Immigration and Visa Information
There are certain nationalities that may require a UK visa to enter the country. However, there are also other ally countries that enable their citizens to enter UK without one. If you belong to a nationality that needs a UK visa, then you will need to follow a few steps.
There are various types of UK [...]
The new Tier 1 system for the General Highly Skilled Migrants Programme or HSMP visa holders takes effect on 31 March 2008. For those who are looking to extend their leave to remain in the United Kingdom, or for those who wish to switch to the Tier 1 classification, the new system will prevail. If [...]
The United States of America has what they call the green card. On the other hand, the European Union has proposed a European counterpart which is the blue card. The proposed Blue Card was modelled after the Green Card of the United States. This has been dominating most of the meetings of the European Union [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
There are many ways for a foreign individual to apply for a green card or lawful permanent residence status in the United States. One of the many ways to do obtain a green card is through the green card lottery provided by the US. Each year, there are 50,000 to 55,000 green cards issued by [...]
Canada has a temporary foreign worker program that was especially designed to help Canadian employers and businesses to meet their labour force needs. The Canadian ministers Diane Finley of Citizenship and Immigration Canada or CIC, and Monte Solberg of Human Resources and Social Development or HRSDC, both announced revisions to the said program. The changes [...]