Published by Gareth McConnell Global Visas on January 7th, 2009 in USA Immigration and work visas
Impressed by her performance on Britain’s ‘X-Factor’, the multi-millionaire music and television executive believes the Girls Aloud singer has the potential to become a global superstar and rumours of afternoon tea with the queen of US daytime tv, Oprah Winfrey, are adding fuel to the fire.
There are obstacles to overcome though. In 2003 Cheryl was convicted of assault when she hit a female toilet attendant at a nightclub in Guildford. Cheryl has maintained she acted in self-defence and only reacted when she herself had been punched. In the end she was sentenced to 120 hours of community service, £500 in compensation to the victim and £3,000 court costs. Recently said she ‘would have done it again’ but now the incident has raised its ugly head again and stands in the way of a lucrative US work permit, I wonder if she still feels the same? Read the rest of this entry »
Published by Gareth McConnell Global Visas on December 22nd, 2008 in USA Immigration and work visas
Vinny Jones could lose his work visa for America when he stands trial on assault charges in South Dakota later this month for his part in a violent, out-of-hand bar room brawl involving a head-butt, a broken beer glass and two bloody faces, one of them Vinny’s.
Known for his love of discharging large weapons on the silver screen, and at Bambi and Thumper out in the woods, Jones, whose credits include Snatch, Swordfish, X-Men and 12 professional football red-cards was in the Mount Rushmore State hunting game such as deer, geese, turkey and as it turns out, red-necks.
On the night of the fracas, Jones, who recently took time out from his hard man image and did voice-over work in Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties, was at Wiley’s Tavern in Sioux Falls, enjoying vocal entertainment provided by Nick Rallis (unsigned, 38 friends on Facebook) and his folk rock ensemble. Read the rest of this entry »
Published by Gareth McConnell Global Visas on November 5th, 2008 in USA Immigration and work visas
In May 2006, 63million votes were cast in the American Idol finale, a figure that drew more votes than had ever been cast for a president in a US election. Today it is Barack Obama living the American Dream and today it is he with 63 million votes, more still to be counted.
In the same month Taylor Hicks was earning a spiritual following, Barack Obama was at the beginning of a two year journey for the Presidentship and the opportunity to represent the soul of a divided nation.
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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 July 24th, 2008 in Global Immigration, USA Immigration and work visas
Australia has been taken over by the US as the destination of choice for British and Irish travellers, reports the Telegraph.
According to a survey of 17, 500 respondents by guidebook publisher Lonely Planet, the US was rated tops, followed by Australia, New Zealand, Italy and Thailand.
The UK tourists interviewed in the survey also said that America is the country they would be most likely to visit.
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Published by Gareth on June 30th, 2008 in South African Immigration, USA Immigration and work visas
Almost 20 years safter being released from prison and about 14 years since the advent of democracy in South Africa, Nelson Mandela is finally able to loose the tag, ‘terrorist’.
The US Congress has finally passed a bill to remove the name of Nelson Mandela from the list of terrorists.
Since the 1980s a stigma has remained that relates to the African National Congress (ANC), the current South African ruling party and the party which Mandela led. When applying for a US visa those with ANC membership have, until now, had to endure additional investigation.
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