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Talent movement restrictions stabilising, says report

22nd July 2025

Talent mobility around the world remained steady last year, according to the latest Worldwide Immigration Trends Report (WITR) 2025 by Fragomen.

The annual report by the immigration lawyers’ firm shows no significant change in immigration restrictiveness, giving a Talent Mobility Index score of 42 out of 100, despite an increase of 8 per cent between 2020 and 2024 and the high number of elections around the globe during the past year.   

Average scores for major regions – including Africa, the Americas, and the Asia-Pacific – were largely unchanged, while more than 40 countries were highlighted as becoming more open to the entry of foreign talent as the result of easier online and shorter application processing. 

Meanwhile, more than 50 countries were identified as having more restrictive entry regimes, because of increasing application fees, longer government processing times and new labour market testing requirements.

You can download a copy of the Fragoman report here.

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