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Protest over illegal immigration held in Arkansas
Monday evening there was an immigration rally held to protest illegal immigration. The founder of Secure Arkansas, which is a group that is anti illegal immigrants, Jeannie Bulsworth, led the protest and highlighted the major issues in the United States caused by illegal immigrants. Her words did not sit well with all members in the...
India to outsource visas
India is trying to increase its tourism with South Africa. Ambika Soni, the Tourism and Culture Minister in India said "Tourism between India and South Africa is growing, but I want it to grow faster." Some tourists in South Africa planning trips to India are being faced with visa delays. In order to overcome this obstacle, India...
Immigration checks to be conducted at the county jail
Monmouth County in New Jersey is going to start checking the immigration status on those who are booked at the county jail. Law enforcement will be able to act as federal immigration agents through a program called 287(g).  The Sheriff said it was unlikely that every law enforcement officer in the county would be trained under the new...
Man seeking asylum in the UK worries about returning home
Antonio Nunes who has been living in the UK since 1997 was taken from his home last week and put into an Immigration Removal Center. Nunes fled from his native Angola because of political unrest at the time. Nunes is seeking asylum in the UK and claims he fears for his own safety if he were deported back to Angola.
A battle is raging...
UK man faces deportation from the United States for 18 year old crime
A man from South Wales known as Zak Ashenhurst was arrested and imprisoned in America for a weapons violation that happened nearly two decades ago when he was only 17. Ashenhurst has been living in the United States since 1979. He has built a life in America with his wife and their two children. Ashenhurst was in the middle of renewing...
Australia introduces new visa to help fill shortage of fruit and vegetable harvesters in the country
2,500 visas will be issued by the Australian government to Pacific Islanders every year over the next three years. The purpose of this new visa program is to try to fill a huge labor shortage. The people granted one of these visas will help to harvest fruit and vegetables in the country.
Tony Burke who is the Federal Agriculture...
Olympian Joey Cheek speaks about the revoke of his visa to end the Games in Beijing
Joey Cheek was set to attend this year's Olympic Games which are currently in progress in Beijing. He submitted his visa application and initially it was approved. China later revoked Cheek's visa and said they were not obligated to sight a reason as to why. It has been speculated the visa was revoked due to Cheek's connection with the...
It is not easy to obtain a UK visa in Nigeria
Sir Richard Gozney who was formerly the British High Commissioner to Nigeria once said that "The UK visa operation in Nigeria is one of the UK's biggest and busiest in the world." Each year the British High Commissioner will see a few hundred thousand applications for visas from Nigeria. Most of those applications are not the first...
Immigration officials deny woman’s request to stay in the UK to care for her sick mother
Tess Henry has been pleading with immigration officials to stay in Britain to care for her mother who is suffering from terminal cancer. Henry is entitled to British citizenship but chose to live the majority of her life in Australia. She returned to Britain in 2006 to care for her mother. Now she has been trying to straighten out her...
Canada identifies the key areas of labor shortages across the country
A meeting was held in Canada between the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, Diane Finley, and several industry leaders and nongovernment related organizations in an attempt to pinpoint where there are extreme shortages of labor in the country. The results of the meeting will help to influence which visas are granted for priority...
