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UK Tier 1 visa likely to become easier

9:06 11/12/2009
Recently the Migration Advisory Committee completed its review of the Tier 1 visa scheme. In light of changing economic circumstances the Government had asked MAC to consider changes to Tier 1 for...

Canada to make foreign qualifications assessment faster

16:23 02/12/2009
Canadian immigrant s will find it quicker in future to have their qualifications assessed. The new Pan-Canadian Framework for the Assessment and Recognition of Foreign Qualifications will mean that...

UK Tier 2 Visas - Longer advertising requirements

17:18 01/12/2009
UKBA has announced recently that from 14 December 2009 the resident labour market test requirement for Tier 2 visas will be four weeks. Previously you had to advertise for a period of two weeks or...

New UK Immigration and asylum statistics

15:14 01/12/2009
The Home Office have recently released statistics on immigration , asylum applications, migration from Eastern Europe and removals of those illegally in the UK for the period July to September 2009...

US H-2B Visa November Update

15:15 22/11/2009
The number of H-2B visas available per fiscal year is 66,000. These are allocated on the following basis: 33,000 for employment beginning in the 1st half of the fiscal year from October 1 - March 31...

Australian immigration needed to deal with future skills shortages

14:22 19/11/2009
A new report suggests that there could be a skills shortfall in Australia equivalent to 1.4 million workers by 2025. The report recommends increasing levels of immigration and raising the retirement...

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