Australia and New Zealand Immigration News

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Immigration prevents "brain drain" in Australia

Submitted by janis on Tue, 28 Jun 2005 - 12:16

A new study argues that Australia is not suffering a so-called "brain drain," when a country loses many of its skilled workers. The Monash...

New Zealand's May migration gain greatest since Oct. 2004

Submitted by janis on Tue, 21 Jun 2005 - 09:09

New Zealand had a seasonally adjusted long-term and permanent migration net gain of 780 people in May, the biggest in seven months according to...

Business travel to Vietnam will become easier for some

Submitted by janis on Thu, 16 Jun 2005 - 13:52

Business travel to Vietnam is about to become easier following a recent announcement that Vietnam will shortly join sixteen other participating...

New Zealand changes investor immigration scheme

Submitted by janis on Thu, 16 Jun 2005 - 10:15

Foreign investors wanting to live in New Zealand will have to hand over more than $2 million to the Government under new rules announced 15 June. In...

20,000 violate visa rules in Australia in 2003-4

Submitted by janis on Mon, 13 Jun 2005 - 09:10

Australian Immigration officials picked up 20,000 people who had overstayed their visas or breached their visa conditions in 2003-04, new figures...

Less immigration to New Zealand linked to higher unemployment

Submitted by janis on Wed, 8 Jun 2005 - 17:43

New Zealand's unemployment rate could rise as much as 0.5 percentage points in the next couple of years due to an expected decrease in new...

New Zealand immigration rules blamed for IT skill shortage

Submitted by janis on Mon, 6 Jun 2005 - 11:06

The New Zealand Immigration Service is worsening the country's IT skills shortage by refusing to acknowledge industry qualifications, according to...

New Zealand says apply early for re-entry visas

Submitted by janis on Fri, 3 Jun 2005 - 19:52

Although the New Zealand government denies claims that Iraqi citizens are being denied re-entry visas, it does warn that processing is taking...

New Zealand to change its Immigration Act

Submitted by janis on Tue, 24 May 2005 - 10:50

The Government of New Zealand announced on 24 May that it will be making wide-ranging changes to its 18-year-old Immigration Act. Immigration...

New Zealand changes citizenship laws

Submitted by janis on Mon, 23 May 2005 - 15:45

The New Zealand government has issued plans to increase the period of residency needed before citizenship can be granted. The country hopes that...

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