Canadian academic calls for end to Temporary Foreign Worker Program
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13:58 06/05/2014
A Canadian academic has called on the federal government to close the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) and, instead, to grant more permanent residence visas to international workers. Professor...
Half a million people sought asylum in developed world in 2012 says UN
9:20 25/03/2013
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has issued a report which says that 479,300 people from the developing world sought asylum in the developed world in 2012. The number is the...
Increase in maintenance funds required from Australian student visa applicants
14:51 21/06/2012
From 1 July 2012, as part of stage two of the Knight Review changes to the student visa program, the funds required for prospective Australian student visa applicants will increase from $18,000 to $...
Australian Immigration proposes more changes to student visas
12:19 23/03/2012
Australia's Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) announced on 19 March further changes to student visas including streamlined visa processing and other changes that are intended to go...
US immigration adds more countries to list of eligible applicants for H-2A and H-2B visas
19:38 24/01/2012
US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced last week that there have been five more countries added to the list of eligible nationals who can participate in the H-2A and H-2B programs...
Bulgaria to benefit from EU Blue Card
11:27 08/02/2011
Starting on 1 June 2011, highly skilled workers from outside the European Union can apply to work in Bulgaria under the EU Blue Card scheme. The blue card would allow a skilled worker with a job...
