Immigration

Yesterday we reported that Germany is easing post-study work and immigration legislation for foreign students in the wake of an interesting report based on a...

University World News has reported that regulations just approved by the federal parliament, to implement a European Union (EU) directive on the highly qualified, could...

Last Friday saw two important announcements for visa processing in major destination countries, with Australia easing the process for non-universities and the UK initiating mandatory...

Updates on the US education system and visa process were shared at last week’s ICEF Moscow Workshop. International educators and student counselors attended an educational...

Timothy Hughes, Entry Clearance Officer at the British Embassy in Moscow, delivered a presentation on behalf of the UK Border Agency (UKBA) to announce new...

The US Department of Homeland Security recently announced the formation of a new council to advise Secretary Janet Napolitano on student visa issues and other...

The US government announced recently a planned expansion of  post-graduate work term opportunities for international students graduating from science and technical programmes. Currently, an F-1...

A statement released today by the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Chris Bowen MP, announced that the Government will make the visa application process easier...

Under new rules set to start within weeks, foreign students in Britain will be allowed to remain in the country only if they have graduated...

Beginning 6 April 2012 the UK Border Agency (UKBA) will require all applicants applying to remain in the UK under Tier 1 (General), Tier 1(Entrepreneur)...

French officials have instructed the local authorities to review work-permit applications from foreign college graduates following criticism from students, heads of schools and companies that...

A pair of recent articles from University World News point to an increasingly complex and shifting international education marketplace for 2012. The first, “Confusion, contradictions...

The National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) has convened a Commission on International Student Recruitment to address the long-running controversy over the use of...

Adding to its recent expansion of post-study work options for university students, the Australian government announced this week that an expanded field of graduates of...

A survey of 5,000 international post-secondary students has found that changes to the UK visa system are leading more students to feel they are no...