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UK Deputy Prime Minister criticises UK Prime Minister on immigration

April 23rd, 2011 Tushar Mathur

Nick Clegg the Liberal Democrat Deputy Prime Minister has attacked the Conservative Party Prime Minister’s immigration plans. He says that reducing the number of immigrants to tens of thousands a year was not government policy. Immigration policy has been an ongoing source of friction between the Liberal Democrat members of the Government and the more anti immigration Conservative Party members of the Government.

It should be noted that under EU law the UK has to allow free movement of EU citizens and their families into the UK. In addition the limit on the number of tier 2 visas issued will only have a relatively small affect on overall levels of immigration.

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Study says Canada should increase immigration

April 14th, 2011 Tushar Mathur

A recent study by Canadian professor Tony Fang recommends that Canada should increase its immigration levels to bolster investment in housing and boost the nation’s gross domestic product.

Canada already has the highest immigration rate per capita out of all major countries. The country already has a number of skilled immigration programs to help deal with skills shortages in the labour force.

Fang says that Canada needs an additional one million immigrants; This would be an extra 100,000 immigrants a year during the period 2012 to 2021. This would also help the Canadian economy which is yet to recover fully from the Global Financial Crisis of 2008.

“To study the impacts of large-scale immigration on the Canadian economy, the researchers took into account many factors including: immigrants’ participation in the labour force; associated spending on government services and infrastructure; funds brought by immigrants; and labour market differences between migrants (in order to capture the effect of large-scale immigration on Canadian-born workers),” a press release on the study said.

Fang, a professor at the University of York in Vancouver, said that adding 100,000 more immigrants a year to Canada’s population would increase the GDP by 2.3 percent. Moreover, the increase in population would create demands for goods and services, particularly housing.

Fang also said that increased immigration would add $14 billion in tax revenue for the government.

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UK removes 8 occupations from Tier 2 visa skilled occupation list

March 17th, 2011 Tushar Mathur

The UK government has announced that it will remove 8 occupations from Shortage Occupation List (SOL). If an occupation is on the shortage occupation list it is easier for an employer to employ a migrant under Tier 2 of the UK’s points based immigration system.

If an occupation is on the shortage occupation list the UK feels there are not enough resident vacancies to fill the available vacancies.

“When the 8 occupations are removed from the list, the number of jobs available to migrants under the list will be reduced from 500,000 to around 230,000,” the UK Border Agency said in a statement.

The UK Government is also removing another 71 professions from the list of 192 qualifying Tier 2 visa occupations. These occupations have been deemed to be below “graduate level”.

According to the UKBA, new rules to be introduced in April will mean that anyone wishing to apply for a Tier 2 visa must be coming here to work in an occupation “at or above graduate level”.

The announcement follows recommendations from the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC), a body setup by the Government to study immigration levels into the UK.

This announcement follows the government’s decision to accept all of the Migration Advisory Committee’s (MAC) recommendations following the publication of 2 reports looking at graduate-level jobs and the shortage occupation list for Tier 2.

“These changes to the shortage occupation list will ensure that only skilled workers are coming to the UK through Tier 2 of the points-based system,” said Immigration Minister Damian Green.

“It will allow firms to bring in people with necessary skills without migrants becoming the first resort to fill a wide range of available jobs,” he added.

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EB 5- A good Alternative to H1 B

March 9th, 2010 Tushar Mathur

One of the most popular and sought after visa for non immigrants’ skilled workers is H1-B visa, which provide them legitimate right to work in United States for a particular period of time. This is aspect is very problematic for migrants who are trying to apply for immigration and sponsorship. For such people EB-5 visa is considered as best alternative for H1-B visa.

It is very easy for a migrant who is living in United States for a considerable period of time to invest. This is because he would have gain a good understanding of the various aspects of the economy of the United States of America during his stay.

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