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Governments in Western Countries need relatively high levels of immigration to fill jobs in skilled shortage areas. The falling birth rate in the West and the reluctance of many people to do certain low level jobs and indeed certain high level jobs has meant that many vacancies remain unfilled. At the same time immigration policy has to be acceptable to the general population. This has resulted in the last two weeks in immigration policies in both the US and the UK that if fully introduced would make immigration easier in some ways and yet more difficult in other ways. workpermit.com will keep you fully updated on these and other changes and on what happens in practice.

Changes to UK Working Holidaymakers' Scheme

Those wishing to gain entry under the UK's Working Holidaymakers' Scheme (WHS) must come under amended rules as of February 8 following changes brought in under the British Government's five-year immigration and asylum strategy... more »

Fee increases likely for Home Office Immigration Applications

It is likely that the Home Office fees for a number of immigration applications will go up from April 2005... more »

Experts debate Australia's skilled immigration needs

Australia's immigration system is one of the most successful in the World with over twenty percent of the total population of Australia being born overseas... more »

UK - Labour Government's New Five Year Plan For Immigration

The Home Secretary Charles Clarke has today provided full details of a new five-year plan to show how Labour would change the immigration and asylum system if it wins the May Elections... more »

Online payments introduced for Canada immigration applications

People using Canadian immigration services will be able to pay for them using a credit card over the Internet, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) reports... more »

Bush continues push for US immigration reforms

President George Bush has repeated his calls for new US immigration policies, including a "guest worker" scheme that would legalize the status of millions of people who are currently working illegally in the US, the Washington Times reports... more »

Changes to UK Marriage and Partner Rules

As from 1 February 2005, the rules for overseas nationals wishing to marry in the UK have changed... more »