Microsoft has reported that in 2011 it had around 60,000 job vacancies that it found impossible to fill because of the shortfall of graduates in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields in the United States. The technology company has already raised concerns about the need to increase standards of education due to this […]
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In 2012 Microsoft announced that it was searching for qualified IT professionals, revealing that it had 6,000 vacancies in September that it had been unable to fill, 3,400 of which were for IT positions. Now Microsoft is lobbying the US government to change the rules for skilled immigration US visas. The company says that the
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Wednesday saw officials from the Obama administration unveil new rules that could allow hundreds of thousands of American citizens to avoid being separated from members of their immediate family who are illegal immigrants for long periods of time as they put in an application for legal residency in the United States. Homeland Security Secretary Janet
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The federal EB-5 program gives foreign nationals who have invested a minimum of $500,000 in the US the opportunity to get a green card, with Bill Stenger, the co-owner of Vermont’s Jay Peak ski area seizing the chance with both hands. The Boston Business Journal says that Stenger has managed to raise as much as
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A new report recently released by The Center for Immigration Studies shows that over the course of the last four years, 67% of the growth in employment in the United States came from immigrants. Since the January of 2009, the amount of immigrants who have been in work either with or without a green card
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A brand new documentary by the name of Will Work For Words has had its premiere at the Virginia Film Festival, and looks at the difficulties that are faced by international students who are looking for work following graduation, Inside Higher Education reports. Aysehan Julide Etern, who made the documentary, is herself an international student
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The spotlight on US immigration reforms was turned up by the fact that 70% of Latino voters voted for Barack Obama in the recent election, so it was perhaps unsurprising that Obama opted to highlight those reforms in his first post-election press meet last week. Immigration reforms are likely to focus on the issue of
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Fewer than 50% of voters in California would be in support of Proposition 187, which would prevent illegal immigrants from accessing the great majority of public services, if it was on the ballot today. The electorate does, however, remain firm when it comes to border security. It has been nearly 20 years since California voted
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People from all over the world who have accredited degrees in math and science should “get a green card stapled to their diploma,” according to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Romney made the comment during his debate on Tuesday night with President Barrack Obama, who has made a number of similar appeals for the retention
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Adjustment of Status allows a qualified applicant who is in the US on a visa to apply for a green card without leaving the US. The process is different from consular processing, which requires the applicant to be outside the US while waiting for a green card. Adjustment of Status is seen as a preferable
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Lee Leffingwell, Mayor of Austin, Texas, is hoping that his city will apply for the EB-5 immigration program. That USCIS program allows foreign nationals to live and stay in the US in exchange for investing in projects that create local full-time jobs. Leffingwell hopes that the city’s participation in the program will create green jobs
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