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US - New law cracks down on employee outsourcing

16:29 03/01/2005
A new law approved by President Bush makes it tougher for U.S. employers to get L-1B visas for oversees workers, as announced by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service. The L-1 Visa Reform Act...

US H-2B visa quota filling fast

15:58 03/01/2005
A flood of applications for H-2B temporary worker visas will probably lead to the whole visa allocation of H-2B visas for fiscal year 2005 being used up in the next few months, according to figures...

Canada and US tighten refugee rules

14:03 03/01/2005
Canada and the U.S. will increase their cooperation on processing applications for asylum, according to Citizenship and Immigration Canada. Under the Safe Third Country agreement that entered into...

US - USCIS changes face of green cards

11:15 03/01/2005
Cosmetic changes have been made to US Permanent Resident Cards , also known as "green cards", the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) has announced. The new cards have "Department of...

New Fees for US H-1B and L-1

10:23 03/01/2005
President Bush has signed into law changes affecting the non-immigrant visa categories H-1B and L as announced by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS). The Omnibus Appropriations Act...

US - Bush says immigration system not working

9:26 29/12/2004
U.S. President George W. Bush told a press conference recently thatthe immigration system is not working and that he would push for atemporary guest worker program during his second term. TheU.S...

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