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The Speed Series Part Deux

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Getting through the job interview.

So you have followed the Global Visas guide to getting a job interview, now what you don’t want to do is mess it up.

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Tips for securing your dream job abroad.

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So you have got your work visa, congratulations! You now find yourself in the city and country that for the last months or even years you have been fantasising about.

Now comes the straight-forward part of the whole process, finding a job. This should be easy right? Well after passing all the government criteria for a work visa, you should be over qualified for any type of work that you wish, that’s the theory, and I hope for many of you that things glide seamlessly from one continent to the other, for the others here is a ‘Global Visas Speed Guide’.

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Passport Facts

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Passport

n

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) an official document issued by a government, identifying an individual, granting him permission to travel abroad, and requesting the protection of other governments for him

[From French passeport, from passer to pass + port]

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Haiti disaster pulls the international community together

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The Haiti disaster has seen a mass pulling together of all industries of late, Google setting up an appeal link on their homepage and even industries that could otherwise be accused of being self-serving setting up donation routes of enquiry. This has been reflected in international immigration circles, Canada has introduced priority processing for Canadian visas from Haitians and the US has also followed suit with measures being looked into to halt the deportation of Haitians.

The disaster which is being likened to a Tsunami in the devastating effect it has had on the population of this small country, has seen vast numbers of people either being found dead or suspected of being killed by the earthquake, official figures put the number at close to 200,000 fatalities. As a result of this, and as the aftermath of the disaster takes it toll, increasing numbers of refugees are attempting to cross into the Dominican Republic.

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Your three-step immigration plan

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New chicks for a New Year

New chicks for a New Year

Continuing in the spirit of the new year, we the lovely people at Global Visas have compiled a motivational immigration guide to inspire you to make your dream of immigrating overseas a reality.

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Living abroad- The top ten ways to market yourself better to overseas companies.

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Butterfly catching in January

Butterfly catching in January

As the New Year has now officially begun, you may be wondering whether a change in career might be the missing something you are looking for to start 2010, or perhaps you are simply bored of the environment you live and work in and in fact wish to change the country you live in.

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UK immigration is good when it is ‘Middle-Class’?

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News that the ‘middle-classes’ feel culturally enriched by UK immigration is a funny way to describe it to say the least.

The problem we have with UK immigration at the moment is that messages and ideas are constantly skewed in order to address a perceived problem.

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Canada No.1 says Expats

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Well done Canada, you're number 1!

Well done Canada, you're number 1!

Canada immigration is soaring at the moment and today Canada has been named as the country expats rated the most highly, the survey questioned 5,000 expats, a reasonable number, about the countries they had immigrated to and how they had turned out for them. The survey, carried out by a well-known high street bank, took into account all the usual varying factors, such as health-care, crime, lifestyle, education etcetera etcetera etcetera.

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No surprise colleges don’t want the UK visa rules to change

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English language colleges are regularly used as a means to get a UK visa and not to study.

English language colleges are regularly used as a means to get a UK visa and not to study.

English language colleges will now come under much stricter guidelines since it was discovered that most under degree level were simply being used as a means to gain a UK visa. The announcement to suspend UK visas for these colleges was made by Gordon Brown a few weeks ago; this was a precautionary measure while the problem was addressed.

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US Immigration Reform Hots Up

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There is estimated to be 12million illegal immigrants currently in the US

There is estimated to be 12million illegal immigrants currently in the US

In a few months time the US will be engulfed in the highly conscientious subject of US immigration reform. The controversial legislation is being prepared to be raised by Democrats in the House of Representatives, heavily backed by the Obama administration.

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