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The US Citizenship and Immigration Service has started the first stage of its new online immigration benefits system. The new-look system, the USCIS ELIS, has been developed to modernise the adjudicating and filing immigration benefits process. Individuals will be able to create an account and make an online application to change or extend...

The UAE’s Indonesian Ambassador Salman Al Farisi wants to see the amount of his countrywomen working in the UAE as housemaids fall by 15 per cent over the next three years. Mr Al Farisi said that this could be the first step in stopping unskilled workers finding employment in the country altogether. He said that he hoped for more...

There is an increasing number of graduates seeking job opportunities overseas but using a stint in a foreign country as a way of avoiding repaying debt may have serious repercussions. Moving abroad to escape student debt could seem like the perfect way to get out of making repayments but borrowers now face the possibility of fines or court...

Annual net migration to the UK is still at record high levels of over 250,000 per year in spite of Home Secretary Theresa May’s declared ambition to reduce it to less than 100,000 before the next election. Figures published on Thursday by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed that the politically sensitive net migration figure...

More workers are being sent overseas for their jobs with challenging emerging markets like China among the most common destinations, revealed new research. The study, published in the Global Mobility Survey 2012, found that 47 per cent of organisations overall report an increase in assignments during the past 12 months and 45 per cent...

The amount of New Zealanders flocking to Australia picked up pace in April, with annual departures hitting a record 53,462. Some 4,500 Kiwis moved to Australia last month, with Statistics New Zealand reporting a net loss of 3,500 for the month. This saw the annual net loss hit 39,800, nearly 13,000 more than a year earlier. Statistics NZ...

Expats relocating to sub-Saharan African countries might be able to tick malaria off their list of things they are concerned about, as scientists have made a breakthrough in their efforts to find a vaccine against the disease, reports expariatehealthcare.com. University of California, San Diego (UCSD) scientists have come up with a way to...

A new survey of almost 6,000 South African graduate professionals reveals that many of these people are again considering emigrating, largely due to ongoing and rising crime, education and healthcare concerns, reports Engineering News. The latest PPS Graduate Professionals Confidence Index reveals that there has been a six per cent decline...

Too many workers are of the opinion that Western Australia is too far away and many who do move there because of higher wages can’t get used to the heat and isolation, said Peter Collier, the Australian training and workforce development minister, reports The Australian. As one of the country’s largest labour hire companies urged...

Britons planning to move overseas should consider how they intend to meet new people, advised an expert. HiFX reported that as large numbers of emigrants make the big move into the unknown when moving overseas, there can be problems settling in if they only know a few people. InternationalLiving.com’s executive editor Jennifer Stevens...