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Visa changes take effect Fri, 30 Jun 2006 10:01:54 GMT THE partners of foreign workers on temporary visas will be able to come to Australia in a policy change designed to entice skilled workers.Immigration Minister Amanda Vanstone said changes to "457" visas to cater for interdependent partners would take effect tomorrow. "Australia was missing out on highly skilled temporary entrants, such as doctors and other health professionals, because we did not have an interdependent category," she said.		Celebrating Citizenship On Canada Day Fri, 30 Jun 2006 16:54:07 GMT The Honourable Monte Solberg, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, today announced that over 1,000 people will become Canadian citizens on July 1 by taking the oath of citizenship at over 25 citizenship ceremonies in communities across the country. These special Canada Day ceremonies are part of Celebrate Canada!, 11 days of festivities that run each year from June 21 to July 1 in celebration of Canadian citizenship, values and heritage.
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Immigration could pay for soaring costs of pensions Thu, 29 Jun 2006 19:31:20 GMT A huge upturn in immigration to the UK might be needed to stem the country's pensions crisis, a controversial new report claims today. Up to ten million migrant workers might need to enter the UK between now and 2025 to ensure pensioners can continue to receive the basic state pension, according to the study, published in the latest issue of the Economic Journal.		Skilled workers waiting for immigration backlog to clear Fri, 30 Jun 2006 04:32:05 GMT The latest fights over immigration have focused on who should get a place in line for a legal life in the United States. But the real agony, said Tien Bui, comes when you finally get in line. Bui, who came to the U.S. as a Vietnamese refugee and now is an engineer for Boeing Inc., cannot take the career-boosting position he has been offered because his citizenship application is lodged somewhere inside the Department of Homeland Security.
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