Australia reports increase in 457 visa applicants immigrating to Queensland
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16:57 19/04/2012
Australia's Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) has announced that 2,500 foreign workers immigrated to Queensland in the past year to fill vacancies in mining and construction. The...
Label-free Australian student visas available for Chinese
18:57 13/04/2012
The Australian immigration department recently announced that from 1 April 2012, nationals of the People's Republic of China traveling to Australia on student visas will not need to have a visa label...
India and Pakistan visa agreement next step towards Most Favoured Nation status
12:24 12/04/2012
Pakistan's high commissioner to India Shahid Malik announced this week that India and Pakistan may soon finalise a new visa agreement in order to boost business ties between the two countries. This...
India lodges complaint against US H-1B and L-1 visa fees
10:44 11/04/2012
The Indian government has lodged a complaint about the US at the World Trade Organisation over the increase in US visa fees. India claims that the H-1B and L-1 visa fees are too high and discriminate...
Visas available for youth wishing to work and travel to Canada
16:28 27/03/2012
The Canadian High Commission has just released 5,350 working visa places for young people wishing to spend a year in the country under the International Experience Canada (IEC) programme. "There is a...
UK Union argue new Tier 5 visa rules could increase abuse of domestic workers
12:06 14/03/2012
Unite the Union, Britain's biggest worker's union, has urged UK immigration to drop reforms of Tier 5 domestic worker visas that were announced by the Home Office on 29 February. They claim that such...