New Zealand medical student visa valid for three years until

New Zealand Immigration Service recently announced that it will 'no criminal record' and 'medical report' is valid from the current 2 years to 3 years. New Zealand students in the past, one of the requirements within the application for renewal is every two years to re-do a general physical examination and provide 'no criminal record.' New Deal after the release of three students in the undergraduate study only provide a medical report. This is tantamount to reducing the financial burden for the students, so that the student visa application easier.

For the study for students who went to New Zealand, there is a good news that students from pre-assessment to pay visa fees to shorten the time from two months to one month, although New Zealand Immigration Service student visa processing time of one month in principle, However, if the student body through the authority of the professional study materials to prepare the visa and to develop a reasonable plan of study, generally hear only 1-2 weeks to get pre-assessment and pre-assessment and then to pay tuition fees, living expenses will be granted quasi-sign(http://www.f-paper.com/). This aspects of the trial mean for New Zealand visas faster, it also addresses students in the visa process a visa to study encountered no problems.

It is understood in popular English study countries, New Zealand, the visa period is the shortest, most efficient state. Study in King Gillette senior experts Zheng Chen said that these policies not only simplify the visa process, but also enhance the acceptance rate for visa applications. With New Zealand Government's various policies, domestic students to go to a new study are expected to heat up.

Indian Immigration to Canada should be encouraged

Former Canadian immigration minister Monte Solberg says that immigration solves many problems in Canada, including labour shortages.

"Immigration should be encouraged between India and Canada to build strong connections between the two nations," he said, adding that health care workers were in particular demand.

Canada offers a variety of skilled immigration routes such as the Provincial Nominee program; This allows skilled Indian workers to gain permanent residence in Canada through sponsorship from a Province or Territory which is experiencing skills gaps in certain sectors. There is also an independent points based system called the Federal Skilled Worker program.

He also talked about lesser known immigration routes into Canada used by Indians such as the immigrant investor scheme.

Solberg said that people wishing to come under the immigrant investor scheme to Canada could gain permanent residence quite easily. He went on to say that the success rate for applications under the immigration investor scheme from Punjab, for example, was at 100 percent.

According to Solberg, immigration policy is unlikely to change in the near future.

UK expects 230,000 fewer student visas over next 5 years

The UK Government has announced that it expects to reduce the level of student immigration into the country by almost a quarter million over the next five years, due to stricter visa rules.

A Home Office report said that the new student visa rules should lead to total net student migration from outside the European Union being reduced by 230,000 between 2011 and 2015.

This is only about half the reduction announced by Theresa May, Home Secretary, in March when she gave details on the student visa changes. She said then that the curbs would reduce net immigration by 400,000.

The Government is coming under increasing criticism for its policy on immigration. Much of the net immigration into the UK comes from EU countries; Britain is required under EU law to allow citizens of most EU countries to live and work in the UK.

By restricting immigration of non-EU immigrants, the UK is damaging its global competitiveness by denying British firms top overseas talent. This is also causing problems for the UK's £40 billion per year education sector. Immigration restrictions are putting off overseas students from coming to the UK

UK Student Tier 4 Visa - More restrictions on working

There have been significant changes to the Tier 4 student visa category recently. The Tier 4 student visa changes include the following:

• You will only be allowed to work in the UK if you are a student sponsored by higher education institutions (HEIs) and publicly funded further education colleges. You will be able to work part-time during term time and full-time during holidays.
• You will only be able to sponsor dependants if you are a student sponsored by a higher education institution on postgraduate courses lasting 12 months or longer, and if you are a government-sponsored student on courses lasting longer than 6 months;
• You will only be allowed to continue studying in a new course if the educational institution confirms that the new courses represent genuine academic progression from previous courses studied in the UK.
• There will be a streamlined application process if you are considered to be a low-risk national sponsored by Highly Trusted sponsors.

Students have in the past been attracted to the UK because they have been able to work while studying and because there was in many cases a route to permanent residence and eventual citizenship in the UK. There has been a significant reduction in the number of students who are allowed to work in the UK. Tier 1 Post Study Work will be abolished in April 2012. UK immigration is making it increasingly difficult to gain permanent residence in the UK. In the long term further restrictions on student immigration to the UK may very well cause damage to the UK economy.

Bulgaria Launches Blue Card Scheme, Welcomes Non-EU Workers

As of June 20, Bulgarian companies, which are experiencing shortages of highly qualified and highly skilled workers, can hire citizens of countries outside the European Union.

