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Half of global employees willing to emigrate overseas
As reported by Reuters, nearly 50% of workers globally would consider emigrating overseas for the right job, a salary increase and other incentives, including language training and trips home, according to a survey published on Monday.
With the world economy still struggling, workers in Mexico, Turkey, Brazil, Russia and India were the...
New website to help immigrant professionals seek Toronto jobs
As reported by IT Business, a new website with the goal of linking up immigrants with jobs will be launching, says the Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council (TRIEC). Financed by Citizenship and Immigration Canada as well as Scotiabank, the networking site will highlight already-existing groups of skilled immigrants, and present them to...
New Zealand IRD system may inspire immigration upgrade
As reported by Stuff, the Inland Revenue has warned the New Zealand government of a billion-dollar fee to replace its declining First mainframe computer system. As part of a briefing to Revenue Minister Peter Dunne, the Inland Revenue calculated the approximate cost at between $1 - $1.5 billion, saying the project could not be delayed.
It...
Ireland may host majority of overseas doctors
As reported by the Irish Times, Ireland is the country most likely to host the largest number of medical professionals in the industrialised world trained overseas, according to a new study. In 2008, Ireland was second to New Zealand in the OECD in regards to the amount of doctors and nurses trained overseas.
Ireland is likely to have...
More migrants leaving New Zealand than arriving
As reported by The Dominion Post, the total immigration flow into New Zealand stayed positive during the Christchurch earthquakes and the global financial crisis, but authorities believe that more people are actually leaving now than arriving.
Figures recently released by the Labour Department revealed that levels of long- term and...
N.Z. worker emigration to Australia may cause labour shortage
As reported by Business Week, a record emigration of New Zealanders in 2011 seeking jobs and higher pay in Australia is risking the country’s earthquake-affected economy weak to a labour shortage during reconstruction.
A record high of 45,863 New Zealand citizens permanently relocated to Australia by Dec. 31 2011, according to a recent...
Engineers advised to beat 1 July 2012 changes in Australia immigration
Engineers hoping to emigrate to Australia are able to apply under the General Skilled Migration (GSM) Program. Australia has a specific shortage of mining engineers required to fill well-paid positions in the country.
Mining engineers entering the job market see starting salaries of around Aus$100,000. Mining Engineers moving to Australia...
Rules changing for Brits emigrating to Haiti
A law passed in 1978 will now be enforced in Haiti, with a potentially huge impact on British immigrants working on the island.
The Ministry of the Interior has decided that any foreigners staying in Haiti for over 90 days will be obliged to seek a residence permit from the Directorate of Immigration and Emigration (DIE), and will be valid...
British pensioner emigrates after council tax jail term
A female pensioner who has been jailed twice for refusing to pay council tax due to high levels of crime in her street has decided to emigrate.
Josephine Rooney, 75, has decided to move to Ireland, after giving up a decade-long fight to change her neighbourhood, reports the Daily Mail.
Rooney said she is “fed up” with syringes being...
Australia and New Zealand emigrants in for closer crime checks
A trial-run that will boost access to the criminal records of those crossing the Tasman in order to seek employment is to be launched in the Australian state of Queensland this year, as reported by the New Zealand Herald.
Government officials of New Zealand and Australia both hope that a trial of six months is to improve the disclosure of...
