Archive for the ‘Global Immigration’ Category

Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney announced this week that the department will expand their network of international visa application centres into West Africa in order to assist local Canadian visa applicants.

Canada’s immigration department will open six new Canadian visa application centres (VAC) on 16 December. The new centres will be located in:

Lagos, Nigeria
Bamako, Mali
Niamey, Niger
Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire
Dakar, Senegal
Yaounde, Cameroon

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Tens of thousands of skilled workers are needed in New Zealand to work on reconstruction projects in Christchurch following the earthquake that hit the city earlier this year.

The Canterbury Employment and Skills Board (CESB) went to the UK to recruit more skilled workers and present at two job expos organised by Opportunities New Zealand in London and Manchester.

New Zealand has been struck by several earthquakes over the past year. On June 13, a 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck near the city of Christchurch on the South Island, injuring 46 people. Prior to this, a 6.3-magnitude earthquake occurred on February 22 near the same city, killing 181 people and injuring more than 1,500 others and was the country’s deadliest disaster since 1931.

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Australia and Argentina signed a work and holiday visa agreement this week, allowing young people to enjoy an extended holiday in the two countries, announced Australian Immigration officials.

The Memorandum of Understanding for the Australian Work and Holiday Subclass 462 visa and the equivalent Argentinian visa was signed yesterday by the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Chris Bowen, and the Argentine Ambassador to Australia, His Excellency Mr Pedro Villagra Delgado, at Parliament House in Canberra.

Bowen said the agreement provided a unique opportunity for university-educated Australian and Argentine travellers aged between 18 and 30 years old to work and holiday in each other’s country for up to 12 months.

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An analysis of UN data on worldwide immigration reveals which countries are most popular for immigration. According to the 2010 study there are 214 million people living outside their home country. It’s a fascinating record where the world’s population is heading.

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UK ministers have unveiled proposals which they believe will end forced marriages, common in some forms of UK immigration.

Arranged marriages under scrutiny

The bill would, for the first time in the UK, make it a criminal offense to breach laws protecting people from being forced into getting wed against their will in Scotland.
Breaking the proposed laws could lead to a prison sentence of up to two years, a fine, or both. The bill would allow courts to issue forced marriage protection orders.

Those at risk (which includes young people who are dependents of of people who immigrate to UK), or anyone worried about the welfare of those at risk, will be able to apply for an order which could ensure people were taken to a place of safety or help those in danger of being taken abroad for marriage.

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Protests over immigrants

With all the immigration caps in effect and cuts to numbers of skilled workers, you’d think governments would be happy with the dip in immigration.

But you’d be wrong.

French lawmakers are today debating a controversial immigration bill that would expand the state’s power to strip foreign-born citizens of their nationality for ‘major’ crimes.
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With hundreds of thousands of Canada visa applicants moving to the North American country each year, it makes sense that the immigration authorities are seeking to improve security and reduce fraud.

After all, who would want to move to Canada, let alone stay there, if necessary criminal checks weren’t carried out to ensure the country was as safe as possible?

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South Australia has announced it will be accepting new sponsorship applications for skilled migrants who wish to live and work in the state.

With the Australian election taking its time to resolve, important immigration changes like the long-awaited State Migration Plans had been put on hold.

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As a key deadline for the UK immigration cap passes by, we now face an anxious wait to see what kind of the restrictions the Government has in store. Today was the last day for people to have their say on the UK immigration cap via a Government-run consultation, which allowed both businesses and individuals to voice any concerns about the effects of the cap.

The Government has made it well-known that it wishes to slash net migration to the UK, so as the deadline passes many observers are keen to see a number of questions answered, including: Read the rest of this entry »

Here at Global Visas we deal with many success stories, especially regarding the very popular decision to immigrate to Canada.

But we were particularly taken by this wonderful tale of a young boy who emigrated from Iran who is now working as a diplomat for Canada.

Sohrab Farid, 33, and his family immigrated to Canada from Iran in 1982. He became a Canadian citizen as a pre-teen in 1989 and then his family moved from Edmonton the following year.

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