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Ireland will review its Business Permission visa policy requirements in an attempt to spur entreprenuership and boost the country's ailing economy.
Eoghan Murphy, a Fine Gael TD for Dublin South-East, proposed changes to the existing Business Permission visa scheme during a recent debate; Proposals include reducing the funding requirement for an applicant's startup company under the entrepreneur visa scheme from €300,000 to €200,000.
Singapore is becoming an increasingly popular destination for Indian professionals; Thanks to continued economic growth there are plenty of opportunities for Indians and others. For example there is increasing demand for overseas labour from the financial services and banking industries.
According to Prem Xavier Raj of the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group in Singapore, the financial services industry in Singapore is one of the biggest employers of Indian talent.
Population levels in New South Wales (NSW) are dropping dramatically; Net migration has gone down fifty percent in the last two years, caused in part by the Australian government making it more difficult to obtain skilled migration visas and student visas.
The economic boom in Australia means more and more skilled labour shortages.
New Australian sponsored research shows that refugees in Australia are "likely" to take advantage of work opportunities in regional areas, engage in entrepreneurial endeavors, and undertake volunteer work, benefiting Australian society as a whole.
The report, Economic, Social And Civic Contributions Of First And Second Generation Humanitarian Entrants by Professor Graeme Hugo is the first comprehensive study that also looked at second-generation humanitarian migrants.
Prime Minister David Cameron has rejected Scotland First Minister Alex Salmond's plea that the UK exempt Scotland from recent restrictions on UK immigration from outside the European Union.
Salmond feels that immigration would help Scotland's ailing economy. However, Cameron feels that Scotland should try to fill job vacancies locally without the need to recruit overseas workers. Unfortunately, Scottish firms are having a tough time finding the talent they need from the resident UK and EU population.
Chinese firms who are eager to invest in EU Countries are complaining about the difficulties involved in obtaining work permits.
"Currently one of the main problems for our companies that want to invest in Europe are the visas and work permits," said Wang Zhiming, vice director of European affairs at China's commerce ministry.
Wang said difficulties in obtaining visas and work permits are obstacles for trade between China and the European Union.