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Skilled Workers
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Employment Law Worldview
Come Work in Oz
In breaking news, the Australian Government has announced new measures to make it easier for skilled US workers to come to Australia. At 5.2%, Australia has a comparatively low unemployment…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Elimination of Per-Country Caps on Employment Visas
The House voted last week to end per-country caps on worker-based immigration visas, a move that should benefit skilled Indian and Chinese residents seeking to stay in the United States…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Lamar Smith and Raul Labrador Up To No Good
This article was in the Wall Street Journal a few days ago. After the article is a reaction from Fred Hirsch:Momentum is building in Congress toward offering expedited green cards…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Brookings Book on Immigration Reform
U.S. Immigration Policy Keeps Skilled Workers Out, Hurting American Businesses New Brookings Book Calls for Automatic Green Cards for U.S.-Trained Foreign Students; Other Policy Changes(Washington, D.C.) July 6, 2010 --…
ImmigrationProf Blog
U.S. Visas and Skilled Labor
From the University of California, San Diego:How U.S. Visas Affect Skilled Labor: A Randomized Natural ExperimentMichael ClemensResearch Fellow, Center for Global Governance; Affiliated Associate Professor of Public Policy, Georgetown UniversityMarch…
Business Immigration Insights
Update on Availability of H-1B Visas
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced today that as of October 25, 2009, it had received all of the available 20,000 master's cap petitions, and approximately 52,800 petitions under the…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Fed leader wants to make it easier for skilled workers to stay in U.S.
The Houston Chronicle reports that"U.S. immigration policy is stifling economic growth by making it too difficult for foreign skilled workers to stay in the country, the head of the Federal…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Alberta, Canada Competes for High Skilled Workers in the Global Economy; U.S. Lags
A reader's tip: Alberta, Canada is actively recruiting high skilled H1b workers in the U.S discouraged by waiting years for a green card), by promising expedited Permanent Residency in Canada. …
ImmigrationProf Blog
High Skill Immigration Zone Proposal
Richard Harmon, an immigration attorney from Cleveland, Ohio, and others are circulating to the Presidential candidates and policy leaders an idea on high-skill immigration law reform.The are proposing new legislation…
ImmigrationProf Blog
A Reverse “Brain Drain”?
Yahoo News reports that the huge backlog in US immigration visas is leading to a "reverse brain-drain" that will force skilled workers to return to their home country, a report…