Australia extends multiple-entry visas for six Gulf countries
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17:15 28/12/2006
In early December, the Australian government announced that it will extend to two full years the validity of multiple-entry visas for six countries from the oil-rich Gulf region in the Middle East...
Biometric Greek passports required for the New Year
9:50 28/12/2006
The government of Greece this year announced that Greek passports issued prior to 01 January 2006 will no longer be valid from 01 January 2007. During 2006, anyone holding a non-biometric passport...
US high-tech companies lobbying Congress for immigration changes
12:53 27/12/2006
• Watch This Video Advanced technology industrial interests in the United States are lobbying members of Congress to change immigration policies toward highly skilled immigrants. Some recent studies...
The US Congress will begin immigration reform, again
19:32 26/12/2006
• Watch This Video Democratic lawmakers and their Republican allies are working on measures to draft a bipartisan immigration reform bill for the United States . The Congress has generally fallen...
Record illegal immigrant landing sparks debate in Italy
13:25 26/12/2006
Nearly 650 illegal immigrants crammed in a 25-meter, old and leaky fishing boat, reaching the Italian island of Sicily on 19 December and sparking criticisms of the center-left government's...
US Senator highlights concerns over H-1B visas
18:51 22/12/2006
U.S. Republican Senator Susan Collins of Maine has written a letter to Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao about her concern that employers were taking advantage of lax safeguards in the H-1B process...
