The recent announcement by the Obama administration to encourage the closure of low priority cases in the immigration courts was recently criticized by some persons who asserted that the immigration policy could be set by the Congress only.
The immigration authorities in Australia have deported as many as 55 Indian students back to India as they had allegedly breached certain laws, according to reports.
Complaints continue to pour in against the Chandigarh-based immigration firm Healthyway Immigration from scores of youths duped by the company. Police said that it received some more complaints on Tuesday from some persons who had applied for a student visa through the company.
Indians were supposedly the largest group to be issued H1B and L visas by the US last year, Peter Haas, who was recently appointed consul general in Mumbai, has put forth.
The new Australian immigration laws are focused on advanced English language skills and higher qualifications required for the applicants who intend migrating into the country.
A recent global study conducted by Ipsos, a research company from UK found that Canada, along with Australia and Brazil had the highest number of citizens who viewed immigration as a positive phenomenon for the country.
The immigration minister of Canada, Jason Kenney, said that Canada is all set to allow a record number of skilled migrants under the Provincial Nominee Programs.
The Australian government will now impose huge fine on the employers recruiting illegal workers in the country after a report by independent legal expert Stephen Howells revealed that nearly 100,000 immigrants may be working without visas.
One of the senior government ministers in UK, Ian Duncan Smith, is being strongly criticised by the UK business organisations. He had asked the organisations to give priority to Britishers, rather than hiring professionals from abroad.
