Immigration news

The UK's Prime Minister, David Cameron MP, has hinted that his government may introduce measures to limit the level of EU immigration into the UK. The UK Home Secretary Theresa May MP has told a British newspaper that the government will hold a review of EU immigrationWhen it came to power in 2010, the UK's coalition government, which is led by Mr Cameron, committed itself to cutting the net annual immigration figure from around 260,000, as it was then, to 'tens of thousands' annually by the time of the next general election in 2015.

The registration period for the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program 2014 (DV-2014), better known as the US Green Card Lottery, began on October 2nd, 2012 and will run until 12:00PM EDT (GMT -4) on November 3rd, 2012. Entries will only be accepted online. Entries will NOT be accepted through the U.S. Postal Service.

US firms are concerned that it is getting harder to transfer skilled staff from offices outside the US using the L-1B visa. Fifty leading US companies, including Microsoft and Oracle, wrote an open letter to President Obama in March 2012 complaining about the increasing difficulties they were facing in importing staff to the US using the L-1B 'specialized knowledge' visa. The letter dated that 'American jobs and the US economy are being harmed'.

Australia's Department of Immigration and Citizenship has revoked over 10,000 student visas in the last financial year. The majority of these visas were cancelled because students failed to comply with the requirements of their courses. A DIAC spokesman told The Age newspaper that over 3,000 visas were cancelled because the holders were not genuine students. Two were cancelled on character grounds and 15 were cancelled because the holder provided bogus evidence in support of their claim. The remaining 7,000 visas were cancelled because students failed to comply with the requirements of their course.

Mitt Romney, the Republican presidential candidate, told The Denver Post newspaper in an interview on Monday 1st October 2012 that he would not allow the deportation of illegal immigrants who have paid for a deferral of any action to deport them. This promise seems to put Mr Romney at odds with his running mate, Paul Ryan.

The National Union of Students has called for an end to the requirement for students to register with police before they begin their courses. It is the start of the academic year in the UK and the new intake of students who have come from outside the European Economic Area are required to register with the police before they are allowed to start their courses. All students in London are required to register at;The Overseas Visitors Registration Office Brandon House180 Borough High StreetLondonSE1 1LH