EU blue card update
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10:07 02/11/2011
The European Union Blue Card allows entry of highly skilled migrants to work in an EU Country. The Blue Card is the EU's bid to attract highly skilled workers; The EU hopes that the EU Blue Card...
6 EU member states not complying with Blue Card rules
11:24 01/11/2011
The European Commission has said that six European Union Member States had not complied with the Blue Card rules and had failed to implement the scheme by the deadline. According to the Commission's...
EU Commissioner says immigration is beneficial to EU
13:17 15/07/2011
European Union Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom says that immigration and visa free travel are beneficial to the EU. Her comments come after Denmark brought in tougher border controls in...
Canada skilled migration applications - Only 500 visas per occupation
16:12 11/07/2011
Canada has limited the number of federal skilled worker applications to 10,000 per year. Canada immigration hopes that reducing immigration numbers will help Canada deal with its backlog of...
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...
Points based immigration systems
17:37 14/01/2011
Many countries allow entry of economic migrants based on a points based system that assesses an applicant's likelihood of finding a job and contributing to the economy. In general, the more highly...
