Archive for July, 2008

UK’s Work Permit Applications

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

Like most countries having a high rate of work permit applications and immigrant petitions, it is not impossible for the United Kingdom to have a backlog in processing these applications. However, it has been recently announced that the UK has already caught up with its backlog of work permit applications. Britain’s Border and Immigration Agency [...]

Citizenship Test in Australia

Friday, July 25th, 2008

The Government of Australia greatly supports the citizenship test for migrants wishing to become citizens of the country through naturalization. The citizenship test that Australia offers not only includes an English language proficiency test but also provides questions regarding the history and culture of Australia.
Some feared that a set of citizenship quiz using the English [...]

What are the Requirements for US Immigration?

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

A US immigration petition is an appeal to live and work permanently in the United States. If you are planning to become an immigrant based on permanent employment in the country, then you are allowed to apply for a US immigration petition. The US immigration petition for workers is further classified into four categories. Each [...]

How Does New Zealand See the Migrants?

Saturday, July 19th, 2008

According to recent surveys conducted in the country, over ninety percent of New Zealanders believe that skilled migrants contribute to the growth and prosperity of their country. Eighty percent of the people surveyed believe that skilled migrants would improve the current New Zealanders way of live. They also believe that these migrants would improve the [...]

Working Holiday Visas in Australia and Canada

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

Australia and Canada have a formalized agreement with regards to working holiday visas. This program allows the citizens of these two countries to work in each other’s country with an extended holiday visa. This longstanding agreement was first initialized in the year 1975. The Australian Assistant Minister on Immigration and Citizenship, Teresa Gambaro, has reported [...]

Ireland Immigration

Monday, July 14th, 2008

In the past years, Ireland has always been seen as a country of emigration. However, in recent years, the country has stepped up to become a country of immigration. Today, the unemployment rate has become quite low and a growing percentage of foreign workers have taken part in Ireland’s labour force.
Starting in the 1990s, Ireland’s [...]

An Investment Visa to Getting a Green Card

Friday, July 11th, 2008

There are many ways in which a foreign national can get a Green Card, one of which is through applying for an investment visa. Simply put, you can apply for permanent residency by setting up a business in the US. By allowing investors to get into the US economy, more and more investors are attracted [...]

How Many Immigrants Will Be Accepted in Canada in 2008?

Monday, July 7th, 2008

As the number of immigrants to Canada continues to rise, the country expects it to grow over the next few years. By the year 2008, Canada anticipates to welcome around 240,000 to 265,000 migrants. The figures were based on the 2007 report announced by the House of Commons, late October 2007.
The House of Commons presented [...]

How Do You Get Tier 2 Work Permits?

Saturday, July 5th, 2008

The Tier 2 work permit is part of the Five-Tier points based system that the UK is about to implement. Though Tier 1 has already been implemented in 2008, the Tier 2 work permits will be implemented in the months that follow.
The Tier 2 work permit is one of the tiers or categories of the [...]

Changes in the Australian General Skilled Migration

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

The General Skilled Migration Program of Australia has recently been revised and has been effective since September 2007. Also known as GSM, the General Skilled Migration scheme was revamped to reduce the number of various visa types for skilled migration. Previously, there were about 15 types of skilled migration visas. In 2007, it was reduced [...]