US Senators push for skilled immigration reform
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15:44 31/07/2011
The Senate Judiciary Committee's immigration subcommittee is attempting to push through legislation that would expand the H-1B visa system and grant green card work permits to foreign students who...
US H-1B visa cap reaches 20,000 mark
12:28 23/07/2011
Approximately 20,500 United States H-1B non-immigrant visa applications have been lodged as of 15 July 2011, leaving an estimated 44,500 regular H-1B visas available for Fiscal Year 2012. An...
US skilled immigration needed for mining and tech sectors
10:41 10/07/2011
A new report by Fitch Ratings states that the US resources industry which includes the mining and natural gas sectors, and the tech industry are facing a serious shortage of skilled workers. Experts...
Highly skilled immigration on the rise in the US
16:13 10/06/2011
A new study released by the Brookings Institute finds that highly skilled migrants in the United States have started to outnumber lower skilled immigrants. According to the report, The Geography of...
US: Michigan aims to attract skilled business migrants
14:29 10/06/2011
Michigan state governor Rick Snyder has a new initiative to attract foreign investors and entrepreneurs to help boost the US state's ailing economy. The Global Michigan initiative is a scaled-up...
USCIS suggests improvements to US Immigrant Investor EB-5 Visa Scheme
15:53 30/05/2011
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has recently proposed significant improvements to the USCIS Immigrant Investor Program, the EB-5 Program. This should lead to faster processing of...
