Advisor to Australian immigration minister says 457 visa abuse is 'limited'
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10:43 30/05/2013
Michael Easson, an immigration advisor to the Australian government has said that claims by government ministers that there is widespread abuse of the Temporary Work (Skilled) Visa (Subclass 457),...
US immigration reform will require fingerprinting of foreign nationals before exit
9:47 30/05/2013
An amendment to the immigration reform law currently before the US Congress will require foreign nationals to have their fingerprints taken when leaving the country. The amendment to the Border...
Canada seeks to lure high-tech immigrants from US with 'Dragon's Den' visa
12:12 29/05/2013
Canadian immigration minister Jason Kenney will travel to Silicon Valley in the US this weekend to try to tempt high-tech entrepreneurs to apply for a Canadian visa program that could see their...
Australian parliament introduces law allowing immigrants to be 'processed offshore'
12:03 29/05/2013
The Australian Senate has voted for an amendment which would allow the authorities to take asylum seekers who land on the Australian mainland and hold them in offshore processing camps on Nauru and...
UK announces fall in net immigration figure
17:57 28/05/2013
The latest figures show that there has been a significant drop in the net level of immigration into the UK. The net immigration figure is reached by calculating the number of immigrants over a given...
US immigration bill is approved by Senate Judiciary Committee
9:07 28/05/2013
Comprehensive immigration reform came a step closer for the US on Tuesday when the US Senate's powerful Judiciary Committee voted 13-5 in favour of a bill that would radically alter almost every...
