MAC recommends reduction in UK immigration's shortage occupation list
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18:23 20/03/2013
Changes to UK immigration are to be introduced on April 6th – read about them here! To come under the Tier 2 (General) visa scheme it is easier if the occupation is on the Shortage Occupation List...
Canadian immigration announces further changes to Federal Skilled Worker Program
10:36 19/03/2013
Citizenship and Immigration Canada has issued a short statement about the Federal Skilled Worker Program. The program is currently suspended but is due to re-open for business in May 2013. The CIC...
US tech chiefs lobby Obama and Congress on H-1B visas and green cards
19:02 18/03/2013
The chief executives of some of the most famous companies in the world have written a public letter to President Obama to press him to support legislation that would allow more skilled immigration...
Canadian immigration says Canadian Experience Class visas growing fast
9:47 06/03/2013
9,353 people gained Canadian permanent resident status under the Canadian Experience Class (CEC) visa in 2012, according to recently released figures. This, according to Citizenship and Immigration...
Canadian immigration accepts record numbers of immigrants - again
13:13 04/03/2013
Jason Kenney, the Canadian immigration minister, has announced that over 250,000 people gained Canadian permanent resident status in 2012. This, he said, means that Canada experienced record...
UK immigration is driving students away, says former ambassador
16:19 05/02/2013
Sir Christopher Meyer, the UK's ambassador to Washington between 1997 and 2003, has told UK newspaper The Daily Telegraph that the UK Border Agency is driving international students away from the UK...
