Australia Immigration Department has announced the changes in the Skilled Occupation List (SOL) effective July 1 2012, with four occupations to be added to the list and four occupations to be removed. Computer Network and Systems Engineers are among the other three professions becoming eligible from July 1, 2011 under the Skilled Migration programme. The [...]
Foreign nationals scoring 70 points on Japan’s new point based system receive preferential immigration treatment as highly skilled foreign professionals effective May 7, 2012. The new policy encourages foreign nationals who have advanced professional skills to migrate to Japan to contribute to economic growth. The foreign professionals who will score 70 or higher on the [...]
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Canada’s Federal Court has allowed appeal of a Federal Skilled Worker class applicant against the refusal decision of Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) based on medical inadmissibility due to his HIV infection. Nestor Ovalle applied for Canadian immigration under the skilled worker category after meeting the eligibility requirements with a job offer from a Canadian [...]
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Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney has announced that Citizenship and Immigration Canada will create a pool of Skilled workers allowing the employers to hand pick the applicants for priority processing. Mr. Kenney said,“As the Prime Minister has stated, the Government of Canada is committed to making economic and labour force needs the central [...]
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Canadian Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney has unveiled plans to make the process of temporary highly skilled workers getting permanent residency much faster and quicker. Mr. Kenney while announcing the measures said, “Thousands of highly-skilled foreign nationals are working successfully in Canada on a temporary basis.” He further added, “Expediting their transition to [...]
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Canada plans to make it easier for skilled tradespersons to become permanent residents in order to fill the ever growing gap between the jobs and available labour to take those jobs in construction, natural resources and similar industries. While announcing its government’s intentions to transform Canada’s immigration system into a flexible and fast system that [...]
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A new proposal by Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney could change the way immigrant skills are assessed by the government. The new proposal would require applicants applying as Federal Skilled Workers to have their credentials assessed and verified before they even apply for Canadian immigration. There are roughly 250,000 new arrivals in Canada [...]
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