Immigration News

The proposed H-1B visa cut is bad for the US if implemented says Nasscom December 11, 2015

According to Nasscom, the legislation which was introduced by the two US Senators proposing 15,000 H-1B visa cut would be counterproductive for the growth of the US tech industry.The two US Senators who had proposed the bill targets the outsourcing firms that depends on the low-wage overseas employees who replaces even...

Audit report questions the immigration department on its visa management system December 11, 2015

There are serious errors in the way the Australian Department keep an eye on the visa holders who are violating their rules.In the year 2014-15, the Australian immigration department had issued over 4.3 million visit visas, around 3,01,000 student visas and a total of 3,00,000 temporary worker visas.The immigration dep...

Delay in study permits might hinder Canada's competitiveness December 10, 2015

According to the figures that were published by CBIE, the students had to wait for more time for a study permit to study in Canada. The information showed a broad difference in the time it takes for processing the study permits for the potential students from various nations beside an overall increase in the time of pr...

Rich foreigners are getting away from the UK as investment threshold hits two million pounds December 10, 2015

Total number of visa applications for the UK by the rich foreigners has decreased after the government of the UK has doubled the needed threshold of investment from one million to two million previous year.In the initial nine months of this year 2015, there were merely136 applications for tier 1 investor visas, for w...

UK is the global leader in providing high quality education for foreign students December 10, 2015

According to a research which reveals that the UK is the world leader in providing high quality undergraduate education for the foreign students, with the foreign students, with the foreign undergraduate students are ranking the UK top spot for the satisfaction of the students, ahead of other countries like Canada, US,...

India tops the list of nations of immigrants to the UK December 10, 2015

According to the information which was revealed in the quarterly report of UK Migration Statistics, India is leading the list of nations of departure for UK immigrants.Listing the nation of the final residence among the immigrants who had migrated to the UK in the year 2014, India is leading in this list representing...

Shares of Indian IT firms drop on US plans to limit H-1B visas December 10, 2015

Shares of two major Indian IT firms dropped on Wednesday after the US Senators had set in law to slash down the number of H-1B visas which are granted to the skilled employees like IT professionals.The law proposes that such grants be offered initially to the overseas employees who earn the maximum wages. The report ...

Australia to introduce tougher new rules for foreign property investors December 10, 2015

Australia is all set to introduce much more strong new rules for its foreign property investors including latest fees.The pressure had been put up on the foreign property investors of Australia as the latest legislation came into power from 1st December stating that the overseas applicants who wish to purchase a reside...

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