Workers from outside the European Union can apply to work in Bulgaria under the EU Blue Card scheme, which allows workers with a job offer to take employment in a member state.

One of the requirements for a non-EU citizen to get a blue card is a higher education certificate. The applicants also have to have at least five years of experience in the job position they apply for.

The workers will be hired only if there are no suitable Bulgarian applications for the vacant position.

The document, which very much resembles an identity card, will be issued by the Interior Ministry after the applicant has obtained the approval of the Employment Agency.

The blue card scheme is expected to attract citizens of countries such as Ukraine, Serbia, Russia, Turkey, Croatia, and Moldavia to Bulgaria.

Once hired, the foreigner will have to work in Bulgaria at least one year after which he is entitled to move to another EU country. There however he can stay for no more than 3 years. When this period expires, he will be obliged to return to his home country for 18 months.

In Bulgaria the Blue Card will be issued for about two weeks. The document allows the holder to take his family too. It will not be given to asylum seekers and nationals of third countries operating in the EU as seasonal workers.

The EU Commission has given EU member states until 1 July to implement the blue card directive. Not every member state will take part in the program. For example the UK is one country that will not allow entry of people under the Blue Card scheme.

Non-EU workers to enjoy same rights as EU citizens

Non EU-workers are set to enjoy the same rights regarding working conditions as EU nationals, under the proposed 'single permit' law directive adopted by Parliament on Thursday. This draft law seeks to simplify procedures for both migrants and their employers via a combined permit for residence and work.

The "single permit" directive, as amended by Parliament at first reading today by 311 votes to 216, with 81 abstentions, would cut red tape and simplify procedures for immigrants applying to live and work in an EU Member State.

National authorities of each country will still have the power to decide whether to admit non-EU workers and how many to admit. But now they will issue residence permits that include information on permission to work. To avoid confusion, they must issue no additional documents.

Who will be covered?

The new rules will apply to non-EU nationals seeking to reside and work in a Member State or who already reside legally in an EU country.

The rules will not apply to:

• long-term residents and refugees, who are already covered by other EU rules;
• seasonal workers and employees of multinational firms coming to work in their company's EU offices, who will be covered by other new EU directives;

In addition, the directive will not apply to migrant workers covered by the 'posted workers' directive. But for example, a Chinese citizen working for a Chinese company hired to build a road in Germany, and who is not covered by the 'posted workers' directive, would be granted the rights conferred by the 'single permit' rules. Foreign workers' rights would thus be protected in all circumstances.

This directive should not apply to foreign workers while posted, MEPs agree. This should not prevent immigrants who are legally resident and lawfully employed in an EU country and posted to another Member State from "continuing to enjoy equal treatment with respect to nationals of the Member State of origin for the duration of their posting", says an EP amendment by way of clarification.

Equal treatment with fewer restrictions

Non-EU workers will enjoy a set of rights comparable to those of EU citizens, such as pay, health and safety at work, working time, leave and access to social security.

Member States may decide to limit access to social security, except for individuals who are currently in employment or have worked for at least six months and are already registered as unemployed.

Member States may also decide to grant family benefits only to those who have been authorised to work for more than six months.

Non-EU workers would be able to claim tax benefits. However, their families could only receive these if they lived in the Member State of employment.

Non-EU workers would be able to receive their pensions when moving back to their home country under the same conditions and at the same rates as EU nationals.

Member States may decide that only workers who are in employment should have access to public services and goods, such as public housing. 

The right to vocational training and education may be limited to non-EU workers who are in employment or who have been employed. Individuals living in the EU to study could thus be excluded, while workers who would like to get a qualification not directly linked to their jobs may be required to demonstrate language proficiency.

Next steps

The amendments adopted by MEPs will now be considered by the EU Justice and Home Affairs ministers. Under the Lisbon Treaty, Parliament and Council legislate on an equal footing on matters to do with legal immigration.

The UK and Ireland have opted out of this directive. Denmark is also not taking part.

Increase in Indian students applying for Australian Visa

An increase in Australian student visa applications particularly from Indian students was seen in the first six months of 2011.

According to a new figures released by Australian Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC), the number of Indian students applying for student visa to Australia is beginning to rise after a distressing couple of years.

