · Work Permit Class D (Specific Employment)
7y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇰🇮 Kiribati
Work Permit
7y to citizenship · No dual
🇱🇸 Lesotho
Work Permit
5y to citizenship · No dual
🇱🇷 Liberia
Work Permit
2y to citizenship · No dual
🇱🇮 Liechtenstein
Work Permit
30y to citizenship · No dual
🇱🇺 Luxembourg
EU Blue Card
5y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇲🇾 Malaysia
Employment Pass
10y to citizenship · No dual
🇲🇹 Malta
Specialist Employee Initiative
5y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇲🇭 Marshall Islands
Work Permit
5y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇲🇨 Monaco
Work Permit
10y to citizenship · No dual
🇳🇦 Namibia
Work Permit
10y to citizenship · No dual
🇳🇷 Nauru
Work Permit
10y to citizenship · No dual
🇳🇱 Netherlands
Highly Skilled Migrant · EU Blue Card
5y to citizenship · No dual
🇳🇿 New Zealand
AEWV Accredited Employer Work Visa · Green List Skilled Migrant
5y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇳🇬 Nigeria
Temporary Work Permit (TWP)
15y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇳🇴 Norway
Skilled Worker
7y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea
Work Permit
8y to citizenship · No dual
🇵🇭 Philippines
Special Work Permit (SWP)
10y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇵🇱 Poland
Work Permit Type A · Work Permit Type B · Work Permit Type C
10y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇷🇺 Russia
Highly Qualified Specialist
5y to citizenship · No dual
🇷🇼 Rwanda
Work Permit
5y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Work Permit
7y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇼🇸 Samoa
Work Permit
5y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇸🇲 San Marino
Work Permit - Employed · Work Permit - Self-Employed
25y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇷🇸 Serbia
Work Permit
3y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇸🇱 Sierra Leone
Work Permit
15y to citizenship · No dual
🇸🇬 Singapore
Employment Pass · Personalised Employment Pass · Work Permit
2y to citizenship · No dual
🇸🇰 Slovakia
EU Blue Card
8y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇸🇮 Slovenia
EU Blue Card
10y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇸🇧 Solomon Islands
Work Permit
10y to citizenship · No dual
🇪🇸 Spain
EU Blue Card (Tarjeta Azul UE)
10y to citizenship · No dual
🇰🇳 St Kitts and Nevis
Work Permit
14y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇱🇨 St Lucia
Work Permit
7y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇸🇪 Sweden
Work Permit · EU Blue Card
5y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇹🇼 Taiwan
Work Permit
5y to citizenship · No dual
🇹🇴 Tonga
Work Permit
5y to citizenship · No dual
🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
Work Permit
8y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇹🇷 Turkey
Work Permit
5y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇹🇻 Tuvalu
Work Permit
10y to citizenship · No dual
🇺🇬 Uganda
Work Permit Class A · Work Permit Class B · Work Permit Class C
10y to citizenship · No dual
🇺🇦 Ukraine
Work Permit
5y to citizenship · No dual
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Skilled Worker · Senior or Specialist Worker (ICT)
5y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇺🇸 United States
H-1B specialty worker · EB-2/EB-3 professional/skilled worker (immigrant)
5y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇻🇺 Vanuatu
Work Permit
10y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
Work Permit
5y to citizenship · No dual