tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22826443927963768202024-03-13T13:50:10.423+05:30My Daily Career NewsCareer news, articles, Resume tools, Sample cover letters, Interview questions, Career change: HowTo, Career advise, CV tipsThripthi Krishna Mohanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09253548005138016109noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2282644392796376820.post-80247310351761280212014-06-21T22:08:00.003+05:302014-06-21T22:08:51.591+05:30Migration and citizenship independent scotlandWhen the Scottish government released its White Paper outlining what an independent Scotland might look like, migration policy was a small but essential element of it.
The White Paper promises a change in the direction of travel in migration policy for an independent Scotland. In recent years the UK has enacted a number of measures restricting various migration flows, and the present government Thripthi Krishna Mohanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09253548005138016109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2282644392796376820.post-46371850476539267682013-08-26T15:44:00.002+05:302013-08-26T15:44:44.158+05:30Migrant job policy 'flawed'
Immigration's rules for student graduates part of reason for scams, says AUT researcher.
The immigration policy requiring international student graduates to be in management positions before they can be considered for residency is flawed and partly to blame for widespread migrant fake job scams, an AUT researcher says.
Multiple cases involving the sale of fake and non-existent senior positionThripthi Krishna Mohanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09253548005138016109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2282644392796376820.post-43996548930431726772013-07-29T07:52:00.000+05:302013-07-29T07:52:35.445+05:30US immigration Bill unlikely to hit Indian IT firms: Nasscom
US immigration Bill unlikely to hit Indian IT firms: NasscomIndian Express
US immigration Bill unlikely to hit Indian IT firms: Nasscom ... The proposed US Immigration Reform Bill by the US House of Representatives is unlikely to have ...
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Republicans, Democrats clash over immigrationIndian Express
At a hearing of Thripthi Krishna Mohanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09253548005138016109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2282644392796376820.post-40433787866400445002013-06-30T07:34:00.003+05:302013-06-30T07:34:57.722+05:30Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Cisco hail US immigration bill
CEOs representing top American technology companies including Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and Cisco has hailed the passage of the comprehensive immigration reform bill by US Senate, arguing that this would give a big oost to the economic growth and attract high skilled workers.
"In passing this legislation on a strong bipartisan basis, the Senate broke the logjam on immigration and high-skilled Thripthi Krishna Mohanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09253548005138016109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2282644392796376820.post-68251667100603429772013-06-28T14:58:00.001+05:302013-06-28T14:58:52.253+05:30US Senate passes landmark immigration bill
Washington: The United States Senate has passed the landmark comprehensive immigration reform bill that will provide a pathway to citizenship to some 11 million illegal immigrants, including over 240,000 Indians.
The landmark legislation of the Obama administration received bipartisan support as it passed Thursday with 88 votes for and 32 votes against it. The bill now moves to the House of Thripthi Krishna Mohanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09253548005138016109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2282644392796376820.post-29674837537727602012013-06-25T12:45:00.001+05:302013-06-25T12:45:22.090+05:30Iimmigration bill to reduce deficit by $175 bn in 10 years
The US immigration bill, which is awaiting passage by the Senate, will reduce the American budgetary deficit by USD 175 billion in 10 years, an independent Congressional report has said. The Congressional Budget Office, in its report, said the bill, if passed by the Congress in its present form and signed into a law, will save USD 197 billion in 10 years.
The report subtracts implementation Thripthi Krishna Mohanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09253548005138016109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2282644392796376820.post-81013926857539079242013-06-17T10:51:00.003+05:302013-06-17T11:10:03.803+05:30Immigration bill: US Senate votes for a debate on the controversial legislation
The US Senate has voted overwhelmingly for a debate on a landmark immigration bill, which if signed into law would pave the way to citizenship for 11 million illegal immigrants.
"A permanent, common-sense solution to our dysfunctional system is in sight. This bipartisan legislation is the solution our economy needs. It is the solution immigrant families need," Senate Majority Leader Harry ReidThripthi Krishna Mohanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09253548005138016109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2282644392796376820.post-72301775170919112152013-06-15T16:06:00.000+05:302013-06-15T16:06:37.944+05:30Refugee Week 2013
Refugee Week is celebrated all over the world with events and activities to recognise the plight of refugees around the world and acknowledge the contribution made by government and non-government organisations in helping refugees to contribute to the society.
Australia
Refugee Week has been celebrated in Australia since the 1980s and coincides each year with World Refugee Day on 20 June.
