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In a search of a "better life" and all things associated with that dream, Cindy Zhao says she moved to British Columbia from China this year for more money, cleaner air, an easier place to grow old. Her husband settled here a year earlier. The couple selected Vancouver as their Canadian home because the primary alternate, Toronto, is too cold for their tastes.
Australia must increase its migrant intake to stop the economy from stagnating in coming years, a leading business information company says.
IBISWorld said that without more migration to offset the nation's aging population and low natural birthrate, the economy would suffer and key industries would lack sufficient staff.
The comments follow a recent increase in the number of migrants coming into the country. Migrant numbers rose by 10 percent to more than 120,000 in June last year.
In a cautionary tale for all immigrants, eleven students acquired expensive and difficult to obtain U.S. student visas, then didn't show up for the school that accepted them. Within days they became the object of a nationwide manhunt by numerous law-enforcement services. Persons wishing to immigrate to other countries these days face intense security examination for many reasons.
Universities and other United States schools are struggling to find enough students from foreign countries to fill their quotas. Most states and schools set a number of students they wish to admit each semester to ensure a high diversity in their student population. Due to many factors, there has been a drop in foreign student admissions in the past several years.
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Travelers hoping to visit the United Kingdom are likely to have to give their fingerprints in future, as officials are working towards introducing biometric visas.The plan to bring in biometric visas comes hard on the heels of the issuing of the first biometric UK passports, which the British Embassies in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) first began producing earlier this year.
Three Liberal backbenchers have defied the prime minister and vowed to cross the floor of parliament to vote against the government's new hardline immigration policy.