Visas
# visas - Thursday 25 April, 2013
Couple take fight to High Court to get daughter back from China
Three-year-old Jiayi Shao has been in China since 2009.
# visas - Monday 18 February, 2013
White House defends leaked plan to grant amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants
During his State of the Union address last week, Obama urged Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform in the next few months.
# visas - Sunday 6 January, 2013
Back to work: Here are the stories you missed over Christmas and New Year
Many of us are returning to work for the first time tomorrow following the festive period. Here is a round-up of the news stories you may have missed. You are welcome.
# visas - Tuesday 23 October, 2012
Australian visa price hike criticised
The move has been criticised by tourism boards which believe it will price them out of the backpacker market.
# visas - Tuesday 18 September, 2012
Asian tourists will need university degree to visit UAE – report
Tourists from Asian countries who make up a large chunk of the UAE’s population will need a college degree to stop rampant immigration.
# visas - Sunday 22 July, 2012
Column: ‘Unprecedented surge’ – a US lawyer’s view on Irish immigration
Limerick-born immigration lawyer Caro Kinsella gives the view from the US – as well as her tips for any Irish people looking to head Stateside.
# visas - Friday 13 July, 2012
Senator calls for introduction of technology visa
Senator Fidelma Healy Eames has said technology companies in Ireland are struggling to fill vacancies due to a lack of IT talent.
# visas - Tuesday 15 May, 2012
Varadkar calls for ‘mini-Schengen’ of UK and Ireland
Tourists should receive a common visa to travel freely between the two countries, the transport minister said.
# visas - Monday 5 March, 2012
Column: ‘Everywhere it’s hollowed-out people’ – a day at the emigration fair
Mum-of-one Ann Cronin went to Sunday’s event hopeful for opportunities abroad – but found the reality very different.
# visas - Monday 9 January, 2012
Agency reports surge in Australian visa applications before rules change
A visa support services company says the number of Irish people applying for permanent residency visas is still rising.
# visas - Tuesday 13 December, 2011
The 5 at 5: Tuesday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
# visas - Saturday 15 October, 2011
Six children among Irish people arrested in Sydney visa raid
Ten Irish nationals were arrested in two raids by police.
# visas - Thursday 21 July, 2011
Australian government to target employers of illegal immigrants
Australia is calling out for Irish workers and is willing to make the visa process easier, but it also tackling a huge labour black market.
# visas - Friday 15 July, 2011
Western Australia ‘can take one-third of unemployed from Ireland’
The state’s jobs minister says the region needs 150,000 workers – or one in three of those on the Live Register.
# visas - Thursday 30 June, 2011
(Short) stay now: Visa waivers for Olympic visitors
Government launches new visa waiver programme for 16 countries to entice them over to Ireland during the London 2012 Olympics and beyond…
# visas - Wednesday 11 May, 2011
Shatter confirms details of Ireland’s first visa waiver scheme
Justice minister Alan Shatter announces the 14 countries to which the visa waiver will apply from July 1.






























