Immigration news

Immigration Minister Chris Evans has said recently that changes to the skilled migration system will help Western Australian business find the Migrants that they need to fill their skilled labour needs.

Immigration Minister Evans spoke recently to the Western Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Workforce Summit in Perth and had the following to say:

'The Rudd Government inherited a system driven by the large number of people who want to come to Australia rather than the needs of the Australian economy.'

Recently Australian immigration has introduced legislation, the Migration Amendment (Visa Capping) Bill 2010, that it is hoped will enable the Australian Government to have greater flexibility when setting immigration caps. The new Bill proposals are that the immigration minister could decide to end applications early, if for example it was felt that that there were enough applicants in a particular occupation.

Immigration Minister Kenney announced recently the Strengthening the Value of Canadian Citizenship Act. The changes will mean that it will be easier to revoke citizenship when it was gained fraudulently. There will also be tougher penalties on crooked citizenship consultants. Immigration Minister Kenney had the following to say:

If you are in a hurry and do not wish to wait in some cases six months there are a wide range of applications that can be dealt with on a same day basis at the UKBA public enquiry office:

In future immigrants from non European Union Countries who wish to join their spouse or settled partner (those with permanent residence or British Citizenship) in the UK will need to pass an English language test. From Autumn 2010 immigrants will need to show that they are at a high enough English ability to deal with everyday life in the UK.

We are pleased to announce that the main contact number for the workpermit.com London office is now 0344 991 9222.

Please note that the only difference between the new number and the old number is that the second digit "8" has been replaced with "3". If you are phoning from outside the UK the number is +44 344 991 9222. The previous number 0844 991 9222 still works.

The new 0344 number has the following important benefits: