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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...

US manufacturers look to fill skills shortages with immigrant workers

11:19 13/03/2012
US manufacturers are experiencing a shortage of skilled American factory workers and, in turn, have been going abroad to find workers to immigrate to the US. Following a recent increase in factory...

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...

UK immigration Minister claims the country is "addicted" to immigrants

9:08 10/03/2012
UK Immigration Minister Damian Green claimed this week that the UK remains open to skilled immigrants but the country has become "addicted" to hiring foreign workers. "Like all addictions, it takes...

Canadian immigration tightens spousal sponsorship rules

15:14 09/03/2012
Canadian Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney announced 5 March that the government was tightening spousal sponsorship rules in an ongoing effort to deter people from undertaking...

Working Abroad Expo in Ireland attracts many would-be immigrants

14:27 09/03/2012
More than 20,000 job-seekers visited the Working Abroad Expo in Dublin on 5 March. Future immigrants came to find what work opportunities were available abroad in countries like Canada , Australia ,...

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