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US visa backlog progress made amid nursing crisis

11:22 16/12/2021
Amid a shortage of nurses in the battle against COVID-19, many foreign healthcare workers have been waiting for their US visas to be granted in order to start work. However, senior health officials...

UK immigration raids on nursing homes should stop

12:07 24/02/2021
The Home Office has been urged to stop inflicting misery on communities after data emerged showing 190 UK immigration raids on nursing homes. Of the raids, only 37 care-staff were deported between...

Thousands of Foreign nurses denied Tier 2 Visas say UK hospitals

14:33 29/01/2016
According to hospitals across the East of England, hundreds of foreign nurses are being denied Tier 2 Visas to work in hospitals because of Home Office rules concerning Tier 2 immigration. A response...

NHS chiefs lobby Home Office concerning Tier 2 visas for nurses

19:25 14/08/2015
The concerns of NHS chiefs over changes to the UK Tier 2 immigration rules have been put forward in a letter sent to the Home Office. A report published by the Nursing Times says that many Tier 2...

UK immigration Tier 2 visa rules leaves Britain 24,000 nurses short

17:36 18/06/2015
The UK's healthcare industry has been left with a nursing shortfall of 24,000 staff this year according to consultancy firm, Christie & Co, due to a combination of tougher UK immigration rules...

Quebec seeks qualified nurses

19:08 05/09/2012
There is a national shortage of nurses throughout Canada, according to Citizenship and Immigration Canada, the country's immigration ministry. The shortage is especially severe in the Province of...

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