InThripthi Krishna Mohanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09253548005138016109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2282644392796376820.post-38575621407238419292013-06-03T08:05:00.001+05:302013-06-03T08:07:16.375+05:30Becoming an American can be bad for your health
A growing body of mortality research on immigrants has shown that the longer they live in the US, the worse their rates of heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes. And while their American-born children may have more money, they tend to live shorter lives than the parents.
The pattern goes against any notion that moving to America improves every aspect of life. "There's something aboutThripthi Krishna Mohanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09253548005138016109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2282644392796376820.post-25940650738175116562013-05-27T15:38:00.001+05:302013-05-27T15:38:27.845+05:30Key Senate panel passes immigration reform bill, offers path to US citizenship for 260k Indians
The landmark immigration bill, which offers a path to citizenship for more than 11 million - including over 260,000 Indians - undocumented immigrants and increasing H-1B visas today passed its first legislative test.
The Senate Judiciary Committee on the fifth day of its deliberations that included 300 amendments to the Comprehensive Immigration Reform bill - Border Security, Economic Thripthi Krishna Mohanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09253548005138016109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2282644392796376820.post-58037510203645890592013-05-14T21:28:00.000+05:302013-05-14T21:29:54.802+05:30US immigration bill would help Social Security's finances
The Indian Express: A Senate bill to overhaul US immigration laws would help ease financial strains on the Social Security retirement program, government analysts said on Wednesday in a report that marked the latest salvo in a debate over the legislation's impact.
In a letter to Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio, who is one of the authors of the bill, analysts at the Social Security Thripthi Krishna Mohanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09253548005138016109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2282644392796376820.post-65344066817371823472013-05-01T06:59:00.001+05:302013-05-01T06:59:38.987+05:30US needs a comprehensive immigration reform: White House
The US needs a comprehensive reform system functional both for dealing with legal and illegal immigration in the country, the White House has said.
It refused to side with lawmakers who are seeking to put the ongoing reform on hold in the wake of the Boston marathon bombings.
"We need an effective comprehensive immigration system that is functional both for dealing with legal immigration, asThripthi Krishna Mohanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09253548005138016109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2282644392796376820.post-85097372172962569832013-04-21T09:17:00.000+05:302013-04-21T09:17:24.070+05:30US lawmakers ready to unveil immigration deal
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators plans to unveil proposed legislation on Tuesday that would represent the most dramatic changes to the country's immigration system in two decades.
The senators already are defending the program that would provide a pathway to citizenship for the 11 million individuals in the country who came illegally or overstayed their visit.
"We're not awarding anybody Thripthi Krishna Mohanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09253548005138016109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2282644392796376820.post-58298650940350229292013-04-20T21:32:00.001+05:302013-04-20T21:32:13.701+05:30US immigration bill to increase H1B visa, but may sound death knell for Indian firms
The sweeping US immigration bill, likely to be unveiled today, may propose a substantial increase in the much sought after H-1B visa, but the conditions imposed therein, if approved by the Congress, would prove to be a death knell for Indian-American companies.
The bill moved after months of closed-door meetings by a group of eight bipartisan lawmakers, known as the Gang of Eight, aimed at Thripthi Krishna Mohanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09253548005138016109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2282644392796376820.post-59339341587520332302013-04-13T10:30:00.001+05:302013-04-13T10:30:59.120+05:30Immigration bill could affect thousands of immigrants in the US
Washington: Bipartisan immigration legislation emerging in the Senate could prevent hundreds of thousands of immigrants in the US illegally from ever becoming citizens, according to a Senate aide with knowledge of the proposals.
The bill expected to be unveiled next week would bar anyone who arrived in the US after Dec. 31, 2011, from applying for legal status and ultimately citizenship, Thripthi Krishna Mohanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09253548005138016109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2282644392796376820.post-35733229953526777992013-04-04T08:14:00.000+05:302013-04-04T08:14:28.069+05:30Encouraged by progress on immigration reform: White House
Senators plan to unveil bill as early as next week but conservatives are wary of citizenship for undocumented migrants
The Obama administration said on Monday that it was encouraged by signs of progress towards a comprehensive package of immigration reforms that would extend a route to citizenship to the country's 11 million undocumented migrants.
As cross-party negotiations enter their Thripthi Krishna Mohanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09253548005138016109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2282644392796376820.post-43143069448142508432013-03-26T10:12:00.005+05:302013-03-26T10:12:40.018+05:30UK PM Cameron plans tougher immigration crackdown
London: British Prime Minister David Cameron Monday unveiled further plans to tighten rules for foreigners in the country, even as the department in charge of tackling immigration came under severe criticism for its inability to clear backlogs of over 300,000 unresolved immigration cases.
