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The middle of the summer has surprisingly seen several announcements made by the UK Home Office concerning processing times for HSMP and FLR (IED) applications, as well as new rules on switching into a new immigration status. This edition of workpermit.com News also covers the results of the US Green Card lottery scheme and the introduction of a new Australian skilled migration category - the Skilled Independent Regional (SIR) visa. Please visit the links below to read more on these developments in global immigration law! We hope that you find this edition of workpermit.com News interesting and informative, and the workpermit.com staff wish you a lovely end to the summer!
29 July 2004
New regulations were announced by the IND that require all applicants for naturalisation, including those who are married to British citizens, to have a sufficient level of English language skills...
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23 July 2004
The Home Secretary David Blunkett has announced stricter rules to stop temporary migrants in the UK switching into permanent employment to try to stop potential abuse of the system...
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23 July 2004
To take advantage of the skills of genuine foreign students to contribute to the UK economy, the Home Office announced that the Science and Engineering Graduate Scheme (SEGS) created earlier this year will finally be implemented in October 2004...
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19 July 2004
Due to the recent increase in the numbers of FLR (IED) applications received by Work Permits (UK), and in response to feedback from applicants, new procedures have been announced with effect from 19 July 2004...
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7 July 2004
The Home Office has released figures showing that over 24,000 Central and Eastern European nationals from the new EU member states had signed up for the Worker Registration Scheme (WRS) by the end of June...
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22 July 2004
The winners of the United States DV-2005 diversity lottery have already been notified by the Kentucky Consular Center. For exact statistics, go to the full report...
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2 July 2004
The new Skilled-Independent Regional (SIR) (Provisional) visa has come into effect, opening up more options for skilled migrants to come to Australia. See if you qualify for SIR migration to Australia by visiting our points calculator...
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Elfa
Editor, workpermit.com News
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