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US immigration to begin accepting H-1B applications starting 2 April 2012

19:09 13/03/2012
US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will begin accepting fiscal year 2013 H-1B visa applications on Monday 2 April 2012 for employment with a start date of 1 October 2012 or later...

French president wants to reduce immigration further if re-elected

16:35 12/03/2012
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has claimed that there are too many immigrants in France and the system for integrating them is "working worse and worse". During a recent television debate on 6...

The Netherlands may require non-EU applicants to submit fingerprints for visas

10:55 08/03/2012
A new bill was brought forward in the Netherlands to require all non-EU nationals applying for residency and work visas to supply their fingerprints and photograph to the immigration department. If...

Canadian immigration considers citizenship rule changes to cut down on 'birth tourism'

13:03 05/03/2012
Canadian Immigration is considering changes to the citizenship rules in order to target so-called birth tourism. Birth tourism is where a foreign national comes to Canada to give birth so the baby...

Canadian Immigration introduces new citizenship documentation

18:51 24/02/2012
From 1 February 2012 Canadian Immigration and Citizenship (CIC) has started issuing new citizenship documents to new citizens in an effort to cut down on fraud. CIC will no longer produce the current...

Canada seeks 300 skilled Irish workers to immigrate to Saskatchewan

15:45 15/02/2012
Canada's province of Saskatchewan is looking to fill nearly 300 skilled worker positions with Irish workers. Local businesses have been pushing the Canadian Government for more overseas workers to...

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