US President seeks support for new guest worker visa
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10:42 29/11/2005
US President George W Bush has begun touring US states to rally support for his strategy to control immigration. Mr Bush wants tighter security along the Mexican frontier, but he also plans to allow...
The US Green Card Lottery: one family's story
15:50 28/11/2005
Klaus and Flavia Westerwelle seldom play lotteries. They've already hit the big one. The Associated Press reports. The evidence can be spotted on the living-room wall of their Eastside home: 15 hand-...
US demand for workers grows, especially in construction
17:33 25/11/2005
As the Associated Press reports, there's no shortage of work for Mike Kirby, a 21-year-old apprentice electrician in Iowa who's lately been on the job 10 hours a day, seven days a week. He and others...
US visa bulletin for December 2005
12:29 24/11/2005
VISA BULLETIN FOR DECEMBER 2005 IMMIGRANT NUMBERS FOR DECEMBER 2005 A. STATUTORY NUMBERS 1. This bulletin summarizes the availability of immigrant numbers during December . Consular officers are...
Ghana losing skilled workers to US Green Card Lottery
12:06 22/11/2005
A newspaper in the African country Ghana reveals that an average of 8,000 highly trained and skilled Ghanaians leave the country annually for the US through the Green Card Lottery . The latest...
US Congress votes to increase visa fees, not visa limits
17:07 21/11/2005
Thousands of India's skilled workers hoping for a career in the US may be disappointed. The House of Representatives has passed its version of the budget deficit reduction bill without any proposal...
