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• 04-Nov-2010

  Canada to welcome a quarter of a million immigrants in 2011

  Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) estimates that they will welcome between 240,000 and 265,000 new permanent residents in 2011. 60 percent of these are expected to be immigrants who arrive in Canada on skilled immigration visas. The government of Canada...

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• 02-Nov-2010

  AUSTRALIA DEMAND FOR OVERSEAS SKILLED WORKERS

  Australia has resulted in low unemployment and a demand for overseas skilled workers to fill gaps in the labor market -- a trend that is likely to increase in the future says KPMG, a global business consultancy firm. According to their report entitled Skilled...

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• 02-Nov-2010

  UK TIER 1 VISAS TO BE ISSUED AGAIN

  The UK Government introduced a temporary limit on the number of Tier 1 - General Visa applications that can be issued each month. The UK Border Agency has started issuing Tier 1 – General Visas again from 1 November 2010.Tier 1 - General is part of the...

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• 28-Oct-2010

  CANADIAN CITIZENSHIP

  Immigrants in Canada are waiting to apply from their Canadian citizenship applications to be approved due to a large backlog of applications. The present waiting period is about 15 to 19 months to have Canadian Citizenship approved. To obtain Canadian citizenship,...

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• 25-Oct-2010

  GERMANY MAY MAKE IMMIGRANT SKILLS RECOGNITION SIMPLER

  It is advised that the German government hopes to make it easier for foreign-born workers' to have their overseas qualifications recognised in Germany. This would also benefit Germany as more overseas workers will be eligible to fill critical shortages...

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• 22-Oct-2010

  SOUTH AUSTRALIA - Removal of Occupations from List

  Immigration SA would like to advise you that the following occupations will be removed from the current Interim Occupations List or will not be included in the State Sponsored Migration List (SSML). Unfortunately, Immigration South Australia are unable to provide...

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  18-Oct-2010

  UK Immigration - Dependents may not qualify for indefinite in future

  There have been suggestions that in future UK Immigration rule may change adult dependents of skilled workers under say the Tier 1 visa and Tier 2 visa scheme. A dependent over the age of 18 years can apply for indefinite leave to remain as the same time as...

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• 18-Oct-2010

  UK Immigration - Dependents may not qualify for indefinite in future.

  There have been suggestions that in future UK Immigration rule may change adult dependents of skilled workers under say the Tier 1 visa and Tier 2 visa scheme. A dependent over the age of 18 years can apply for indefinite leave to remain as the same time as...

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• 11-Oct-2010

  Raise in immigration fees for United States from November 2010

  United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that they will increase fees for most US Immigration services. Only the Citizenship fee will remain unaffected. The increase is an attempt to close the $200 million deficit for fiscal...

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• 08-Oct-2010

  AUSTRALIA PROCESSING TIMES FOR GENERAL SKILLED MIGRATION

  Processing News - The Minister for Immigration and Citizenship has set Skilled migration visa processing priority arrangements for certain skilled migration visas effective from 14 July 2010. We have been advised on the processing time for General Skilled Migration...

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