UK benefits from EU immigration, says European Commissioner
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18:58 03/03/2014
The European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion Laszlo Andor has delivered a speech in which he said that EU immigration has been of great benefit to the UK. He added that...
Australian immigration criticised over cricketer's citizenship
11:18 03/03/2014
Australia's former immigration ministers Chris Bowen and Brendan O'Connor have been criticised for decisions to grant visas to a Pakistani asylum seeker, Fawad Ahmed, and to change the law so that Mr...
UK immigration inspector investigates sham marriages
12:44 28/02/2014
The UK's Chief Inspector of Immigration, John Vine, has been conducting research into abuse of the marriage system by immigrants seeking to obtain residence in the UK. Mr Vine has warned that sham...
Canada to make immigrants wait four years for citizenship
12:03 27/02/2014
Canada's immigration minister, Chris Alexander, has introduced legislation in the Canadian parliament that would increase the required residency period before immigrants could apply for citizenship...
US immigration to inspect L-1 visa employers
11:56 27/02/2014
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) are to expand their US site inspection program to take in the employers of L-1 visas as well as H-1B visas. They will make unannounced site visits...
Oxford academic blames 'Kafkaesque' student visa system on UK PM
19:49 26/02/2014
A leading British historian has denounced the UK's student visa regime as 'stupid, incoherent, short-sighted, cack-handed, intrusive and counter-productive'. Professor Timothy Garton Ash, Professor...
