UK Home Secretary John Reid reforms to affect Immigration and Nationality Directorate
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16:44 21/07/2006
The aim of the Government's reform plan is to make the Home Office more efficient. It is hoped that the following changes will result in savings of as much as £115m per year by 2010: The size of the...
UK Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules, effective 20 July
10:46 20/07/2006
The Home Secretary announced the Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules to the British Parliament on 19 July 2006 which came into effect on 20 July 2006. The Immigration Act 1971 is...
German IT industry association sees lack of skilled workers
15:41 18/07/2006
Bitkom, an association lobbying on behalf of the German IT industry, wants to see an actively managed immigration program that focuses on well-educated, young people, its President Willi Berchtold...
EU to invest in development of Africa to slow immigration
12:23 18/07/2006
In the past months there has been a surge of illegal immigrants attempting to leave Africa and enter the EU . While the problem has been on-going for several years, as the EEA begins to heat up and...
UK ministers kill amnesty for immigrants
11:46 12/07/2006
• Watch This Video A review of UK border controls has concluded, and the ministers have scrapped the idea of a possible amnesty for illegal residents in Britain . Immigration Minister Liam Byrne had...
US paperwork problem delays marriage visas
15:14 11/07/2006
Recent changes to an application form for U.S. citizens to marry foreign nationals have delayed up to 10,000 visas. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) attempted to make some changes to...