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US Report: Immigration battle looms for hi-tech staff
News Proposed legislation to increase the number of foreign high-tech workers allowed to enter the United States has been championed by technology companies, but faces opposition on Capitol Hill from a strange-bedfellows coalition of pro-labour...
[September 22, 1998, 7:57]
US Report: Immigration battle looms for hi-tech staff
News Proposed legislation to increase the number of foreign high-tech workers allowed to enter the United States has been championed by technology companies, but faces opposition on Capitol Hill from a strange-bedfellows coalition of pro-labour...
[September 21, 1998, 7:57]
Home Office: Immigration points system 'will benefit UK'
News The Government on Tuesday announced the introduction of a "cleaner" points-based immigration system for IT specialists and other highly skilled workers. Centre-left think tank the Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR) cautiously welcomed the...
[March 8, 2006, 15:15]
Immigration can cure skills shortage, says SAS chief
News In an interview with silicon.com (ZDNet UK's sister site), Goodnight said that the IT industry is crying out for changes to immigration laws and added that SAS has slowed its hiring in the US in favour of growing its teams in India and China where...
[July 3, 2006, 14:55]
A Year Ago: Immigration battle looms for hi-tech staff
News Proposed legislation to increase the number of foreign high-tech workers allowed to enter the United States has been championed by technology companies, but faces opposition on Capitol Hill from a strange-bedfellows coalition of pro-labour...
[September 20, 1999, 7:00]
US immigration system: bordering on the ridiculous
Blog Comment US immigration has been a concern of mine for quite some time. I am American and my wife is from Venezuela.so I am very familiar with the racial profiling that occurs when crossing US Borders. This country is far from being the "land of the free".
[March 2, 2007, 22:24]
US immigration system: bordering on the ridiculous
Blog This is the charming system that takes your photograph and fingerprints at immigration, although I've never understood what this will tell them that my passport - and associated gigabytes of personal data provided by the airline - does not.
[February 26, 2007, 11:43]
Google vs US immigration policy
Blog Google is taking on the US immigration system, which it says is limiting the flow of talent to its US operations. That's Bock in the clip below, testifying to the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration "about the practical impact that the US...
[June 7, 2007, 16:07]
UK immigration policy 'damaging IT industry'
News The chief executive of Autonomy attacked the UK government on Tuesday for what he claims is its "parochial" and "crazy" attitude to immigration. The current parochial attitudes to immigration in this country are just crazy.
[July 12, 2005, 15:35]
Siemens mops up immigration IT contract
News The UK's Immigration and Nationality Directorate has welcomed back an IT supplier which was at the centre of its previous computer failures. The Home Office has commissioned Siemens Business Services to run IT systems for processing work permit and...
[February 22, 2006, 15:40]
Government launches new immigration screening system
News The full e-Borders project is set to begin full implementation from 2008 and the government claims it will help combat terrorism and illegal immigration by enabling tighter controls of those who may pose a security risk as well as providing more...
[September 29, 2004, 12:30]
Atos wins Immigration deal
News The Home Office has awarded a £200m IT infrastructure contract to cover the Immigration and Nationality Directorate (IND), it announced on Tuesday. Home Office Minister, Des Browne, said: "Atos Origin demonstrated to us that they have the expertise...
[August 11, 2004, 12:25]
US immigration system: bordering on the ridiculous
Blog Comment I think the "US-VISIT" is a joke and a waste of time - and the Immigration Officers (from what I experienced at least) have little courtesy to boot. I agree. Don't worry, I also have no plans to ever visit the States again.
[February 26, 2007, 16:23]
High Immigration rate then.
Talkback I thought they maintained the immigration figures were much smaller than 1 million a year, but I suppose it helps the budget to show an income of between £300m and £600m per year entirely due to ID cards.
[November 27, 2008, 13:57]
Australian Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs
White Papers The Australian Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (DIMIA) maintains the lawful and orderly entry and stay of people in Australia. The Department wanted to simplify online visa application and integrate visa...
[July 11, 2008, 1:02]
Immigration can cure skills shortage, says SAS chief
Talkback Thats not the only problem. If you decided to take a career break, go off to study or made redundant employers just look at you in a negative light. The attitude from employers seems to be you havent programmed recently so bye bye.
[July 5, 2006, 15:21]
Immigration can cure skills shortage, says SAS chief
Talkback Rather than open our borders to outsiders it would be better if the IT industry looked to those it "let go" as being too old at 40. Ageism is endemic in the IT industry. If you're over 40 you're too old to know anything.
[July 4, 2006, 11:43]
Immigration can cure skills shortage, says SAS chief
Talkback Thats not the only problem. If you decided to take a career break, go off to study or made redundant employers just look at you in a negative light. The attitude from employers seems to be you havent programmed recently so bye bye.
[July 5, 2006, 15:06]
UK immigration policy 'damaging IT industry'
Talkback For some companies this is a problem, For the UK as a whole the issue is that we are still not producing young people with adequate (Both in depth and bredth) technical skils, This affects many industries, not just IT.
[July 13, 2005, 11:40]
Home Office: Immigration points system 'will benefit UK'
Talkback I want to apply for HSMP having 35 years practice in supreme court of Pakistan
[April 27, 2006, 16:03]
