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Immigration Information     MOVE Expo 2010 – Mall of Asia ManilaThe Migration, Overseas Opportunities, Visas & Employment Expo, or MOVE for short, is a trade fair featuring more than 80 companies all involved in offering services or products to Filipinos going abroad. The first MOVE Expo held in July 2009, attracted about 8,000 (verifiable) visitors on the two days it was held, despite heavy rains and an incoming typhoon. Philippine Government considering bond sale to OFWsThe Philippine government yesterday said it was considering the sale of retail bonds to overseas Filipino workers (OFW’s), which a fund manager involved in the deal said could raise as much as P35 billion ($768 million) in Euros and dollars. Philippine Government warns of new recruitment scam6 ways to spot a fake job offer – The Philippine Daily Inquirer reports that the Department of Foreign Affairs in Manila has warned Filipinos seeking jobs abroad about a new recruitment scam which the Philippine Embassy in Germany uncovered. NVQ Student questioned by two immigration officers on arrivalFilipino NVQ Student questionned by two immigration officers on arrival to start course at Majestic College. London still boomingMigrants and students have a better chance of finding work around London, which is teaming with hotels, shops, bars and restaurants, and more tourist attractions than almost anywhere on earth. London is also a magnet for an estimated half a million overstayers and illegal immigrants, which is why Mayor Boris Johnson favours an amnesty for illegal immigrants against his own party line. See London Mayor Boris Johnson favours amnesty for illegal immigrants Weekly Immigration Matters news round upWeek’s round up of the main Immigration Matters stories for the week ending 4th July 2009. Senior Carer and her 18 year old Daughter get Indefinite Leave to RemainWork Permit holding Senior Carer collects her passport from her immigration adviser, Bison UK, today which now includes an Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) sticker. The Borders Citizenship and Immigration Bill, expected to become law later this year, will have far reaching effects on Filipino and other Work Permit holders, for instance, Senior Carers and Nurses, hoping to apply for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) or British Citizenship. UK Border Agency to speed up identity cards for foreign nationalsHome Secretary Alan Johnson has ordered the UK Border Agency to review its successful rollout of compulsory identity cards for foreign nationals, with a view to accelerating the process, but appears to be making a U turn on mandatory ID cards for British Citizens. Filipino to be deported for pornography offenceThe UK Border Agency has taken the unusual step of publishing details of a Filipino man facing deportation for attempting to import explicit paedophiliac material into the UK. Visa requirement for South Africans starts todayThe announcement is clearly designed to reassure the public that the Labour Government is taking steps to secure and strengthen Britain’s borders. Share                                                 |