Seen that? – Seeking Skilled Immigrants
Posted: May 23rd, 2010 | Author: admin | Filed under: Best of | No Comments » Seeking Skilled Immigrants Global Mobility Report
Germany, like other European nations with aging populations, seeks skilled immigrants. Germany requires 85,000 euros starting annual wage for qualified workers from non-EU countries. This high threshold is criticized as too limiting and Christian Democrats want to lower the figure to 40,000 euros. Not satisfied, the Confederation of German Employers' Associations wants Germany to follow a points-based model increasingly used in other countries. This is the approach used in Australia and Canada, [...] Read More
Australia Seeking English-speaking Immigrants Global Mobility Report
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 English-speaking professionals between the ages of 30 and 35 to gain work visas. Points are awarded based on the prospective immigrant's age, ability to speak languages, occupation, skills and experience. Immigrants with 120 points are fast-tracked. But less points are awarded to [...] Read More
UK Phasing Out Low-skilled immigration Global Mobility Report
In response to dramatic increases in recent immigration levels, the British government announced limits on low-skilled immigration from outside the EU. It was reported the annual immigration level had grown to four times the number of immigrants in 1997. This is giving rise to concerns about assimilation, economic costs to the government, downward pressures on employment, etc. – all familiar themes in other "destination" countries. As part of the debate, the number [...] Read More
New Visa Rules Impact Golfers Eagle Par Birdie
Courtesy: Getty Images Over the past couple of years, authorities in the United States have increased their scrutiny of people entering the country – whether they're visitors or returning American residents or citizens. This scrutiny has taken various forms. Remember those famous "no-fly" lists? A number of other changes have been quietly coming into effect as well. Canadians wishing to cross the longest undefended border in the world by air must now do [...] Read More
Grandmother Walks 3,200 Miles Across United States The Outdoor Weblog
What can I say about this week's video inspiration. I saw Granny D on The View this morning (please don't hold that against me) and thought her story was inspirational. You see Granny D – as her name implies – is a grandmother who walked 3,200 miles across the United States in 1999 to express her disgust for campaign reform. Then, in 2003, she drove more than 20,000 miles on [...] Read More
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