December 31, 2007, is the deadline for foreign nationals in the Philippines to replace their alien certificates of registration with the new I-Card. Failure to complete the replacement on a timely...
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Out of work UK-trained doctors are urged to consider immigrating to Australia. Australia is experiencing a shortage of doctors and Australian immigration law provides an opportunity for foreign...
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The Philippine Bureau of Immigration now issues a one-year visa-free authorization to live in The Philippines to returning Filipinos and their spouse and children. Called "balikbayans," the...
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Ever so polite, New Zealand's Immigration Service iBranch received a Telecommunications users Association award for the personalized text messages and emails it sends to foreign nationals,...
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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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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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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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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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There are a number of important changes in Australian immigration and citizenship requirements. Key points include: * Increase in time for recent immigrants to become Australian citizens from 2 to 4...
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New Zealand is refocusing its visa program to increase the number of skilled migrants entering the country. The government aims to decrease new migrants for its residence program from 45,000 to 50,000...
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Frequent errors over the years have led to the detention of people by immigration officials even though these individuals had the lawful right to live in the country. Now the government considers...
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