Aug/100
US Education and H1B
- H-4 spouses and defendant children can attend school on a full- or part-time basis.
- The same rules hold for most other nonimmigrant statuses, with the exception of F-2s.
- Individuals with pending adjustment-of-status (I-485) cases can also attend school.
Mar/100
Job Advert:IPA-Kenya
Position: Deputy Project Manager
Start Date: April/May 2010
Location: Busia, Kenya with flexibility to travel/relocate to Kisumu, Nairobi or
elsewhere in Kenya if the work requires
Application Deadline: 11 April 2010
About Innovations for Poverty Action
IPA is a non‐profit organization that creates and evaluates approaches to solving development
problems and disseminates information about what works and what does not to policymakers,
practitioners, investors and donors around the world.
Jul/090
Most desirebale degrees
According to a recent survey from the National Association of Colleges and Employers, which tracks college graduates’ job offers, the top 15 highest-earning college degrees all have one thing in common — math skills. Specifically, they are in science, engineering and math.
Here is the list:
Keep that in mind as you seek study opportunities.
Jul/090
US DV Lottery 2010 Status Check Available online
The DOS has provided an online status check for those who applied for DV-2010
To use the online system, you must:
- the confirmation number received following submission of the DV lottery application.
- The name and birth date information.
Selection alone does not grant individuals or immediate family members U.S. permanent residence. You must move forward either to adjust their status to permanent residence in the United States, or to complete consular processing for an immigrant visa at the appropriate U.S. consulate abroad within the time-frames required by law. You must meet general requirements for these procedures, as well as requirements for the DV lottery. More people are granted winner letters than ultimately receive permanent residence under the DV program.
The online form is at the dv lottery site at http;//www.dvlottery.state.gov/ESC/
Jul/090
Curb in Applications for U.K. Citizenship
The Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill will receive Queen Elizabeth II’s approval today:- The Bill extends the residence requirement for citizenship applicants to eight years from five for people with work permits. Those married to a British national need five years in the U.K. instead of three.
Britain has reversed its open-door policy as public concern grew over the scale of immigration since 2004, when Poland and seven other Eastern European nations joined the European Union, gaining the right to work without restriction in the U.K. Brown has focused his clampdown on migration from outside Europe, restricting both family and work visas.
Applicants can shave two years off their wait by doing approved volunteer work.
Jul/091
Australia- Employer Sponsored Workers
This is a quick HOWTO
Employer Nomination Scheme (Subclass 121/856)
Who is this visa for?
This visa is for Australian employers who want to sponsor highly skilled workers for a permanent visa to work in Australia. The employees can be either:
- highly skilled workers from overseas
- highly skilled temporary residents currently in Australia.
What does this visa let you do?
This visa allows you and any dependent family members included in your visa application to live as permanent residents in Australia.
Australian permanent residents can:
- live and work in Australia on a permanent basis
- study in Australia at school or university
- receive subsidised healthcare through Medicare and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS)
- access certain social security payments (subject to waiting periods)
- be eligible for Australian citizenship (subject to the residency eligibility criteria)
- sponsor people for permanent residence.
Jul/091
Exchange Visitor Skills List – 2009
New Skills list out for those seeking J-1 visa.
The Exchange Visitor Skills List is a list of fields of specialized knowledge and skills that are deemed necessary for the development of an exchange visitor’s home country. When you agree to participate in an Exchange Visitor Program, if your skill is on your country’s Skills List you are subject to the two-year foreign residence (home-country physical presence) requirement, which requires you to return to your home country for two years at the end of your exchange visitor program. This requirement under immigration law is based on Section 212(e) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended.
The 2009 Skill List applies to all Exchange Visitors starting June 28, 2009. Exchange Visitors who entered the U.S. prior to June 28 continue to be governed by the list that was in affect when they entered on the J-1 visa.
Look here for the full list that applies to you.
Sep/080
Engineering makes it to the UK skills shortage
But mechanical and electrical engineering left out.
Engineering has been added to the list of occupations in which migrant workers are permitted to fill a UK skills gap. Engineering was one of limited additions made to the revised list after a panel of experts was asked by ministers to identify sectors with skills shortages.The list forms part of the new points-based migration system.
Citizens from EU states, excluding Bulgaria and Romania, can work in the UK without restrictions but unskilled workers from other parts of the world are banned.
The list is expected to come into force at the end of November, and will make it harder to employ skilled workers from outside the EU in trades not on the list.
Aug/080
New Vaccinations and Revised Medical Form for Green Card applications
Now females need the new ( and controversial for the desire to administer it to girls in 6ith grade) HPV vaccine!
Green card applicants have been required to have vaccinations for the following:
mumps, measles, rubella, polio, tetanus and diphtheria toxoids, pertussis, influenzae Type B (HIB), hepatitis B, varicella, pneumococcal, and influenza.
Now, begining August 1st 2008, approval of I-485 needs these extra vaccines:
rotavirus, hepatitis A (for young children), meningococcal, human papillomavirus (HPV) ( recommended for females 11 to 26 ) and zoster vaccines ( (for shingles- needed for those over 60 years of age )
As such, the Form I-693, Report of Medical Examination and Vaccination Record, has been revised to reflect the new vaccination requirements. The revised ( June 5, 2008 edition of Form I-693 for medical examinations) to be completed, must be used for medical exams completed on or after August 1, 2008.
More informations:
Jul/080
Did you know you can walk away from your mortgage, unscarthed?
If you are one of those caught by the US mortgage crisis, as a good number of Americans have been, there are some options that might help you out.
A. The October FHA deal
By October 2008, the FHA deal is coming into force. The new regulation may enable you to transfer your mortgage over to FHA, with better terms. There are strict conditions, but you can survive it.
B. I do not qualify for the new FHA deal
If you know for sure you are bound to loose your house, or have negative equity in your home, it may be better to just walk away from the mortgage. But before you do so, first make sure some things are certain:
- you have a place to live
- you have a decent vehicle to last you at least five years, and
- you know that your home qualifies ( business or secondary homes may not qualify ).
Advantages of letting the bank take back “their” house are:
- If you have negative equity, you do not owe on that balance
- saves you on making payments that are not making any dents in your debt
Of course, you have to dig in for the 7 (seven ) years that you will be having negative reports on your credit file.
More about the FHA deal
To qualify:
- You must live in your home
- Your loan must have been issued between January 2005 and June 2007.
- You must be spending at least 31% of your gross monthly income on mortgage debt.
- You can be up to date or in default, but you must prove that you will not be able to keep paying your existing mortgage
To Apply
-Contact your current mortgage servicer or go directly to an FHA-approved lender for help.