$5,000 levy for Australian highly-skilled visas
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22:18 19/07/2017
After scrapping the 457 visa, the Australian Federal government continued its assault on foreign workers in the federal budget. Scott Morrison, the Australian treasurer has announced a levy on highly...
Migration Watch suggests UK ‘brickie visa’ for EU workers ineligible for Tier 2 visa
17:10 18/06/2017
With Brexit looming and Britain set to be gripped by a skills shortage upon exiting the European Union , Migration Watch has suggested a ‘brickie visa’ to plug skills gaps. According to a report...
US Trump visa curbs on H1B and L1 visas prompt Indian IT Group Nasscom to spend record sum on lobbying
19:50 17/06/2017
Indian IT industry body, Nasscom, has increased spending on lobbying against US visa changes by over one-third amid massive layoffs and curbs on US visas, including H1B and L1 visas . According to...
Australian 457 visa scheme to be scrapped
13:44 05/06/2017
The Australian Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, announced that his government will scrap the 457 visa scheme for skilled temporary foreign workers. A video posted on Mr Turnbull’s Facebook page said...
Net UK visa numbers need to be at 200,000 a year says report during General Election Campaign
10:10 31/05/2017
A leading think tank says that net annual UK visa numbers need to be at 200,000 to avoid the collapse of the British economy, post-Brexit. Presumably many of these people will be employed by...
Tory ‘anti-London’ UK visa policy criticized by Mayor ahead of UK General Election
8:42 31/05/2017
London mayor, Sadiq Khan, has slammed the Conservative’s over the party’s ‘anti-London’ visa policy. Khan says that the policies laid out by the Tories in their recently released manifesto ‘will make...
