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Citizens of the Czech Republic can now apply for 12-month Working Holiday visas to New Zealand, the New Zealand Immigration Minister announced on March 1.
100 young Czechs will be allowed to enter under the program annually. They will not be allowed to work for the same employer for more than three months. They will however be permitted to attend educational courses for up to three months.
An Australian power company is seeking UK workers to overcome skills shortages, the BBC reports.
ETSA Utilities, a company based in the state of South Australia, has placed an advertisement in Britain's Sun newspaper looking for maintenance workers for its electricity grid. It also plans to hold information events in major centres in England and Scotland and is advertising in other Countries.
Canada's federal budget announced on February 23 includes increased funding to help immigrants settle into the country, reports The Globe and Mail newspaper.
The budget released yesterday by Finance Minister Ralph Goodale pledges an extra C$298 million over five years, starting with C$20 million for the 2005-06 financial year to assist the integration and settlement of immigrants. The money will be used to help immigrants find jobs and improve their language skills. There will also be an additional C$20 million in each of the next five years to improve the delivery of services within the immigration department.
The worker registration schemefor nationals of new European Union member states employed in the UK isrunning smoothly, according to a statement released by the Home Officeon February 22.
Australia may bring in temporary unskilled workers to fill chronic labour shortages in some areas, the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper reports.
In a speech before the National Press Club on February 23, Immigration Minister Amanda Vanstone said she was "very interested" in the idea of a guest worker program, which has been recently proposed by the National Farmers Federation (NFF), an agriculture lobby group. Her statements also follow comments by Prime Minister John Howard a few days earlier that Australia is "running out of workers."