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More Brits choose expat life than any other EU nationality
Of all the EU member states, Britain has the most nationals living overseas, according to a recent survey. The study, undertaken by a financial research and consultancy firm, revealed that over a million Britons were resident abroad during 2013. Out of the 25 countries surveyed, only China and India had more citizens living overseas....
Canadian parent and grandparent visa quota full for 2014
Canadian immigration officials have reported that the popular parent and grandparent immigration stream is now close until next year as its quota of 5,000 applications was reached 33 days after it opened. The scheme was reintroduced last month after a two year moratorium caused by a huge backlog of applications. Parents and grandparents...
Too many cooks spoil Australia?s skilled migration programme
Australia’s much vaunted highly skilled migration programme is being called into question after cooks and hairdressers were awarded more visas than workers in any other group. The programme is supposedly intended to target the most essential skills for the nation as a whole, but two of the top five categories for visa numbers aren’t...
Dramatically increased immigration to New Zealand may stimulate economy
New Zealand’s most popular newspaper is calling on the government to allow more immigrants into the country in order to improve its long-term economy. In an editorial comment, the New Zealand Herald is urging the government to loosen up on immigration and drastically increase the number allowed in. Unless this is done, the editorial...
New Zealand immigration scam derided by immigration as unsuccessful
An immigration and employment scam uncovered by a Kiwi company is being described as ‘not very successful’ by New Zealand’s immigration authority. The scam placed would-be migrants in high-paying jobs for which they had no qualifications in order to obtain permanent residency. According to visa services general manager Peter Elms,...
Unique Canadian project finds homes for stateless Tibetan refugees
One thousand displaced Tibetan refugees emigrating to Canada are being helped to find homes and jobs via a unique immigration agreement with the government. After the invasion of Tibet by the Chinese over 60 years ago, many Tibetans fled across the Himalayas to India to find refuge. Children who were born during the diaspora or after...
January sees spike in emigration from the UK
A popular online visa application website has recorded a 121 per cent spike in the number of emigration application this January. Whether it’s because of the floods and the ever-worsening weather or just attacks of the January blues, it seems that more Brits than ever before are fleeing the country for warmers, less stressful locations....
USA immigration reform is now a womens rights issue
The push to change the USA’s broken immigration system is slowly picking up more backers from likely and unlikely areas, with feminist groups the latest to climb on board. Given the long history of advocacy contained in feminist and women’s rights group, it’s no surprise that immigration reform is now being vocally supported by...
Is Brit mass migratory exodus from Spain just a rumour
Newly released figures from Spain’s Institute of National Statistics seem to reveal a mass exodus of British expats from favourite beach and retirement destinations, but is it just a vicious rumour? Statistics showed that, from January 2012 to January 2013, the number of British expats living in Spain had fallen by an estimated 13,000,...
Canadian citizen sponsor accused of fake relationship with husband
The husband of a former Liberian refugee with Canadian citizenship now living in Winnipeg was refused entry to join his wife as immigration officials decided their long relationship and marriage wasn’t genuine. Martha Cummings-Newray and her present husband, Lindquist, were childhood sweethearts in 1970, and ran away to live together...
