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Canada to build new immigration system to benefit country
According to Canada’s immigration minister Jason Kenney, the country’s immigration system is to be overhauled to make it easier to attract migrants eager to contribute to its development. Admitting that the country had been closed to skilled workers for too long, Kenney announced the first in line for immigration breaks would be...
Oregon has fresh EB-5 Investment Vehicle through new hotel project
A hotel construction project requiring more than US $49.5 million of finance opens up a new investment vehicle for those seeking a green card through the EB-5 program. The EB-5 program provides foreign nationals investing a minimum of $500,000 into a US project with a green card, on the basis that the project yields at least 10 full time...
A Cut-off Point for EB-5 Investors Owing to Growth in Demand
Since its creation in 1990, the EB-5 Investor program has always been a popular route to US citizenship for foreign nationals, and yet has never threatened to exceed statutory limits. Now, evidence suggests that the program is increasing in popularity at such a rate that per country restrictions and cut off dates may well be triggered. Why...
UK census highlights demographic effects of soaring immigration
The recently-released results of the UK’s 2011 census have highlighted the demographic changes brought about since the 2001 census by the rapid rise in immigration. Figures showed that numbers of non-British born UK residents have soared by over three million since 2001, with one in eight residents born overseas. The 2001 total of...
Expected Increase in EB-5 Applications from China
The son of a Communist revolutionary general, Xi Jinping, has been named the General Secretary of the Communist party and therefore will take over as China’s president from March 2013. According to a recent NBC report, there is a general consensus of disappointment among Chinese citizens about the government changes. Many of the Chinese...
Republican Alternative to the DREAM Act is rejected by young undocumented immigrants
US President Obama’s resounding promise to make comprehensive immigration reform a priority in his second term has sparked the presentation of a proposed similar bill by the Republican senators this Tuesday, 27th November. The DREAM Act, introduced by Obama as a bipartisan bill in his first term of presidency, was a policy intended to...
Australia eases visa rules for skilled migrants
In a welcome reversal, the Australian government has relaxed long-stay requirement for skilled workers from overseas. Medical professionals, engineers, teachers, scientists and accountants working in the country are now able to stay indefinitely. New South Wales immigration officials recently gave out the good news that the skilled...
Legalising US Immigrants - can this have a positive impact on the economy?
Once an afterthought, the issue of immigration reform is now a top priority in the USA. Following President Obama’s re-election and his garnering 71 percent of the Latino vote, we can expect fulfilment of the promise which was set out to the De Moines Register by Obama days before the election: immigration reform will be the second...
Immigration News: Proposal for Citizenship for Undocumented Immigrants to USA
With Republican members of congress now signalling, for the first time in five years, that the party will take a serious stance on immigration reform, statistics now reflect that it was a leading contributing factor towards Obama’s re-election for a further four years. One of the key policies put forward by President Obama was the,...
Bulgarians and Romanians to gain unrestricted entry to UK
The temporary curbs on the number of immigrants to the UK from Bulgaria and Romania imposed in 2005 with not be extended on their expiry, giving migrants from the countries free access to the UK. The curbs, introduced to protect the British labour market and its wage structure, will expire in December 2013. Although the Labour Party has...
