Category: Immigration
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Sending international letters gets expensive
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Migrant communities living in New Zealand are in for a change in how they send letters overseas, come October. Government-owned postal service, New Zealand Post, has announced the end of an era for a traditional way of sending letters. International Economy letters will no longer be available for letters from October…
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US creates 5 jobs for every H1B visa – NASDAQ
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NASDAQ chief has rubbished the widely-held belief in the US that foreign-born workers are taking away jobs from Americans. Speaking at a Congressional hearing on immigration reform, NASDAQ CEO Robert Griefeld told Senators that studies show that for every H-1B visa, technology companies increase employment by five workers. He was citing…
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Indian shop-owner taken to court for selling legal products
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New Zealand Police have taken an Indian shop-owner to licensing authority. His offence? He was selling a completely legal product. Mr Suresh Patel, the owner of Liquor & Tobacco City in Auckland’s CBD, has been taken to Liquor Licensing Authority by the New Zealand Police, for selling synthetic cannabis, a legal…
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UID Number for NRIs
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While Indians are asked for a range of documents by a range of agencies – from government offices to banks, schools, colleges, electricity and phone companies and the police, a new government scheme is likely to make life easier for Indian residents, though also opening doors for potential corruption and…
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Australia to deport 20 illegal Chinese migrants
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In a major operation against illegal migrants in Australia, the Australian Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) has detained 20 Chinese migrants who were staying and working illegally in the country. DIAC will remove the illegal workers identified in a joint operation with New South Wales Police in the Riverina. Warrants…
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Religious workers can get residence in New Zealand
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Religious workers in New Zealand now stand a chance to gain permanent residence visa, thanks to changes announced by the country’s immigration minister Jonathan Coleman. The change to the immigration policy not only provides a provision for residency for religious workers, but also offers an updated temporary work visa for…
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Employers must keep employment agreements for all staff
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Employment-related issues and employment fraud are two common concerns among new migrants, and a new law change goes a step further to protect employees’ rights. Employers in New Zealand are legally required to have a written employment agreement for every employee. The law now requires every employer to keep a…
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Guidance event for migrants to New Zealand
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Adjusting to a new town, let alone a new country can often be a stressful experience for the casual traveler. But migrants coming to New Zealand face the added stress of having to settle in quickly and re-start their life in a new land. This can be a confusing and long drawn out…
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High commission to accept online visa requests
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The Indian High Commission in New Zealand is about to implement the online visa scheme. From 30 May 2011, the high commission in Wellington will accept only online visa applications. “After this date, the High Commission will not accept manual, handwritten or typed visa applications,” says the high commission. “All…
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Visa free entry for Indians to New Zealand?
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Will Indians get visa-free entry to New Zealand by the end of 2011? If you think it will, you can put your money where your mouth is. New Zealand’s online predictions market, iPredict Ltd, launched stocks to predict whether the Kiwi Government will waive visa requirements for India – an…
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Australia slammed for poor human rights
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Australia’s human rights record has come under criticism by the latest report by Amnesty International. The reports states that three Sri Lankan asylum-seekers were “forcibly returned to Sri Lanka from Australia”, and they “were subsequently arrested and tortured.” In April, the government suspended asylum applications for Sri Lankan and Afghan…
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US Hindus have highest education, lowest divorce rate
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Hindus living in the United States have the highest educational qualification and the lowest divorce rate, according to a recent survey. While national average is 11 percent, almost half of all Hindus (48 percent) in America have post-graduate degrees, followed by Jews at the second place at 35 percent, according…
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UK job market on double-speed
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Jobs in the UK are on the rise, with the private sector showing confidence in hiring more employees. However, the public sector is not joining the party, but rather showing restraint. Also, the private sector companies that are dependent on the public sector are affected by the cost-cutting measures in the…
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Australia to recruit 30,000 Indians
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Australia needs as many as 2.4 million skilled employees over the next four years, and it is looking to India to fill part of this skills shortage. The demand, mostly driven by Australia’s booming mining sector, will be met by training more than 100,000 Indians, and hiring about 30,000 Australia-educated…
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Kamath to head Infosys
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He has led India’s largest private sector bank. Now he will lead one of the world’s largest IT services company. KV Kamath is not an unfamiliar name in India’s corporate sector. However, he is from the banking background, having joined ICICI soon after passing out of India’s premier management institute,…
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Road safety gets better
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Hundreds of people die on Indian roads every day. To be precise, 13 people succumb to their accident injuries every hour. In fact, India ranks number one in the world when it comes to deaths caused by a road accident. Road fatalities don’t make big news in India. It is…
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Man accused of burning wife to plead not guilty
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A Fijian man accused of burning alive his wife in New Zealand is said to not plead guilty when he is brought up in a New Zealand court. The 29-year old Diwesh Kumar Sharma, of Indian descent, who was earlier arrested from Fiji by New Zealand Police, appeared in the…
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NRIs slow on using voting rights
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Despite the government of India offering the much-demanded voting rights to Indians living overseas, NRIs have been shunning away from exercising this right in the recent state assembly elections in India. For example, not even one NRI has registered to vote in the recent elections in Tamil Nadu. “Even though…
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Singapore to hire 60,000 Indians
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Jobs in Singapore are a big attraction for Indians, since Singapore offers higher pay rates and better living conditions than India. Singapore too is keen to attract more Indian professionals to meet its skills shortage. Jobs in Singapore for Indians are set to increase as there are more than 300,000…
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Young Indians ready to mingle with business leaders
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In a country where 67 percent of its population is below 30 years of age, engaging with the youth is central to its progress. As India prepares for its fastest growth over the next three decades, a forum is shaping up in Mumbai to bring together 300 of India’s brightest young minds, and the…