United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will establish a new policy when conducting raids on premises where undocumented immigrants might be residing as a part of settlement between ICE and about two dozen plaintiffs after receiving approval from the US federal court this Thursday April 4, 2013. US government also agreed to pay about [...]
Canada has started accepting application for its new business start-up visa program in a bid to attract the world’s best and brightest entrepreneurs from around the world from April 1, 2013. Canadian Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney has said that Canada’s Start-Up Visa Program, first of its kind in the world, will help [...]
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Most countries, including Australia, Canada and the USA, have already admitted the fact that the Asian region of the world is full of potential rich immigrants, who can bring businesses to their region. However, it seems like Britain still has not given it enough importance, at least that is what Vince Cable believes. In a [...]
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U.S. consulates are trying hard to bring more Indian visitors to their country. For this very purpose, they are trying to make visa procedures easier and faster for Indians. A recently released report states that by 2015, more than 1 million Indian visitors would have visited the U.S. Keeping this in mind, the authorities are [...]
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William Hague, UK Foreign Secretary believes there are manifold visa opportunities for Australians who want to settle in the UK. Although the recent strictness on the Tier 1 (Post Study Work) visa gives an impression that the UK is unwilling to promote Australian settle down, Hague iterates otherwise. According to Hague, there are still enough [...]
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United States and Canada has signed an agreement that will enable both countries to share the immigration information on December 13, 2012. The Visa and Immigration Information Sharing agreement, which is a key part of the Perimeter Security and Economic Competitiveness Action Plan was signed by the United States Ambassador in Canada, David Jacobsonn, and [...]
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United Kingdom immigration watchdog has warned the UK Border Agency for possible abuse of short term student visitor visa (SVV) by foreign nationals. The number of students arriving in the country on Tier 4 visas has dropped by over 25% compared to a rise in student visit visa by over 10% during the same period. [...]
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Australian shadow immigration minister has criticized the decision of Australian immigration derpartment to release 400 asylum seekers into the community on the bridging visas. Australia has granted 400 bridging visas to refugee claimants who have been in detention centers for months. The asylums seekers are released from the Darwin detention center into the communities, however, [...]
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United States House of Representative have voted in favour of an immigration reform law called STEM Jobs Act on this Friday November 30, 2012 y a margin of 245 to 139. The Act will remove the diversity lottery visas and allow up to 55000 new green cards for foreign students graduating from the US universities. [...]
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Undocumented immigrants brought to United States during childhood are applying for reprieve from deportation are seeing results now in terms of application approvals. US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) approved 53273 applications out of 308,935 applications received. Almost 5000 undocumented immigrants are coming forward to take advantage of the Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals [...]
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