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workpermit.com would like to remind future candidates for the Science and Engineering Graduates Scheme (SEGS) that changes announced by the UK Home Office March 30, will take affect May 1.
The SEGS has been broadened following the Chancellor's Pre Budget Report, and the UK Trade Secretary Patricia Hewitt's five year plan to increase foreign scientific research in Britain.
Less than 24 hours after the leaders of the Senate's Democratic and Republican parties announced a marriage of convenience on immigration reform, Minority Leader Harry Reid went against his party member Bill Frist and blocked the bipartisan bill he had backed the day before.
The Senators headed for their two week break over Easter furious that the bill could not be decided upon before the break.
Changes to marriage laws introduced by the UK Home Office have been overturned by Mr Justice Silber, sitting at the High Court in London. The judge declared the rules were incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights.
The marriage laws were introduced to clamp down on "marriages of convenience" to get around immigration controls and require immigrants to obtain a special certificate of approval, or COA before they can wed in the UK.
France has long been one of Europe's most coveted destinations for immigrants. A draft bill introduced to the French parliament will make it even more difficult to immigrate to France.
The new recommendations are for a more selective process that concentrates on recruiting only skilled immigrants.
A study commissioned by the immigration ministry of Quebec suggests the stereotype of foreign trained immigrants not finding skilled employment in their particuliar field is not founded.
The study was commissioned to research whether immigrants who had settled in Quebec Canada, find employment in their field of expertise within 5 years of settlement. The study was lead by researcher Jean Renaud and looked at the job history of approximately 1,500 recent immigrants.
The study showed that seven out of ten immigrants did find employment in their specific field of skilled trained employment.
Up to half a million Hispanics and their supporters poured onto the streets of Dallas April 9, to rally for the rights of immigrants as Democrats and Republicans remain at "logger-heads" over the overhaul of immigration laws.
Many wore white t-shirts to symbolise peace, waved American flags and voiced their anger at Congress' failure to pass reforms that would help many of the estimated 11-12 million illegal immigrants to become citizens.