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The UK Trade Secretary, Patricia Hewitt launched her five year plan for British business today, and she explained that under her plans, the UK hopes to lure highly skilled and qualified foreigners to boost domestic academic and entrepreneurial expertise.
Hewitt warned that Britain needs to attract more foreign talent in order to remain competitive with the rising economies of China and India.
The global economic map is being redrawn, she said.
The committee passed the bill to change the number of H-1B visas from 65,000 per year to 115,000. It now only has to face the real challenge of being passed by Congress.
As part of its ongoing commitment to targeting the Migration Program to the skill needs of Australian industry, the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, Senator Amanda Vanstone, and the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Kevin Andrews, today announced further changes to the Migration Occupations in Demand List (MODL).
The Mexican President Vincente Fox has offered Canada a solution to the labour shortages it is experiencing, due in part to its aging population.
The president of Mexico did not give too much away, but said Mexican workers should be able to sign up with labour providers in Canada for specific time periods.
The Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program allows Canadian farmers to recruit foreign workers on the condition they cannot find Canadians to harvest their crops.
The UK Home Office wants all permanent residence (ILR) application forms to be submitted by March 31. The Office announced important changes in Immigration Rules, earlier this month.
The changes will affect people applying for leave to remain, and indefinite leave to remain (or settlement). Only a few days remain before the new immigration ruling starts. The changes will take effect from Saturday, April 3 this year.
A study by ING bank in small and medium sized firms in Flanders, the Netherlands and Poland revealed that overseas workers exert a positive economic impact.
The study by ING investigated four forms of internationalisation in small and medium sized companies.
However countries involved in the study still employ a relatively low percentage of foreign labour.