Monday, January 26, 2009

Alberta Welcomes H-1B Visa Holders and Their Families

Temporary skilled worker visa holders: Alberta, Canada welcomes you and your family.

Even if you haven’t yet secured a permanent or full-time position in your field. With your fast-track Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program you could be granted permanent residency and you’ll never have to worry about your visa expiring again. And, you can move here right away. Alberta has the strongest and fastest growing economy in Canada, giving you the security and stability you’ve been searching for. The air is clean, the sky is blue and the people are as friendly as you’ve heard.

Link: http://www.albertacanada.com/immigration/campaigns/h1b.html

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Visa Bulletin - February 2009

Here's the latest visa bulletin, as you can see nothing much has changed.

All
Charge-ability
Areas
Except
Those
Listed

CHINA-
mainland born
INDIA MEXICO PHILIP-PINES
Employ-ment
-Based

1st C C C C C
2nd C 01JAN05 01JAN04 C C
3rd 01MAY05 01OCT02 15OCT01 01APR03 01MAY05

New Year 2009

Last year was a bad year for immigration legislation with the Presidential elections looming and no politician willing to take sides. This year with one political party getting a landslide victory in both the Presidential race and the Congressional elections, we may see policy shift to one side or the other. Not to sound cliche, but change is coming.

The economic meltdown means that pro-immigrant groups will have a much tougher job trying to push through their agenda as they try to make the case that immigration laws have to look past and ahead of year-to-year economic climate. Myopic anti-immigration groups will have a much easier task although many of them tend to be in the party that is not in power. We will keep an eye out for the circus to continue.