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.
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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.”
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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).
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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.
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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?
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Published by Gareth McConnell Global Visas on January 9th, 2009 in EU immigration and Blue Card, Global Immigration, UK immigration
Canada is a huge draw for the thousands leaving the UK
With the falling value of the pound and a country well and truly in the grips of a recession, Polish and British workers are choosing to pack up and emigrate to Australia, Canada and the USA.
In the last quarter alone Global Visas has reported a 40% jump on enquiries from British nationals on the same time last year. Enquiries from Polish immigrants working in the UK have seen a massive 70% climb.
With UK earnings now significantly lower than the same time last year, cash sent home to families in Eastern Europe doesn’t go as far as it once did. Coupled with the potential to earn much more outside the EU, Polish and British migrants now consider a move to Australia, USA or working in Canada as realistic alternatives. Read the rest of this entry »
Published by Global Visas on November 8th, 2008 in Global Immigration
Jed had buckets of money to move the family to LA
I have worked in Immigration now for nearly 20 years. I want to ask our readers to leave their comments on the following question.
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Published by Global Visas on September 12th, 2008 in Global Immigration
Snoop Dogg: Still needs counselling
Following on from recent news regarding US rapper Snoop Dogg not being granted a visa to perform in Australia, it seems that the controversial has rapper successfully passed a character test and has subsequently been granted with an Australian visa.
Character references are a regular part of the visa application process and Australian immigration authorities had previously said that they would not grant him a visa until one had been completed.
One of the reasons which went against Dogg on his initial application was the fact that on previous visits to the country the rapper had overstayed his visas. An offence which Australian officials said that they were not willing to forget, despite the popularity of the artist.
As a result of the refusal the rapper’s upcoming Smoked Out tour had been in doubt after immigration authorities confirmed they were investigating the performer’s criminal history.
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Published by Global Visas on September 9th, 2008 in Global Immigration, USA Immigration and work visas
Federation for American Immigration Reform advert
In recent weeks UK TV viewers have had their favourite evening and daytime television shows interrupted with a host of adverts produced by the UK Home Office. These ads highlight the introduction of the new Points Based System and the need for businesses to obtain licenses in order to employ foreigners.
Well, it seems that this new trend of media and migration is not only restricted to the UK but instead is also sweeping the States.
According to an article in the Washington Post a number of new US immigration ads are as they put it ‘stirring the melting pot’.
The ads are being run by a number of pro-immigration groups; with the campaign featuring various full page advertorials in a variety of newspapers. The reason for which is to protest a lobbying blitz occurring this week by the anti-immigration group FAIR, the Federation for American Immigration Reform.
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Published by Global Visas on September 5th, 2008 in Global Immigration
Record number of Indians travelling
Despite the rising costs of travelling, as airlines hike costs and fuels continues to loom a recent study has shown that India is a nation of international globe trotters.
India it seems is not suffering from the same economic meltdown which is hitting the pockets of most regular travellers in the UK, or so this study shows.
Not only have outbound numbers grown from India, especially on short-haul routes, but the average spend of travellers is also going strong, according to a number of various international tourism boards.
According to industry estimates, the number of Indian travellers visiting foreign shores is poised to touch 12 million by end of this year, about 2 million higher than before.
Speaking about the study to the Indian Times, Tourism Malaysia Director said “Since most Indians travel with their families, the average expenditure is significantly higher compared to inbound tourists from other countries.”
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