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Canadian Immigration Minister Jason Kenney is currently on a visit to various Countries in the World. Immigration Minister Kenney will be visiting Paris, New Delhi, Chandigarh, Hong Kong, Beijing and Manila.
The UK PEO team in Croydon have announced that "a substantial number of Tier 4 appointment slots" will be made available from 1 September 2010 for legal representatives. This means that it will be possible for workpermit.com to represent you if you need a Tier 4 student visa quickly from within the UK.
According to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS), approximately 31,000 H-1B visas are still available for fiscal year 2011. During the boom years there was always a shortage of H-1B visas and it was very difficult for companies to obtain this visa for their foreign employees.
According to an article in the Irish Times, Ireland with its relatively open immigration system is more successful in attracting foreign researchers than other European Union countries.
Conor O'Carroll, research director for the Irish Universities Association, said that about 35 percent of PhD students and 38 percent of researchers at major universities in Ireland are foreign. About half of these are from outside the EU, mostly from India, China, and the United States.
Australia did not suffer to the same extent as many other Countries during the recent economic downturn in 2008 and 2009. The unemployment rate over the last two years has been between 4 percent and 5.8 percent; Very low compared to most Countries.
The Australian economy is in great need of skilled workers. Many industries including the housing and mining industries are worried that as demand picks up, they will be unable to find the skills they need.
Business leaders in the United Kingdom are concerned about a recent proposal to cap highly skilled immigration into the country for workers from outside of the European Union. A recent editorial in The Observer supports the views of business leaders; The immigration cap would be harmful.
The article says the UK economy will lose a valuable source of skill and innovation at a time when the economy is at its most vulnerable.