The American Immigration Lawyers Association advised members today that the US House of Representative's Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law...
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by Matthew Schulz on August 30, 2007
In June 2007, vietnam's President Nguyen Minh Triet announced that overseas Vietnamese would be exempt from the normal requirement of applying for a visa to visit the country. The exemption is not...
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Foreign embassies located in the Dasmariñas Village in Makati City, The Philippines, are given one year from July to relocate their consular services. 14 embassies are affected, including: China,...
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Singapore's Immigration & Checkpoints Authority and Australia's Department of Immigration and Citizenship hosted an immigration training cooperation workshop for ASEAN countries. The ASEAN...
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US government mishandling of immigration laws leads to increasing loss of talented foreign workers who leave the US. In a study entitled "Intellectual Property, the Immigration Backlog, and a...
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The US Citizenship and Immigration Services published a proposed regulation on August 22, 2007, that would require US permanent residents with the older style of alien resident card (popularly called...
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The US Customs and Border Protection agency has a new, online application system for individuals who want to apply for Nexus. Nexus is a frequent Traveler program with Canada where applicants...
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by Matthew Schulz on August 21, 2007
Bahrain's Labour Market Regulatory Authority now has a website to provide expatriate workers and their families information about their government files. The website is also accessible to their...
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by Matthew Schulz on August 20, 2007
There are a wide range of issues to consider on any Expatriate assignment. In an article entitled, The challenge of working abroad, The Christian Science Monitor, August 20, 2007, writer Marilyn...
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Australia is modifying its Skilled Migration Programme, to encourage immigration by workers in the medical profession, the IT sector and tradesmen and women, and make it easier for fluent...
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In response to a request from the US Census Bureau that immigration enforcement actions be curtailed during the 2010 census count, the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency says no. The US...
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The Pew Charitable trusts issued an interesting report that shows recent immigrants continue to earn more in the second than first generation, but that their wages do not compare as favorably relative...
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by Matthew Schulz on August 15, 2007
As macro-economic power shift away from the U.S. and towards Asian economic powers, Expatriate policies, practices and processes will be influenced more by the East than West, or at least that seems...
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The US Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency revised their regulations to impose penalties on employers who fail to take prompt and proper action when...
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A United Kingdom parliamentary committee criticized proposed changes announced last year to the UK's Highly Skilled migrant Program. Not only were the rules changed, but the changes were applied...
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Under a proposed new law, New Zealand would deny visas to foreign nationals tied to groups identified by foreign governments as as terrorist organizations. The legislation is criticized as giving up...
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The United States Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency is expected to publish regulations soon that impose new penalties on American employers of foreign...
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The Immigration Enforcement Bill introduced in the US Senate fails to address comprehensive immigration reform and focuses on enforcement. More border patrol agents, more fences, mandatory detention,...
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Interested in relocating to Poland? Here is an interesting sounding eBook that offers lots of useful information. See Relocation guide to Poland by Agnieszka Lapacz and Anna Lapcz for more...
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Effective February 2008, Australia is expected to impose a new integration policy on certain visa applicants. The new policy will require immigration officials to consider whether the visa applicant...
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No, really. Well, really it is the Horse racing industry that is complaining. Slow processing by the US Department of Labor and the complexity of complying with US immigration law is cited as the...
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