| Australia and Canada work together on business visas Australia's immigration minister, Chris Evans, welcomed Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's announcement at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders Week in Lima, Peru that Canada has joined the APEC Business Travel Card scheme as a transitional member economy.... workpermit.com |
More Immigration Non-Solutions Homeland Security should be deep-sixing its 287(g) program, which enlists local law-enforcement agencies to hunt illegal immigrants, not tweaking or widening it. nytimes.com |
UK Immigration under Tier 2 harder for IT workers and others There have been suggestions that the Tier 2 (Intra company transfer) visa provides a loophole to enable Indian IT companies to bring overseas workers to the UK. It has been claimed that this enables employers to employ people at a lower salary than resident workers. The UK Government says that this is not true and that to come under Tier 2 overseas workers must be paid the going rate for the job.... workpermit.com |
Verdict on Long Island A Long Island teenager was found guilty in the killing of an Ecuadorean immigrant. The case should shame all communities into toning down the anti-immigrant fervor. nytimes.com |
UK Naturalisation and Citizenship applications reconsiderations will require a fee In future if your UK Naturalisation and Citizenship application is refused and you wish UKBA to reconsider their decision you will need to pay a GBP100 fee. Since 6 April 2010 the UK Government has had the power to charge fees for the reconsideration of a refused application for UK naturalization or registration as a British Citizen..... workpermit.com |