Green card backlogs still choking US immigration
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12:26 28/01/2005
Despite US Government promises to speed things up, thousands of people are still waiting for US immigration visas, often for years, reports the newspaper USA Today. By some estimates there are over...
Bush continues pushing US immigration reform
13:47 27/01/2005
In spite of growing opposition from his own party, President George Bush yesterday reaffirmed that changes to US immigration rules will be one of the top priorities of his second term, the Houston...
UK Immigration - HSMP to remain only points system
9:23 26/01/2005
In a sudden turnaround, the UK Government will not after all bring in reforms to the current points system to encourage skilled immigration that had been put forward by Prime Minister Tony Blair...
Canada to strengthen language training for immigrants
15:03 25/01/2005
The Federal Government and the Province of Ontario will jointly invest C$3.4 million to improve English-language training for immigrants , Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) reported on January...
UK immigration - Brussels to block Tory ideas
9:58 25/01/2005
Radical immigration policies released yesterday by the UK's opposition Conservative Party have drawn criticism from the European Commission, the Telegraph newspaper reports. In a pre-election speech...
US immigration rules relaxed for tsunami victims
17:42 24/01/2005
People from areas affected by theAsian tsunami will be less stringently policed for immigrationbreaches, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announcedJanuary 10. FromJanuary 7 2005,...