Migrants are to lose their right to benefits after six months unless they "have a genuine chance of Thripthi Krishna Mohanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09253548005138016109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2282644392796376820.post-63134898971762379902013-03-23T14:17:00.000+05:302013-03-23T14:17:03.362+05:30U.S. immigration reform talks stalled by wage disputes
Washington: Senate negotiations on revamping the U.S. immigration system are stalled over wages for future low-skilled foreign workers such as construction laborers, cooks, janitors and hotel maids, sources familiar with the talks said on Friday.
Bipartisan talks aimed at producing a comprehensive immigration law - including a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants and a new process Thripthi Krishna Mohanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09253548005138016109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2282644392796376820.post-73319292573408580752013-03-12T11:15:00.000+05:302013-03-12T11:15:10.175+05:30US immigration: Give Green Card to STEM students, say lawmakers
American experts today called for giving Green Card for science, tech, engineering and math (STEM) students, eliminating country-specific caps and recapture unused visas to spur economic growth and create new jobs in the country.
Testifying before the House Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement of the House Judiciary Committee, Bruce A Morrison, of the Morrison Public Affairs Thripthi Krishna Mohanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09253548005138016109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2282644392796376820.post-28638815884600903912013-03-11T10:52:00.002+05:302013-03-11T10:52:57.496+05:30Migrants and housing in the UK
This briefing reviews the statistical and research evidence on migrants’ experiences in and impacts on the UK housing system.
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Briefing - Migrants and Housing in the UK - PDF
Key Points
The foreign-born population has significantly lower ownership rates (44% were homeowners in 2011) than the UK-born (70%).
The foreign-born population is three times as likely to Thripthi Krishna Mohanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09253548005138016109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2282644392796376820.post-5861588294297047992013-03-01T14:49:00.000+05:302013-03-01T14:49:00.875+05:30The Fiscal Impact of Immigration in the UK
This briefing explores the conceptual and methodological issues related to estimating the fiscal impact of immigration and provides an overview of the existing estimates for the UK and other countries.
Key Points
The net fiscal impact of immigration is typically estimated as the difference between the taxes and other contributions migrants make to public finances and the costs of the publicThripthi Krishna Mohanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09253548005138016109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2282644392796376820.post-51458423995370228192013-02-03T14:43:00.001+05:302013-02-03T14:43:34.283+05:30Romania hits back at UK immigration deterrence campaign
Bulgaria and Romania are due to accede to the EU later this year, providing all citizens with the full benefits of membership, including the Freedom of Movement. This means citizens of either country will be able to live and work in the UK without the need for a UK visa.
The last time several Eastern European countries acceded to the EU - Poland, Latvia and Lithuania in 2004 - UK immigration Thripthi Krishna Mohanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09253548005138016109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2282644392796376820.post-4467130355949878622013-01-31T18:42:00.001+05:302013-01-31T18:42:21.309+05:30240,000 Indian immigrants on path to US citizenship
Washington: Over 240,000 illegal Indian immigrants in the US could be soon on their path to obtaining citizenship under a "big deal" reached by a bi-partisan group of influential Senators but uncertainty remains for the tens of thousands of highly skilled Indians seeking a Green Card.
Described by the White House as a "big deal", the compromise announced by the group of top eight Senators Thripthi Krishna Mohanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09253548005138016109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2282644392796376820.post-3327837634654426372013-01-20T12:58:00.001+05:302013-01-20T12:58:56.397+05:30Is immigration really the biggest issue facing the UK?
Dominic Ladden-Powell, Online Editor for the UK Visa Bureau analyse a recent study by a leading think-tank which revealed that UK immigration is considered the biggest issue threatening the UK.
The report, titled 'State of the Nation: Where is Bittersweet Britain Heading?' was written by the think-tank British Future and published in the Observer, claims that one in three Britons believe Thripthi Krishna Mohanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09253548005138016109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2282644392796376820.post-15727858984666718842012-12-28T09:00:00.000+05:302012-12-28T09:00:00.156+05:30Seeking immigration advice to New Zealand
To help complete a visa application and assist with their travel, some people seek advice from a number of different organisations – for example immigration consultants, lawyers or other businesses specialising in acting as an immigration adviser for migrants.
If you lodge an application with INZ and you are using an unlicensed adviser, or someone not exempt from licensing, we&Thripthi Krishna Mohanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09253548005138016109noreply@blogger.com0