Visas News - Emigrate UK Page 22
This is the category page for all Visas news here on emigrate.co.uk, where you can view all the Visas emigration news.
Oz immigration backlog prevents Welshman from migrating to care for parents
Wes Leonard’s application for a carer’s visa to look after his aged parents in Australia is unlikely to succeed due to immigration red tape. Wes’s parents, Leonard and Audrey, were cared for by his sister Samantha at their home in Bakewell, Northern Territories until her death in late 2012. Both parents are in poor health, are...
Top Chinese engineers and computer scientists emigrating overseas
The vast majority of China’s innovative talents in the fields of maths, computer science and physics have migrated to top jobs overseas. A survey by the Chinese Academy of Sciences has revealed that 87 per cent of China’s most talented workers in the sectors have moved overseas to take advantage of positions in major foreign...
Oz to close offshore workers loophole by creating special visa
The Australian government has announced it will bring the country’s offshore resources industry under Australian law by the creation of a designated offshore visa. Brendan O’Connor, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, announced that the Migration Act is to be extended, bringing all offshore employees under the law and requiring...
Bipartisan immigration reform bill makes it to full Senate
Slewed slightly to the political right to attract Republican votes, the controversial US immigration reform bill is now heading for the senate floor. The centrepiece of the proposed legislation, the 13-year ‘road to citizenship’ for the majority of the 11 million illegals in the US, has survived intact and may emerge as the most...
Canada to lure Silicon Valley techies struggling with immigration issues
Canada’s minister of citizenship, immigration and multiculturalism arrived in the Bay area last Friday determined to spread the message that his country is open for business. In a Vancouver interview before he left, Jason Kenney told the media that the dysfunctional US immigration system is now common knowledge worldwide, adding that he...
Merkel urges Germans to accept immigration policy changes
In a game-changing speech delivered earlier this week German chancellor Angela Merkel urged the German people to face up to the hard facts of essential changes in immigration policy. Merkel’s speech at a government-backed conference focused on Germany’s demographic challenges and the social legacy of unchecked immigration over...
Canada ramps up search for skilled immigrants in specific trades
Canada’s state and national governments are ramping up their search for skilled workers, targeting the USA as well as the UK, continental Europe and other world nations. The Canadian immigration office now considers itself part of a global competition to gain the most skilled tradespeople and entrepreneurs, a contest it’s determined...
Germany reels under surge in immigrants from EU countries
Migrants from crisis-hit countries including Greece, Italy and Spain are heading to Germany, causing the biggest increase in incomer numbers in 20 years. Germany’s Federal Statistics Office yesterday released figures showing that over a million immigrants entered the country in 2012, an increase of 13 per cent on 2011’s figures. The...
Australian government to invest AU$ millions in promoting multiculturalism
New measures to support multiculturalism in Australia’s diverse communities are set to cost the government a total of AU$15 million in grants to local immigrant neighbourhoods. The scheme was announced by the Minister of Multicultural Affairs, Kate Lundy, and is aimed at embracing the benefits of multiculturalism as well as maintaining...
Immigrant impact on town transformation underscores US visa reform
The impact of immigration on one small town in New York State is being seen as an encouragement to the Senate to pass the immigration reform bill. Two decades since he arrived from Mexico as an illegal immigrant, one entrepreneur in this one small town now owns two restaurants, is starting a third, has five employees and is known for his...
