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| For now, no change likely in US immigration policy | 13-NOV-09 |
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| Indian IT companies will have to be content with the existing visa options for the United States as the US Congress, the country’s highest lawmaking body, is unlikely to take up the issue of immigration reform in the short-term. |
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| H-1B petitions with uncertified LCAs to be accepted till Mar 4 | 12-NOV-09 |
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| US immigration authorities have announced that they would accept petitions for H-1B visas, popular among Indian professionals, without the certified Labour Condition Applications (LCAs) for a 120-day period till March 4 next year in view of processing delay at Department of Labour. |
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| D Ravi Kanth: The maze of migration | 13-OCT-09 |
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| There is a side spectacle to every Olympic defeat. President Barak Obama would have noticed it when he presented Chicago’s bid to hold the 2016 Olympics. Notwithstanding the star power he displayed in the presence of his wife Michelle during his short-three-hour-trip to Copenhagen, there was just one question posed to him. And, it came from an unexpected quarter: Pakistan. |
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| UN report calls for 'new deal' for migrant workers | 05-OCT-09 |
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| Governments worldwide should look at changes to their immigration policies with a view to offering a "new deal" to migrant workers whose skills can help spur economic recovery, a UN report said today. |
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| New bill to make immigration process simpler | 02-OCT-09 |
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| It is good news for those wanting to go abroad for greener pastures as the proposed immigration bill, which is likely to be tabled in the next session of Parliament, seeks to transform the process into a simple and hassle-free exercise. |
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| 20,000 Indians migrate to Australia in 2008-09 | 31-AUG-09 |
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| Across all permanent skilled visa categories, top three occupations for successful applicants were accountancy (6,238), computing professionals (3,879) and registered nurses (3,355) and top three nations under the skill stream were the United Kingdom (23,178), India (20,105) and China (13,927). |
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| Immigration reform may have to wait until next year: US Senator | 25-AUG-09 |
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| A comprehensive reform of the US immigration system may have to wait until next year given the already-packed agenda of the Obama administration, US Senator Roland Burris said here, even as he acknolwedged the need for a "modern immigration programme" that does not split families. |
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| Pilot project of 'smart card' for locals begins | 15-JUL-09 |
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| In a bid to check illegal immigration and smuggling across the Indo-Nepal border, government has launched a pilot project to provide smart card identification to 155,000 locals in an area in this district, which shares its borders with Nepal. |
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| New immigration law in the offing | 06-JUL-09 |
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| A draft of a new immigration law has been prepared by the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs, which will now initiate consultations with the law and home ministries to finalise the document before tabling it in Parliament. |
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| Over 20k vacancies still left for H1B visas | 02-JUL-09 |
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| Amid the economic downturn and protectionist provisions in the US stimulus package, the demand for the visas, which is mostly availed by Indian professionals, has slowed down. |
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| US to revamp immigration services: Obama | 27-JUN-09 |
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| US President Barack Obama today vowed to revamp and ensure more transparency in the country’s Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) within 90 days, using cutting-edge technologies, which will help Indian-Americans applying for Green Card. |
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