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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. New study reveals impact of immigration on UK religious faithsBritain is home to 1.1 million Muslim immigrants, according to a comprehensive study of faith and migration by a leading think tank. New student visa controls would hit language schools warns Kent paperLanguage schools around the Thanet area of Kent in the South East of England say the millions of pounds their students bring into the isle’s economy could be hit by proposed new immigration rules, the online publication ‘This is Kent’ warns. e-Borders scheme is legal Border and Immigration Minister confirmsBorder and Immigration Minister Phil Woolas refuted suggestions that the ‘e-Borders’ scheme is not compliant with EU law. But the UK government is facing potential embarrassment after its scheme to monitor the entry and exit of travellers in this country was found to conflict with EU rules on free movement. Chinese woman fools immigration controls in Japan with fake fingerprintsChinese woman manages to enter Japan illegally after having plastic surgery to alter her fingerprints, thus evading immigration controls. Changes to policy on judicial reviewsThe UK Border Agency has announced important changes to the way it manages judicial review challenges from those being removed from the UK. New agreement to combat visa fraud in the PhilippinesThe British and Philippine governments are joining forces to combat visa fraud, the UK Border Agency has announced. Border and Immigration Minister responds to Home Affairs Committee report‘The UK Border Agency is continuing to make progress in dealing with the legacy backlog of older asylum cases, and has already concluded more than 220,000 cases. We are now looking at whether we can clear the backlog earlier than summer 2011, said Border and Immigration Minister Phil Woolas Share                                                 |