MAC recommends reduction in UK immigration's shortage occupation list
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18:23 20/03/2013
Changes to UK immigration are to be introduced on April 6th – read about them here! To come under the Tier 2 (General) visa scheme it is easier if the occupation is on the Shortage Occupation List...
US tech chiefs lobby Obama and Congress on H-1B visas and green cards
19:02 18/03/2013
The chief executives of some of the most famous companies in the world have written a public letter to President Obama to press him to support legislation that would allow more skilled immigration...
COMMENT - US immigration system characterised by delay
13:39 15/03/2013
By Alex Owen The US is famously a country of migrants. In olden days, they would arrive by ship at the port of New York. One of the most famous images of New York in about 1900 is of immigrants from...
US immigration lawyers warn that 14 H-1B cap may be reached in one week
9:12 12/03/2013
US immigration lawyers are warning that the entire year's quota of 65,000 H-1B 'specialty occupation' visas for the 2014 fiscal year may be allocated in a single week at the beginning of April 2013...
US Tech sector backs immigration reform
12:06 08/03/2013
US tech firms are supporting the proposed comprehensive immigration reform bill that is being drafted by a group of eight senators. Tech industry associations such as the Technology CEO Council are...
Budget cuts will affect US immigration and visa system
9:34 08/03/2013
During the early months of 2013, while Republicans and Democrats in Congress were negotiating ways to deal with the US budget deficit, some US commentators were wondering what would happen if they...
