Category: immigrants

United Kingdom, 19th May: The new UK immigration minister, Damian Green announced the first major change in the UK immigration policy which paves the way for reforms to detention of children in Scotland.

United States, 16th May: According to a latest study, if US immigration imposes restrictions on US H-1B visas for skilled IT foreign professionals, this would have a serious impact on US workers since US firms would have to outsource their IT jobs overseas.

United Kingdom, 15th May: According to the new Home Secretary of the UK, Theresa May, there will be a annual UK immigration cap on those coming from non-EU nations and National ID cards (Identity Cards) for foreign national would be scrapped.

Australia, 13th May: Australia is witnessing a sharp fall of nearly 40 percent in the number of Australian student visa applications, the latest statistics for the month of April 2010 reveal.

Canada, 13th May: According to a latest report, Alberta’s economy will strengthen in the coming year and will provide a big boost to creation of new jobs in the province.

New Zealand, 11th May: New Zealand immigration will be offering increased number of New Zealand visas for Filipino nurses, engineers and other skilled workforce following ASEAN-AANZFTA (Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement) enforcement in January 2010.

Canada, 8th May: Canada is being asked by the European Parliament to drop requirement of Canadian visa for citizens of Romania, Bulgaria and the Czech Republic thus allowing Canada-visa free travel for all states of EU (European Nation).

Canada, 5th May: Canada immigration minister Jason Kenney launched an online educational tool for providing knowledge about history, civics and citizenship of Canada.

Canada, 4th May: According to a report from the Conference Board of Canada, high rates of immigration in Canada will be unable to reverse the aging trend in the country; however, they will help in keeping the total growth of population in Canada relatively stable. 

United States, 3rd May: The American President has called for increased US immigration to reduce the increasing deficit being faced by the country presently.