US IT lobby group calls for action on H-1B visa reform
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9:59 13/05/2014
Compete America, a body which lobbies on behalf of high-tech industries in the US, has called on the US Congress to pass legislation to increase the number of H-1B visas available to US industry...
UK 'would fall apart' if immigrants left
19:36 07/05/2014
The UK would 'fall apart' if all immigrants currently living in the country decided to leave tomorrow, according to a well-respected London think-tank. Tim Finch, associate director of migration at...
Polish MP lives the EU immigrant life in London
9:46 29/04/2014
Artur Debski, a Polish MP from the opposition Your Movement party, has spent two weeks living in London experiencing the life of a Polish migrant looking for work. Mr Debski intended to raise...
Tea Party holds US to ransom on immigration
12:53 09/04/2014
In June 2013, the US Senate passed an immigration reform bill; the Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act 2013. The bill contained proposals for comprehensive reform...
UK will issue fewer than 200 Tier 1 Exceptional Talent tech visas per year
18:46 31/03/2014
In December 2013, the UK's prime minister, David Cameron, announced a new visa route for IT workers in the UK. He announced that, as of April 2014, the Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) visa stream would...
Immigrant sells WhatsApp to Facebook for $19bn
12:03 24/02/2014
Jan Koum, a Ukrainian who settled in the US, has sold his WhatsApp mobile app to Facebook for $19bn. Mr Koum, 37, left Ukraine for the US when with his mother he was 16. His story is a classic 'rags-...