The statistics showed that the Australian high commission in Delhi has observed a jump of 21 percent in the number of applications for student visas in the first six months of 2011, with the student visa applications reaching more than 3700.

The increase could be attributed to an advertising campaign of Australian government in Indian media to attract professionals to settle in Australia.

Due to widespread media coverage of a number of racist attacks on Indian students, interest in an Australian education from Indian students is believed to have dropped dramatically.

However, speaking to the Age newspaper in Melbourne, DIAC assistant secretary Peter Speldewinde confirmed that "the number of student visa applications is rebounding, that category is up significantly"

"People are generally positive about Australia" he added. "The student issue has come up from time to time, but no one's really pushed it very hard."

With over 15,000 permanent skilled migrants last fiscal year, India continues to be the third-largest provider of permanent skilled migrants to Australia, behind China and Britain.

Germany invites more students from India

The German government has launched a big initiative to attract more students from India under the Year of Germany and India 2011-2012 programme.
"Euro 6 million has been set aside under the programme which is sponsored by our foreign office, Goethe Institute, the Asia-Pacific committee of German business and the federal ministry of education and research. Another Euro 6 million will come from our industry partners. We will highlight various areas of higher education in Germany with a focus on research to Indian students and scholars.


The idea is to make German institutions more widely known among young Indians so that they find them attractive destination for education," Jens Buntjen, counsellor in the federal foreign office of Germany, responsible for the German science year in India, told ET.

Canada skilled migration applications - Only 500 visas per occupation

Canada has limited the number of federal skilled worker applications to 10,000 per year. Canada immigration hopes that reducing immigration numbers will help Canada deal with its backlog of immigration applications.

The Canadian federal skilled worker scheme allows skilled migrants to obtain a permanent residence visa for themselves and their family if they can score enough points on a points test similar in some respects to those used by other countries such as Australia and Denmark.
 

Applicants must have experience in an occupation listed on the National Occupation Classification (NOC) list; No more than 500 applications per year can be lodged for any one occupation out of the 10,000 visas available each year.

This makes applying for Canadian skilled immigration a double-edged sword for many applicants; While fewer people can apply due to the reduced quota, the new rules should allow Citizenship and Immigration Canada to reduce the backlog that causes some migrants to wait a long time before obtaining their visa.

The federal skilled worker program is not the only scheme available for skilled migrants wishing to live and work in Canada. The country also offers the Provincial Nominee Program and the Quebec Skilled Workers scheme. These immigration routes may be a better way into Canada for some skilled migrants.

UK student visa applications;Attention to detail to avoid being refused

The latest intelligence, the British study visa applications is June and July peak, so get a British university student enrollment confirmation letter will need to apply for a visa on the agenda. As UK visa application system more complex, has stimulated the British Embassy changes visa rules again, in the slightly chaotic transition period, many students encounter refused. To remind the industry to apply for a student visa to be fully prepared, pay attention to details.

Education Consulting Co., Ltd. Beijing celebrity stars of person in charge of Wang refused to sign the case, pointed out that many students apply for a student visa is not sufficient for this, along with student visa applications of British lack of understanding the new rules, often because of this critical “Blessings foot, “the negligence, to their own way to add variables to study.

Wang said that in March 2009, the UK student visa application procedures simplified terms from the previous complex system of 40 points. The new simplified visa regime student visa application process, but because the number increasing year by year visa, the visa officer the details of the application materials is more valued, and does not accept the interpretation of the material wrong.

Wang said the main reason for a student visa refusal, first admissions confirmation failed. British universities also need time to adjust to policy changes, sometimes because of inadequate understanding of the policy, confirmation of acceptance to the applicant an error. The applicant does not check whether the contents of the confirmation letter to submit blindly to meet the requirements will result in refusal. Second, the material is translated by a professional translation agency. The new student visa policy clearly stipulates that all Chinese data by a qualified professional translation company with translation. Third, do not meet the language requirements. New policy on visa applications for students to study in language and other aspects of performance have further requirements. Since April 21, 2011, all levels of undergraduate students to apply and above are required to confirm the level of English equivalent to CEFR LEVEL B2; studying undergraduate courses below the level of student applicants, be sure to reach the border security of the Department of recognition English language test required by the reach B1.

At the same time to remind people in the industry, the key to success lies in the visa applications submitted by the visa materials to the Embassy that the applicant will not be illegal aliens, will be back, so for this purpose should focus on the visa information.