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Australia and New Zealand Immigration News

Australian Leader wants higher levels of skilled immigration

11:41 03/03/2005
Australia's Prime Minister John Howard has said the number of skilled immigrants should be increased to counter labour shortages, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reports. In a radio...

Australia - More IT immigrants needed

16:31 02/03/2005
Australia's Federal Government is predicting a fall in the number of Skilled Migration visas issued to technology applicants in 2004-05, reports The Australian newspaper. According to data released...

Czechs can apply for New Zealand working holidaymaker visas

9:46 01/03/2005
Citizens of the Czech Republic can now apply for 12-month Working Holiday visas to New Zealand, the New Zealand Immigration Minister announced on March 1. 100 young Czechs will be allowed to enter...

Australia immigration: guest workers scheme proposed

10:26 24/02/2005
Australia may bring in temporary unskilled workers to fill chronic labour shortages in some areas, the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper reports. In a speech before the National Press Club on February...

Australian Working Holiday scheme to stay the same

11:08 10/02/2005
Australia will not make any changes to Working Holidaymaker arrangements for British nationals, despite changes announced February 9 to the UK working holidaymaker program. Australia's Department of...

Experts debate Australia's skilled immigration needs

16:38 08/02/2005
Australia's immigration system is one of the most successful in the World with over twenty percent of the total population of Australia being born overseas. There have been several new studies...

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