UK immigration inspector investigates sham marriages
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12:44 28/02/2014
The UK's Chief Inspector of Immigration, John Vine, has been conducting research into abuse of the marriage system by immigrants seeking to obtain residence in the UK. Mr Vine has warned that sham...
35,472 Indians get green cards from US immigration in 2012
11:47 08/11/2013
The latest figures show that 35,472 Indians working in the US with H-1B visas were issued with US permanent resident visas (better known as green cards) in 2012. This is the highest ever number in a...
Canadian immigration strike over
10:08 07/10/2013
A union which represents Canadian immigration officers stationed at embassies and consulates around the world has come to a pay deal with the Canadian government after four months of industrial...
Immigration strike may delay Canada student visas
11:57 25/07/2013
The Dean of Students at Canada's prestigious McGill University says that the strike by Canadian immigration officers posted overseas may prevent some students from successfully enrolling before the...
Strike causing delays for Canadian visa applicants
11:49 28/06/2013
Continuing industrial action by the Canadian Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers (PAFSO) is causing increasingly long waits for Canadian visa applicants who apply abroad...
Latest Canadian immigration figures from the OECD
16:52 24/06/2013
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) recently released its International Migration Outlook Report for 2013. The report contains subsidiary reports on all the 34 countries...