Pay your taxes, carry your green card all the time and do not engage in serious crimes like murder, rape and terrorism. This is some of the wisdom given to new immigrants by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services in a new guidebook.
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Ukraine authorities, anxious to boost their national tourism sector, abolished visa requirements for nationals of the European Union, Canada, Japan, Switzerland and the United States earlier this year.
It seems to have worked. Ukrainian officials say the results so far have been promising: between April and June, the number of visiting EU nationals alone increased by 63 percent, to more than 1.6 million people.
The New Zealand Department of Labour recently announced it will begin requiring a blood test that screens for HIV, hepatitis B, and liver and kidney function for all foreign visitors who plan on staying in the country for more than one year.
Previously, the test was required only for immigrants who stayed in the country for two years or more. The New Zealand government in January 2004 announced that it will ban people from immigrating to the country if they test positive for diseases or conditions that could be contagious or costly to treat, such as HIV or tuberculosis.
Although it was originally expected that many Americans would move to Canada after US President George Bush was re-elected, that has not happened.
Many Americans visited the Canadian government's immigration website in large numbers immediately after Bush defeated John Kerry in the presidential race. But official figures show the number of Americans actually applying to reside in Canada actually dropped in the six months following the election.
New Zealand, which has a shortage of skilled workers, is looking to Germany to find more workers.
A recruitment agency said a number of regional development organizations, recruitment companies and the Department of Labour's Immigration Service will start a campaign in October for skilled migrants at an employment expo in Bonn and Potsdam.