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According to workpermit.com's survey, many of our readers really like Australia. The good news is, if you are a skilled worker, Australia's door is open it you. Recent statistics show that Australia welcomed a record number of skilled workers into the country in the 2004-05 migration year.
Of the 120,060 migrants who became permanent residents in Australia during this period - the most since the late 1980s - around 65 percent (77,880) emigrated through one of the country's many skill streams.
New proposed legislation in the US introduces a "guest worker" visa category that would allow foreign professionals to take up temporary jobs in the US which cannot be filled from within the country.
Texas republican senator John Cornyn introduced the bill, entitled the "Border Security and Immigration Reform Act of 2003". The legislation is similar, but much more expansive, than the H-2B temporary worker category.
Collins Mbesuma, a 21-year-old Zambian national playing football in the English city Portsmouth, has been granted a UK work permit after the club made a successful appeal to the Home Office.
The Zambian player has joined on a three-year contract worth around £500,000 with his South African club Kaizer Chiefs, but he was denied a work permit a fortnight ago.
Since workpermit.com has such a wide, global audience, we thought we'd conduct our own survey based on the story about a recent poll that found Australia was the world's favorite nation. What do you think? Does Australia deserve to be Number One? Are you surprised that the US is 11th? Should New Zealand be higher? Give us your opinion.
Thanks to everyone who responded. This poll is now closed.