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A little over a year ago, Yorkshire, UK electronics engineer Adrian Hill faced the prospect of redundancy or the chance of a job in New Zealand. The Yorkshire Post reports on one man's new life in New Zealand.
Foreigners desperate to get New Zealand residency are opting for fake marriages, with Department of Labour investigators successfully prosecuting about half a dozen cases each year.
In New Zealand it is not illegal to exchange money for marriage but it is an offence to provide misleading information to immigration officers.
Officers must be satisfied a marriage is "genuine" and the relationship has been "stable" for 12 months or more before they will grant residency to foreigners on the basis of their relationship.
With cheaper office rents than Mumbai (Bombay) and cheaper accountants than London, Australia could reverse the trend of jobs flooding offshore.
Australia is in a strong position to benefit from the "third wave" of international outsourcing at the highly skilled analytical end, a report commissioned by the Federal Government has found.
Enrolment in Australian university computer courses has dropped to its lowest level in 15 years, and immigration critics are saying it's because too many skilled migrant visas have been issued to overseas students, making it tough for graduates to find a job.
Most days, contractors and landscapers in Danbury, Connecticut, USA, can be seen at Kennedy Park hiring men and women who go there hoping to find work as day laborers. On Saturday, the gathering of workers was replaced by protesters who say those jobs are being given to illegal immigrants. About 50 people calling themselves the Connecticut Citizens for Immigration Control spent about two hours chanting and holding signs that read, "Speak English" and "Arrest Illegal Employers." It was one of several protests planned across the nation.