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With the hiring of foreign talent facing heightened scrutiny and the threat of greater restrictions in the US, Microsoft Corp has filed substantially fewer applications for H-1B visas coveted by Indian techies for next year.
| | The British government Tuesday introduced a new strict visa regime for students from outside Europe amid a 30 percent rise in the number of Indians studying in Britain.
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An illegal Indian immigrant in New Zealand for the last 23 years has been reunited with his wife and son after finally getting permission to stay, a newspaper reported Saturday.
| | An illegal Indian immigrant in New Zealand for the last 23 years has been reunited with his wife and son after finally getting permission to stay, a newspaper reported Saturday.
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As global recession-hit Malaysia tightens rules so that jobs are created for locals and entry of foreign workers is curbed, the Human Resource Minister Wednesday said he would urge a delay in doubling the levy on employers who hire foreign workers.
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Brussels-based Europe India Chamber of Commerce has criticized the European Union's restrictive visa policy towards Indian business people and called for improvements, EuAsiaNews reported.
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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has urged its citizens not to visit Sri Lanka except for "urgent matters", due to security conditions in that country, WAM reported.
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Indian business visitors to Germany have called for a "level playing field" in visa arrangements between the two countries, complaining they are only issued visas for limited periods while German visitors to India are easily given long-term, multiple-entry visas.
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Hinting that language skills will soon become a must for getting citizenship, Canadian Immigration Minister Jason Kenney Friday said immigrants should either learn English or French, or face denial of citizenship.
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A large number of foreign students, particularly from India and China, are planning to return home as they fear that they will not be able to find a job in the US upon graduation, according to a new study.
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The British government Thursday confirmed that workers and students from India and other countries outside Europe will have to pay a 50 pound tax for public services, prompting warnings that it risked stoking anti-immigrant sentiment among the general population.
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France is going all out to woo qualified Indian professionals with liberalised work permits.
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With global recession biting hard, Australia has launched a multi-million-dollar campaign to ensure that Indian students continue to come here for higher studies, as they have been doing in large numbers in recent years.
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New Zealand is not likely to follow Australia in cutting immigration to protect local jobs during the current recession, Prime Minister John Key indicated Monday.
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