| | MARCH 20189Consultants ReviewImmigration forecasting is not only vital for new visa applications, however, this is important for existing visa holders where an extensions/amendment is requiredSuccessful companies recognize building a world-ready workforce as a competitive advantage. The driv-ing forces behind the strategic focus on talent mobility are International business opportunities, along with changing talent expectations. Un-certainty around global mobility de-ployment is a major crisis for most of the organizations. The stringent im-migration policies and ever chang-ing rules and regulations make it tougher to get the authorizations on time and this makes it substantial to have immigration forecasting for business. In most occurrences orga-nizations looks out for employee mo-bility options only when a contract is signed with the customer. Only after which they will recognize the com-plexity in the immigration process. This will lead to delay in project execution thus contractual compli-cations would arise. Certain coun-tries especially the Middle Eastern and South American countries have lengthy immigration process for the work visa which includes legal-ization and apostille of documents. Even the most sought-after US H-1B CAP applications are accepted only once in a year during the first week of April every year. So it is of para-mount importance that business has to analyze and anticipate their em-ployee mobility requirements well in advance.Immigration forecasting is not only vital for new visa applications; however this is important for existing visa holders where an extensions/amendment is required. Especially for the US visas there has been very high scrutiny on the applications submitted for extensions and amendments. In the current scenario it is very important to evaluate the quality and experience of the candidates. Higher rate of rejections are seen on the candidates whose job duties are less complex in nature and are offered base level salaries. It is advisable for businesses to assess the visa petitions of the existing employees as well in order to avoid any kind of rejections and requests for additional evidences/ documentations during extension/amendment filings. Immigration is one of the most cost incurred process in an organi-zation which has global presence and requires on-site employee ap-pearance for project implementation. Any issues affecting the on-site pres-ence of employees will ultimately af-fect the project execution and also the brand value of the company. It is always important for the busi-ness to have the right information on immigration procedures and to ensure that there is a definite plan for placing their employees at the desired locations as and when re-quired. Management of Immigration would also require some foresight into the trends and likely future developments, so that any actions that are undertaken are not sim-ply responding to the events of the past, but understanding trends and present dynamics of currents and anticipating the challenges of the fu-ture. This is one of the inspirations behind the demand for immigration forecasting. Immigration evaluations and forecasts are needed in order to address the related challenges of sustainable development.
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