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Immigration

Migrants in Germany find it easier Immigration

Migrants in Germany find it easier

In 2007, the situation of foreigners and people from immigrant families on the German labor market improved somewhat. However, according to new data from the Federal Statistical Office, their chances…

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Will the Blue Card Beat the Green Card? Immigration

Will the Blue Card Beat the Green Card?

The introduction of the 'Blue Card for immigrants' in the European Union was intended as a large-scale project to fill the shortage of specialists. But its result was a typical EU petty compromise…

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Canada to Select by List Immigration

Canada to Select by List

At the end of November, Citizenship and Immigration Canada announced a change in the selection procedure for immigrants under the Skilled Worker class. The changes are retroactive and all…

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Polar Paradise for Migrants Immigration

Polar Paradise for Migrants

Spitsbergen, or Svalbard as this Arctic archipelago is called in Norway, is rightly considered the last island of freedom in the Western world. According to the international treaty of 1925, anyone…

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The "Plumber" Turned Out to Be a Myth Immigration

The "Plumber" Turned Out to Be a Myth

The "Polish plumber" (a collective term for labor migrants from the new EU member states), which had long been used to scare the Western European public, turned out to be a myth that never…

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Blue Card Gets Green Light Immigration

Blue Card Gets Green Light

The European Parliament approved the introduction of the "Blue Card" in the European Union – an analogue of the American green card for professionals from other countries needed by Europe. IT…

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Russia Reinstated in Green Card Lottery Immigration

Russia Reinstated in Green Card Lottery

The Green Card lottery has resumed in Russia, participants of which can win legal immigration to the United States. For five years, Russians were deprived of this opportunity – in 2003, Russia was…

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U.S. Migration Policy Immigration

U.S. Migration Policy

The United States remains the only highly developed country in the world where the population continues to grow, and at a fairly high rate: by 2 million people per year due to natural increase and by…

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Pros and Cons of Immigration Immigration

Pros and Cons of Immigration

Estimates of the economic consequences of immigration are rather contradictory. The economic "return" of second-wave immigrants is decreasing – largely due to a decline in their average qualification…

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American Visa Lottery dv-2010 Immigration

American Visa Lottery dv-2010

The lottery under the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program, approved by Congress, is conducted by the Department of State annually in accordance with Section 203(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act…

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Canada to Select Experienced Migrants Immigration

Canada to Select Experienced Migrants

As of September 17, 2008, another immigration program has been added to the list - Canadian Experience Class. This program allows certain groups of individuals who are in the country on a temporary…

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American Visa Lottery DV-2010 Immigration

American Visa Lottery DV-2010

The U.S. Department of State announced the dates for the annual American visa lottery (Diversity Visa Program, commonly called the "green card lottery"). This year, registration for DV-2010 will take…

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