Asians make up largest group of new US immigrants
Posted On Wednesday, June 20, 2012 By Mohammed Zahir. Under Immigrants Tags: Asian immigrants, immigrants, immigration policies, new immigrants, Pew Research Center, U.S. economy
80% of all Asian Americans are Chinese, Indian, Japanese, Korean, Filipino or Vietnamese
WASHINGTON – Asians have surpassed Hispanics as the United States’ largest group of new immigrants, according to a report on Tuesday that some experts said reflects decreased demand for migrant labor and highlights the impact of state crackdowns ...
Give Us Your Geniuses: Why Seeking Smart Immigrants Is a No-Brainer
Posted On Wednesday, June 20, 2012 By Mohammed Zahir. Under Immigrants, Top News Tags: Geniuses, immigrants, Smart Immigrants
In 1939, four physicists wrote a letter to the president of the United States, alerting him to the possibility of nuclear weapons. The United States responded with the Manhattan Project. In short order, the new weapon produced by that project had made the United States the world’s first true superpower ...
South Asians seek rejection of tough US immigration law
Posted On Saturday, April 28, 2012 By Mohammed Zahir. Under Immigration Visa Tags: Immigration, Immigration Law, racial profiling, US Immigration, US immigration law
As the US Supreme Court began a hearing on Arizona State’s tough immigration law, a South Asian umbrella organisation asked the apex court to reject the law that it said permits racial profiling.
Passed in April 2010, the “show me your papers” law, as it is called by critics, “permits racial ...
UK to end immigrant ‘abuse’ of family rights
Posted On Monday, April 9, 2012 By Mohammed Zahir. Under Immigration Visa, Top News Tags: immigrants, Immigration, immigration in the uk, uk immigration
New rules to stop foreign criminals avoiding being sent home will come into force in July
Home secretary Theresa May says foreign criminals are exploiting the rules to avoid deportation from the UK.
The home secretary, Theresa May, is bringing in new immigration rules to end the “abuse” of the right to ...
Tips on filing U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ Application for Naturalization
Posted On Thursday, April 5, 2012 By Mohammed Zahir. Under Immigration Visa, Top News Tags: Application for Naturalization, form N-400, Immigration, Immigration to USA, US Citizenship and Immigration Services, US Immigration
The Statue of Liberty stands tall in New York Bay, a beacon to immigrants worldwide.
Q. How can I be sure U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services received my form N-400, Application for Naturalization?
A. Mail your naturalization application Certified Mail/Return Receipt Requested. The post office will send back proof USCIS received it.
Q. ...
UK Visa Application Fees Change on 6 April 2012
Posted On Monday, April 2, 2012 By Mohammed Zahir. Under Immigration Visa, Student Visa, Visit Visa, Work Visa Tags: Immigration, uk immigration, UK Visa, UK visa application, UK Visa Fees, visa, Visa Application, visa fees, Visa for UK, visas
The proposal to change the fees for UK immigration and nationality applications submitted by Immigration Minister Damian Green have been approved and will take effect from Friday 6 April 2012.
Following Parliamentary approval, all payments made from 00:01 (UK time) on Friday 6 April, should be paid according to the new ...
Norway citizens welcome high immigrant numbers
Posted On Friday, March 30, 2012 By Mohammed Zahir. Under Immigrants Tags: Aftenposten, Immgrants, Immigration, Immigration to Norway, Norway, Norway Immigration, Oslo, Oslo citizens
The average Norwegian is unafraid that nearly half of Oslo’s population will have immigrant backgrounds by 2040, a survey conducted for newspaper Aften shows.
According to the poll, 38 percent of the respondents believe life will remain the same, 23 percent think the city could benefit from more immigrants, and 32 ...
India takes up visa rejection issue with US
Posted On Wednesday, March 28, 2012 By Mohammed Zahir. Under Immigration Visa Tags: US visa, visa, Visa Application, Visa for USA
New Delhi: India Monday expressed concern over the rise in rejection of US visa to its professionals, and asked American authorities not to resort to such protectionist tendencies.
Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma took up the visa rejection issue during his meeting with US Commerce Secretary John Bryson here.
“All issues ...
Scottish independence will cause mass immigration, Theresa May claims
Posted On Tuesday, March 27, 2012 By Mohammed Zahir. Under Immigration Visa Tags: Immigration, Scotish, Scotish Immigration, Scotland, Scottish independence
Scottish independence would open up the country to mass immigration, the home secretary will warn on Saturday.
In her speech to the Scottish Conservative conference in Troon, Theresa May will say that if Scotland joins Europe’s borderless Schengen area it “will open Scotland’s border up to mass immigration”.
A number of constitutional experts and ...
Ireland extends short-stay visa waiver programme
Posted On Tuesday, March 27, 2012 By Mohammed Zahir. Under Immigration Visa Tags: Ireland, Ireland Visa, Irish Visa, Irish visa programme, short-stay visa, Tourism, UK Visa, visa, waiver programme
Encouraged by the positive response to the short-stay visa waiver programme which was introduced for the first time last year, Alan Shatter T.D, Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence, recentlly announced that the Government has agreed to extend the Programme for a further period of four years. The programme had ...
