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Quebec immigration investor program applications declined August 22, 2015

Quebec immigration investor program, registers a decline

Quebec immigration investor program which is known to be most popular residence program based on investment had recorded a steep decline of 74% for 2014 in the total number of applications received compare to its previous year 2013.It is only 1400 applications received in 2014 compare to the 5,849 applications of the p...

CIC conducted Canada express entry 15th draw August 22, 2015

Canada express entry 15th draw announced invitations for permanent residence

Citizenship and Immigration of Canada (CIC)has conducted the express entry round 15th draw on 21 august 2015, and announced the invitations of 1,523 to the applicants who are seeking a permanent residence visa in Canada.The total invitations announced in the Canada express entry 15th draw are 1,523 based ...

Portugal golden visa investment drastically dropped in this year August 21, 2015

Portugal golden visa investment has drastically come down.

Following the corruption scandal breaks down in the last year, applications for the most sought after popular golden visa program of Portugal has dropped down drastically in the first seven months of this year.For the same period, an investment received from golden visa applicants has been dropped by about 70 percent...

Indian students boomed in the New Zealand record migration figures August 21, 2015

New Zealand net annual migration has recorded major immigration gains, with the more number of students arriving from India and the increasing number of Kiwis returning from Australia, New Zealand had registered about more than 3 million short-term visitors.According to the Statistics New Zealand, the short ter...

Russia contributes largest number of tourists to Egypt August 20, 2015

According to the report of Central Agency for Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) the number of tourist inflow to the Egypt in the month of June 2015 had totaled to 820,000 which is a 4.4 percent increase compared to the same month of last year.Eastern Europe sent the record number of tourists with 44.7 percent follow...

Trump wants to abolish J-1 visa program August 20, 2015

Trump wants to end J-1 student visa program

Donald Trump who is a frontrunner to the next year the United States presidential candidate said he want to get rid of the J-1 visa program in his views mentioned about on current immigration policies and revealed his desire to boost the jobs for domestic US workers.The J-1 visa program allows full-time third level s...

US court ruling against STEM OPT extension would impact international students in USA August 20, 2015

US court ruling against STEM OPT extension is setback for international students in USA

International students in the US working in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) degrees may found tough to continue legally after completing their graduation.The ruling of the US district court of Columbia has invalidated the extension of optional practical training (OPT) for STEM students which re...

Canada prime minister heaps praise on Indo Canadians August 19, 2015

Canada Prime Minister Stephen Harper on his visit to BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir located in Toronto said the indo Canadians represent the largest and are the most successful among the Indian Diaspora across the world. "In this uncertain and dangerous world, it is most comforting to know that Canada has certain frie...

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