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Companies claim closure of UK Tier 1 Post Study Work visa will hurt business

April 20th, 2012 Tushar Mathur

Business owners have criticized the UK government’s decision to close the Tier 1 post-study work (PSW) visa saying that it makes it more difficult for companies to fill vacancies that require specialized skills.

The PSW visa route, which closed on 6 April 2012, allowed international students to work for up to two years in the UK after graduation. Now non-European Union graduates wishing to remain in the UK to work will need to obtain a work visa that is sponsored by the employer.

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Microsoft stresses importance of US H-1B visa for IT companies

April 16th, 2012 Tushar Mathur

This week, as employers began filing petitions for the popular US H-1B work visas, Microsoft stressed the importance of the visa in keeping America’s IT companies competitive.

“While the vast majority of our US workforce is comprised of US workers, the individuals we employ in H-1B status -educated at some of the best universities in the US and around the world – are crucial to our business,” said Brad Smith, general counsel & executive vice president, Legal & Corporate Affairs, Microsoft.

Current immigration law allows for a total of 85,000 new H-1B visas to be made available each government fiscal year.

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British companies bypass immigration cap on skilled migrants

March 5th, 2012 Tushar Mathur

Overseas staff coming to UK under ‘intra-company transfer’ scheme surged to 29,700 last year, Home Office figures show

British companies are bypassing the government’s cap on skilled migrants by bringing in staff from their plants and offices overseas, an official report has found.

Figures from the Home Office’s migration advisory committee show that the numbers coming to Britain under the “intra-company transfer” scheme have surged in the past two years and now outnumber those coming into Britain on work visas by three to one.

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UK immigration wants "brightest and best" immigrants

February 16th, 2012 Tushar Mathur

UK immigration Minister Damian Green announced this week that the UK would be bringing in a more selective immigration policy that encourages the “brightest and best” to come to the UK.

Specifically, Green said that the UK wants immigrants who can “benefit Britain”. He committed to continue with more reforms that he says will result in an immigration system that he says will better meet the needs of the UK.

The new immigration system brought in by the Coalition Government in 2010 has been heavily criticised for being too inflexible and in reality doing more harm than good.

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Australia experiencing serious skills shortage – More immigration needed

November 12th, 2011 Tushar Mathur

Australia is expected to face a serious shortage of professionals and tradespeople within the next 15 years; According to an analysis of retirement patterns in by the Australian Bureau of Statistics many Australians will be reaching retirement age over this period. This means Australia will need to recruit more and more overseas skilled workers to address the looming workforce shortage. In particular Australia needs health, engineering, and education professionals.

Additionally, Western Australia is currently experiencing its largest skills shortage of mining tradespeople since 2008. Western Australia’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry stated that more than 450,000 additional miners would be needed by the state in the next 10 years.

With fast-emerging economies like India needing its metals and minerals, mining shortages in Australia are expected to affect many other countries.

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Australian Visitor Visa and other visas may become easier to obtain

April 23rd, 2011 Tushar Mathur

Immigration Minister Chris Bowen and Nick Sherry Minister for Small Business have announced a discussion paper asking for views on the simplification of Australian visitor visas.

The Government is trying to reduce the different types of visas and visa subclasses by fifty percent by 2015. Mr Bowen went on to say:

“The government’s proposal to simplify visitor visas follows on from our recent commitment to streamline temporary work visas.”

“We are undertaking broad public consultation on the visa simplification process, to ensure we consider the impact of any changes on the community,” he added.

The proposals are that all short-stay (non-business visitor) work activities be moved out of the visitor program and into the new unsponsored short-stay visa.

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Western Australia sees sharp increase in skilled migrants

March 12th, 2011 Tushar Mathur

Businesses in Western Australia (WA) have recorded a sharp increase in the number of Dutch, Malaysian and Irish workers being sponsored to fill skilled job vacancies.

Close to 4000 skilled migrants were granted temporary 457 visas in WA in the second half of last year, an increase of more than 44 percent over the same period in 2009.

There was a substantial increase in clerical and administrative occupations in demand from 40 to 110 positions during the last half of 2010, according to the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC).

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Western Australia sees sharp increase in skilled migrants

March 12th, 2011 Tushar Mathur

Businesses in Western Australia (WA) have recorded a sharp increase in the number of Dutch, Malaysian and Irish workers being sponsored to fill skilled job vacancies.

Close to 4000 skilled migrants were granted temporary 457 visas in WA in the second half of last year, an increase of more than 44 percent over the same period in 2009.

There was a substantial increase in clerical and administrative occupations in demand from 40 to 110 positions during the last half of 2010, according to the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC).

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