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The anti-immigrant group Numbers USA has mobilised to prevent the Irish E3 visa bill being passed through the senate, according to the Irish Central. The organisation sent an email to its members, of which there are in excess of one million, targeting Ireland’s visa bill. Their move came after both the Boston Herald and the Boston Globe...

Bigger numbers have led a flow-on for skilled migration and work visas. India provides the most new international students to New Zealand as well as the second largest amount of skilled migrants, found a report by the Department of Labour. In 2011, 13 per cent of all skilled migrants to the country were from India, a rise of eight per cent...

In order to fill vacancies in the mining industry, Australia is permitting those with the right qualifications to emigrate by applying to the General Skilled Migration Programme. A mining engineer who has recently graduated can pull in a salary of around A$100,000 per year. In order to obtain an Australian visa, applicants will have to...

A new study suggests that it is often easier to emigrate alone rather than with a partner. The survey has been conducted by Aiden Tabor and Dr Taciano Milfont her advisor at the Victoria University of Washington in New Zealand and it looks at the attitudes of those moving to the country from the UK. The results are that it is quite common...