US H-1B visa cap reached within seven days
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11:47 19/04/2016
For the fourth consecutive year, demand for H-1B foreign skilled worker visas has greatly exceeded the H-1B visa quota. There is now a lottery for the available visas. Having allowed H-1B visa...
UK Immigration wrongly deported 48,000 Tier 4 international students
19:42 14/04/2016
The United Kingdom Home Secretary Theresa May in 2014 revoked the Tier 4 visas of 48,000 international students, and ordered their deportation, after a BBC documentary in February 2014 uncovered...
US consultation with India in April over H-1B and L-1 visa fee hikes
14:30 22/03/2016
The US will hold a consultation with India in April over the recent H-1B and L-1 visa fee increases mainly affecting Indian owned companies in the US, according to reports in the Indian media. The US...
Poll supports free immigration between UK, Australia, NZ and Canada
17:45 21/03/2016
A new poll shows 'overwhelming support' across Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the UK for the right to live and work freely in each other's countries. However, the UK is going in the opposite...
Confusion over Australian Working Holiday Visa Tax
19:15 18/03/2016
New Working Holiday Visa Tax to be scrapped Workpermit.com recently reported that the Australian government had resisted calls to scrap the so-called 'backpacker tax', which is set to come into force...
Trump to be sued by Jamaican model for violating H-1B visa wage laws
16:07 18/03/2016
Jamaican-born model, Alexia Palmer, is set to sue Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump, for $225,000 (£158,000) for violation of H-1B non-immigrant visa wage laws among other things...