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United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has slammed an American-based employer for attempting to recruit an engineer for the sum of $6.47 an hour on an L1 visa.

According to a report published by Cambridge News, UK cities are facing a talent shortage pandemic. In Cambridge, vacancies for scientists, nurses and healthcare workers have gone unfilled for months, potentially paving the way for highly-skilled foreign workers to come to the UK on Tier 2 visas.  However, the employer needs a Tier 2 Sponsorship licence to employ tier 2 visa workers.   The whole process of employing an overseas worker on a tier 2 visa can be quite difficult.

One-fifth of the world’s immigrant population lives in the USA, according to a new study published by the Pew Research Center. The study reveals that more than 40 million people currently residing in the US were born in another country, making America the most immigrant populated nation in the world.  Many of these immigrants have green cards or US Ctiizenship.

While April’s Tier 2 visa changes continue to cause problems for most British businesses with tier 2 sponsorship licences, UK architect firms won’t be affected by the UK visa rules for recruiting highly-skilled, non-EU workers on tier 2 visas.

According to a report published by the Architects’ Journal, the latest raft of Tier 2 visa changes will only serve to harden the resolve of architects not to recruit non-European Union staff.

On Tuesday May 2, the European Commission released a statement saying that US tourists won’t require visas to travel to Europe.

The Australian Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, announced that his government will scrap the 457 visa scheme for skilled temporary foreign workers. A video posted on Mr Turnbull’s Facebook page said that his conservative government would ‘axe the 457 visa programme’ amid growing immigration concerns among voters.