Australian IT workers will be the main beneficiaries of the US' new E-3 business sponsored work visa that specifically targets Australian workers.The new US E-3 visa was signed into law by President George Bush two weeks ago and will allow up to 10,500 Australians live and work in the US.
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Around 150,000 frustrated Iranian graduates leave Iran each year, hoping to find better paying jobs in the West. Young, educated Iranians say it is too difficult to find a job in their home country.
"It doesn't really matter what your graduation grade is. It makes no difference what contacts you have. You just cannot find a decent job," complained Somayeh, a 25-year-old graduate of industrial design.
Natalie Glebova, the newly-crowned Miss Universe, a Canadian from Russia, said she hopes to be a role model for immigrants all over the world.
The dark-haired, green-eyed 23-year-old beat four finalists from Latin America in an 81-woman pageant watched by as many as one billion people in more than 170 countries. Representing the North American nation on the world stage was the last thing on her mind 11 years ago when little Natalie and her family stepped off the plane in Toronto not knowing anyone.
The number of Chinese students applying for overseas student visas is dropping, says an official with the British embassy to China.
"More and more Chinese students seem to be losing interest in overseas study, as the number of applicants to study in Britain, the United States, and Australia have all dropped to their historically lowest point," said the official, refusing to give his name.
The month-long patrols that monitored illegal immigration in Arizona may soon pop up elsewhere in the US.
The organizer of the Minuteman Project -- where nearly 900 volunteers, some of them armed, patrolled the Arizona border in April for the Minuteman Project -- says similar watches are planned for California and along the Canadian border.
Chris Simcox says his group has 15,000 members and will continue monitoring the borders until the federal government begins military patrols.
The Sectors Based Scheme quota for 2004-05 will continue to operate beyond 31 May 2005, the day that the quota was due to end.As announced on 21 January 2005, the SBS pilot is currently the subject of a comprehensive review. Applications, in the meantime, are still being accepted. Ministers are considering the outcome of this review and an announcement about the future of the pilot will be made shortly.