Canada announced a new immigration bill and introduced the immigration occupation list which will allow new applicants to file their application for immigration to Canada under the Federal Skilled Workers & Professional class. This is certainly good news for engineers, technicians and other skilled workers willing to work abroad. Canada is desperately trying to attract young talent from countries like India by relaxing the norms in the category mentioned above.

The UK plans to unveil tougher rules for citizenship under which immigrants will have to ‘earn’ their right to stay by integrating themselves completely to the British society, which includes acquiring a sound knowledge of English.

York Regional Police wants to warn everyone regarding an immigration scam in the region.

Between 2006 and 2007, a man represented himself as an immigration consultant working from a Newmarket office and was offering his services to fill out paperwork to bring the relatives of victims to Canada.

A man convicted of killing his sister-in-law in India 11 years ago by soaking her in kerosene and then setting her on fire, will be allowed to sponsor his new wife for immigration to Canada, ruled the Federal Court.

When my first husband and I, both teachers in England without any children, learnt that our counterparts in B.C. were earning 21/2 times our salary, we decided to migrate to Canada.

After satisfying the Canadian immigration requirements, both of us applied for jobs, and got them with the Sechelt School district because they were the only school board who would deploy us without any interview.

Statistics Canada traced the development of landed immigrants and in particular their participation in the labour force. The study shows that a large majority of immigrants, somewhere around 80 percent, found a job in the initial two years in Canada and most of them stayed in that particular job for more than a year. Sustained employment is far more prominent among principal applicants as more than half of them stayed with their jobs for more than 18-months.

A Sikh man from India has declined to sign the papers of his deportation, as he is not willing to leave Canada. As per the records, this Sikh man named Manjit Singh Rattu came to Canada in 1995 and he claimed for refugee status on the ground that his life was not secured in India. Before his deportation, he is staying in Alberta at the Calgary Remand Centre.

Despite various statements claiming that progress is being made in Afghanistan, thousands of people from Afghanistan are trying to flee to the safety of other countries, including Canada. But it seems that Afghans trying to seek refugee status in Canada can do so more easily by making their way onto the Canadian soil rather than applying at visa offices overseas, according to Embassy’s figures.

Spc. Jeremy Hinzman of Rapid City is probably going to be the first deserter to face the Canadian refugee board. In January 2001, he joined the military and was a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne. He always wanted a career in military but over time, it was not to be.

At the time, when Bush was preparing to express his deep concerns over human rights record in China, a Chinese immigrant Hiu Lui Ng was dying in the custody of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The 33-year old Mr. Ng had been repeatedly complaining of an excruciating back pain for several months. But, his complains were not respected and officials accused him of faking back pain. Finally, when a judge ordered that Mr. Ng should be brought to the hospital, it was too late. It was found that he had a fractured spine, cancer all over his body and sadly, very little time to live. Five days later, he died leaving behind his wife and two young sons. Although Bush is scolding the Chinese government for its human rights abuses, the fact is that he himself is guilty of the same.