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In a letter addressed to Immigration Minister Liam Byrne, shadow Immigration Minister Damian Green asked the UK government to suspend changes to the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme (HSMP). He believes that the changes are unfair to immigrants who obtained their visas under the old rules and who are now required to renew their visa under the new criteria.
On 06 June 2007, Google executives called for the United States government to raise the annual H-1B visa cap from the current annual quota of 65,000. Google used the example of Sergey Brin, one of the Google founders, to illustrate how highly skilled migrants benefit the U.S. economy.
Following talks between Russia's and Norway's prime ministers, Mikhail Yefimovich Fradkov and Jens Stoltenberg respectively, both countries signed visa facilitation and readmission agreements in Moscow on 08 June 2007 during Stoltenberg's three-day, official visit.
The High Court of the United Kingdom will conduct a judicial review on the 14th and 15th of June regarding controversial changes to the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme (HSMP) implemented last December.
Australia's Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) granted a record number of temporary employment visas for IT professionals during the nine month's prior to 31 March 2007.
Australia's economy is growing at a healthy rate and the country is experiencing very low unemployment.
Australia's Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews has announced an "industry working group" that will investigate the needs of the trucking industry in finding skilled labor.
The group will assess the needs and circumstances in which the use of the 457 temporary work visa would be appropriate. For some time now, Australian businesses have complained that they are short of 'semi-skilled' workers to perform critical industry functions.