Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Immigration policy of EU

Dear USM Law students, please find attached the link to the article on Immigration Policy and fee free to hare your thoughts using our blog.
History of US immigration policy.
Immigrants:
a) Immigrants not subject to Numerical Limitations (Immediate relatives: children, parents spouses);
b) Immigrants subject to numerical limitations (Preference categories: family sponsored preferences, employment related preferences, diversity immigrants).
Nonimmigrant visitors and temporary workers:
A – career diplomats
B - temporary visitors for business and pleasure
C - aliens in transit
D - crew members
E - treaty traders and investors
F - students
G - international organization representatives
H - temporary workers
I - foreign media representatives
J - exchange program visitors
K - fiancé(e)s or spouses and (their children) of the US citizen
L - intracompany transferees
M - students in nonacademic institutions
N - parents and children of special immigrants
O - aliens with extraordinary abilities
P - entertainers and athletes
Q - cultural exchange program participants
R - religious workers
S - aliens coming to the US to provide information for criminal investigations
T - victims of human trafficking
U - victims of domestic abuse
V - spouses and children of permanent resident who filed an immigration petition more than three years ago.
4. Towards EU immigration.
5. Towards Australian immigration.
6. Towards Asian immigration.
7. Illegal immigration: trafficking in human beings.
8. The crisis as a factor that influence migration in our days.
9. EU directives concern immigration and the steps taken by EU in order to persuade Moldavian immigrants to return in their home country.