Published by Mark Johnstone on July 13th, 2009 in Global Immigration
Which country packs the case for 'best tourist'?
A new study on tourism has revealed just who are the best and the worst recipients of a tourist visa.
Published by Mark Johnstone on July 10th, 2009 in Australian Immigration, Canadian Immigration, Expats, Global Immigration, Global Visas, Immigration Tips, Move to Australia, South African Immigration, Studying abroad, UK immigration
A work visa can boost your brainpower
Don’t just take Global Visas’ word for it that living and working abroad is better for your mental health. A research project has proved there is actually a proven link between improved creativity and living abroad.
Published by Gareth on July 9th, 2009 in Global Immigration, UK immigration
Policy Network hold UK immigration seminar
In these hard times with unemployment on the rise and uncertainty about actual and future levels of immigration, Policy Network held a conference in London this week (July 7) aimed at helping policy-makers through the politics of UK immigration in times of economic turbulence.
Published by Mark Johnstone on July 1st, 2009 in Australian Immigration, Canadian Immigration, EU immigration and Blue Card, Expats, Global Immigration, Global Visas, Immigration Tips, Move to Australia, South African Immigration, Studying abroad, UK immigration
We at Global Visas offer you some handy hints as to how to most efficiently secure your all important work visa:
1. Patience is paramount in the visa process.
We all know someone who thinks the rules don’t apply to them. But Immigration laws apply to everyone equally and the process takes time. In only very exceptional cases, fast tracking visas is possible, but in most cases, the visa process must run its set course. Make sure you plan well head, allowing plenty of time for the visa(s) to be granted.
2. Don’t book a flight until the visa has been issued.
This may sound like obvious advice, but even the most straightforward cases can be delayed. Recently we had a client who booked a flight thinking the case visa would be issued in ample time. Unfortunately the employee’s passport was expiring within six months and this prevented a visa being granted. The visa would have taken 24 hours to secure. His passport took six weeks to renew.
Published by Gareth McConnell Global Visas on June 24th, 2009 in Global Immigration, Global Visas, UK immigration
News in the Metro today reports that Polish people are more “British” than British people.
The findings are based on an internet survey on Facebook where people can undertake a ‘How British are you?’ test.
Of the 11,118 British people who took the exam on Facebook, only 1,585 or 14% achieved the pass mark.
Polish people managed better with a 15.2 percentage pass rate.
Also beating the British are Finland, Sweden, Germany and New Zealand.
The multiple-choice test is based on the Home Office’s ‘Life in the UK’ test. Most new migrants entering the UK must sit and pass the test on their way to earning their UK visa.
Henry Dillon, editor of Red Squirrel Publishing, which carried out the study, said: “What these statistics show is that walking into the test without proper preparation is a recipe for failure – even British nationals struggle answering many of the questions.
“But these figures reflect people who haven’t studied for the test. Our research shows that with effective study a pass is achievable.”
To satisfy my own curiosity I sat the test myself and failed. I only managed a pass-mark of 18 out of 24. I didn’t know there were so many Christians in the UK and that there were so few in Wales!
Have you taken the test, leave your thoughts below.
Published by Gareth McConnell Global Visas on April 17th, 2009 in Global Immigration, Global indian immigration and visa news, UK immigration
Following the historic April 6th High Court ruling against the UK government, condemning unlawful, retrospective changes to UK immigration the HSMP Forum have submitted a 15-point proposal to the UK Government, to finally put right what successive Home Secretaries have been cunningly back-tracking:
1. Migrants who have already obtained a second extension to their HSMP and have not got their Indefinite Leave to Remain should have their fee waived and be awarded back dated ILR, or a letter issued confirming the time spent by the individual over 4 years will be counted towards future citizenship.
2. Migrants who have paid for a second extension and additionally paid for their ILR should be issued a refund for the amount they paid for their ILR and migrants who have been granted ILR after 5 years should be allowed to apply for British nationality immediately.
3. As well as those who paid for their second extension, the ILR and further obtained British Citizenship should be issued a refund for the amount they paid for the ILR.
4. Children who have become over 18 years of age due to the extension from 4 to 5 yrs and had to apply separately for a visa should have their fees refunded.
5. There should be no requirement to submit the Life in the UK and English language Test when making an ILR application for pre 3rd April 2006 HSMP migrants as these requirements can not be applied retrospectively in accordance with the high court order (point 1) and the judgment to apply such new requirements now.
Published by Gareth McConnell Global Visas on March 17th, 2009 in Global Immigration, USA Immigration and work visas
Obama & Leahy: A friend of a friend of Dorothy
In a letter to Alice B. Toklas of the LGBT Democratic Club, dated March 2008, the Senator from Illinois said he fully supported the gay community in their fight for equal rights and declared his commitment to extending the benefits to same sex couples under state and federal law.
One year later President Barack Obama’s support has remained open and consistent, an opinion apparent since his 1996 campaign for the Senate.
Publicly opposed to Proposition 8, the Californian constitutional change that censored marriage to that of ‘only between a man and a woman’, Mr. Obama has went on record stating, ‘when you start playing around with constitutions, just to prohibit somebody who cares about another person, it just seems to me that’s not what America’s about. Usually, our constitutions expand liberties, they don’t contract them.”
Published by Gareth McConnell Global Visas on March 4th, 2009 in Australian Immigration, Global Immigration, Move to Australia
islandreefjob.com
Tourism Queensland’s dream job to be caretaker of Hamilton Island, a remote, sun drenched atoll on the Great Barrier Reef, has been whittled down to 50 candidates from 22 countries.
The marketing campaign seduced 34,800 applicants that want to work in Australia for $150,000 a year job, in a multi-million dollar villa (for free), with all travel expenses paid.
The job itself includes producing videos for the web, keeping a blog and updating the photo diary for the whole of Hamilton Island (five square kilometres).
Published by Gareth McConnell Global Visas on February 17th, 2009 in Canadian Immigration, Global Immigration
Canadian immigration minister Jason Kenney
Canadian immigration minister Jason Kenney has spoken out after the leader of a Canadian-Arab organisation called him a ‘professional whore’ for supporting Israel after a recent anti-Israel rally in Toronto.
Khaled Mouammar, president of the Canadian Arab Federation, which campaigns to fight negative stereotyping of Arabs, made the remarks after Kenney spoke out at the January 10 protests in Toronto where demonstrators screamed for the war to continue so ‘Hezbollah could wipe the state of terrorism off the planet’, waved Hezbollah flags and spat at counter protesters.
Speaking to Sun Media, Kenney announced ‘groups whose leaders say intolerant or hateful things shouldn’t get taxpayer funding’.
“We should not be rewarding those who express views that are contrary to Canada’s best liberal values of tolerance and mutual respect,” said Kenney.
Published by Gareth McConnell Global Visas on February 12th, 2009 in Global Immigration, UK immigration
England 0 - Spain (youth team) 3
I am sick, sore and tired of watching these matches, it debilitates, sucks and lunges the tapas right up the back of my throat, and on top of that I’m served the cold dish of dessert served up by ITV commentators trying to tell me the match is tart, without the tang.
Even when times look bad and the English national squad constantly subject us to habitual international beatings (win or a lose) – I scream at the set and tell them they are great with or with out international players on UK work permits.
The Premier League – the best international league in the world, the best international opportunities in the world, the best managers in the world (at Premiership level), the best international staffing and policing – the best cash opportunities in the world for international footballers and yet still the best international team in the world to put your money on to lose first blood in the world – come on, who has faith in them?
