Home   Close Window


Dear Visitor

Immigration newsletter - October 2004

Welcome to the October 2004 edition of workpermit.com News!

Passport requirements are slowly changing across the globe. The United States has already started to demand that people will be able to present machine readable passports and within 36 months the European Union citizens' passports will have the holders' fingerprints in them.

Canada has set its limit for immigrants for next year while Germany has detected a shortage in workers in lower skilled category jobs and there is a brewing clash between the United States and the European Union regarding visa free travels.

Check out now to see if you qualify for the DV 2006 US Green Card Lottery!

UK – Highly skilled migrants to have new form

29 October 2004
As of Nov.1, 2004, people applying for a visa under the Highly Skilled Migrant Program (HSMP), will have to fill out a new application form... more »

EU/US – EU wants visa free travel for all its members

21 October 2004
EU officials met recently with their U.S. counterparts to discuss an extension of the US Visa Waiver Program, which at the moment allows nationals from 15, mainly western EU members... more »

Germany – Immigrant workers needed

21 October 2004
Daily German newspaper, Die Tageszietung, calls upon the country’s Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder’s Social Democrats (SPD) to take action... more »

US - Class Action Suit Over Green Card Delays

21 October 2004
A federal judge has granted class action suit status, nationwide, to a lawsuit aginst U.S. immigration officials for stalling green card applications... more »

Canadian Government sets immigrant limit for 2005

20 October 2004
Canada plans to admit 225,000 immigrants in 2005, including 60 percent skilled workers and their families and 40 percent family unification and refugee immigrants... more »

UK – Work permit applicants asked to wait longer

19 October 2004
Work Permit UK is currently trying to allocate resources to improve their service standards and urges applicants to allow for extended waiting periods... more »

Changes to passport requirements for entry to the US

12 October 2004
Starting Oct. 26 this year, each person wishing to visit the United States must have either a Machine Readable Passport (MRP) and a visa waiver form... more »

USCIS Reaches FY2005 Cap for H-1B Applications

1 October 2004
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said it has received its congressionally-mandated limit for H-1B applications for FY2005. No more H-1B applications... more »

UK Immigration to Inspect All Eurostar Trains

1 October 2004
In an effort to stop illegal immigrants at the source, British immigration officials will set up Passport controls for all UK-bound Eurostar trains, in Brussels... more »

Incoming Visitors to US Face Heightened Security Checks

1 October 2004
Entry points across the US have begun 'biometric' security checks on business travellers and vacationers entering the country. This new security measure... more »

workpermit.com News
http://www.workpermit.com


Forward this newsletter to friends

Why not forward this newsletter to friends who might be interested in subscribing?


You are currently signed up to receive this workpermit.com newsletter with the following e-mail address: visitor@workpermit.com.

We are committed to your privacy - you can remove your details at any time. Please follow this link to officially unsubscribe.


Copyright © 2004 workpermit.com. All rights reserved.

This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient or the person responsible for delivering the e-mail to the intended recipient, then you are hereby advised that you have received this e-mail in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please notify the Systems Director on +44 (0)(20) 7842 0800 or newsletter@workpermit.com.

workpermit.com OISC Registration Number: F200100076. Reg office: 11 Bolt Court, Fleet Street, London EC4A 3DQ. Tel: 0207 842 0800 Fax: 0207 353 0100