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- 4 Work-Arounds to the H1B Problem
- CEOs, especially those involved in high tech, see the same pattern year after year. They desperately need high-level, foreign workers since universities in the U.S. are not turning out enough software writers and computer engineers. Yet nothing ever seems to get done in Congress to boost the...
- Blog posts 2008-05-06
- visa (V)
- It's everywhere you want to be...in debt. Visa V.
- Videos 2008-04-28
- Border Security: More Emphasis on State's Consular Safeguards Could Mitigate visa Malfeasance Risks
- Issuing a U.S. visa to a foreign citizen in exchange for money or something of value is a crime that can facilitate entry into the United States of unqualified persons, including those who may wish to do our country harm. Internal controls make it difficult for an employee to commit...
- White papers 2005-10-01
- Border Security: Strengthened visa Process Would Benefit From Additional Management Actions by State and DHS
- In adjudicating a visa application, Department of State State consular officers are on the front line of defense against those whose entry would likely be harmful to U.S. national interests. In October 2002, GAO identified shortcomings and made recommendations on the role of national security in the visa process. This...
- White papers 2005-09-13
- Border Security: Strengthened visa Process Would Benefit From Improvements in Staffing and Information Sharing
- GAO reported in October 2002 that the visa process needed to be strengthened as an antiterrorism tool and recommended that the Secretary of State, in consultation with appropriate agencies, develop a clear policy on the role of national security in the visa process, create more comprehensive guidance on how consular...
- White papers 2005-09-01
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- Myanmar cyclone toll could top 100,000
- YANGON, Myanmar -- Hungry people swarmed the few open shops and fistfights broke out over food and water in Myanmar's swamped Irrawaddy delta as a top U.S. diplomat warned that the death toll from a devastating cyclone could top 100,000. The minutes of a U.N. aid meeting...
- Articles 2008-05-08
- Accept aid, Myanmar
- The death toll in Myanmar could top 100,000 from a cyclone and its aftermath. The response of the ruling junta? Essentially, sit on its hands while people die for a lack of food, clean water, medicine and hygiene practices intended to prevent the spread of infectious disease....
- Articles 2008-05-08
- US: Still no word on access to Myanmar
- WASHINGTON AFP — The White House said Wednesday that Myanmar had still not answered its offers of aid for cyclone-ravaged areas, and warned that such a silence risked hampering relief efforts. "Everybody can understand that there is no substitute for being there on the ground to help people...
- Articles 2008-05-07
- PCI Security Standards Council to Host Webinar on New Payment Application Data Security Standard
- --Merchants and service providers to learn key components of new Standard, benefits for cardholder data storage and protection and latest program rollout-- WAKEFIELD, Mass. -- The PCI Security Standards Council, a global, open industry standards body providing management of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard DSS, PCI...
- Articles 2008-05-07
- Non-EU football stars will have to take English test
- Foreign footballers and managers will have to pass an English test before they are allowed to display their talents in this country under new immigration rules. Football stars from outside the EU will be classed as skilled workers from this autumn when the system comes into force....
- Articles 2008-05-07
- Givewell.com Launches Company Ordering Program
- Program Allows Businesses to Give the Gift of Health and Wellness for a Variety of Personal Care Expenses PITTSBURGH, May 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Highmark Inc. is launching the Healthcare Gift Card company ordering program to give a gift everyone values -- the gift of good...
- Articles 2008-05-06
- Cuba refuses to give blogger visa to collect prize
- HAVANA AFP — Cuban authorities have refused to give a travel visa to a Cuban blogger who was to have flown to Spain to receive a top journalism award, the writer told AFP Tuesday. "I have canceled tonight's flight" to Madrid, writer Yoani Sanchez, 32, told AFP, after...
- Articles 2008-05-06
- CIBT, Inc. Providing Real-Time Support for Olympics Visitors as Chinese visa Requirements Become Severely Restrictive
- "Visitors to the 2008 Olympics in China have toovercome a moving hurdle as visa requirements become more cumbersome forbusiness travelers and tourists alike," said Jeffrey Fine, CIBT, Inc.President. CIBT, Inc. ( http://www.cibt.com ) is the world's largest visaand passport expediter. "Until recently, a Chinese visa was valid for one...
- Articles 2008-05-06
- Ecount Announces Success of Paperless Payroll Program at Men's Wearhouse
- Ecount ,a Citi company, today announcedthe successful rollout of Men's Wearhouse paperless payroll program. Men'sWearhouse, one of North America's largest specialty retailers of men'sapparel, has implemented Ecount's Payroll Choices Program, offering all oftheir employees the benefit of immediately available, easily accessiblepay. The Payroll Choices Program provides employees with an electronic,prepaid...
- Articles 2008-05-06
- UEFA say no need for visa for Champions League final
- PARIS AFP — Fans travelling to Moscow for the Champions League final between Manchester United and Chelsea on May 21 will be able to use match tickets as entry visas, UEFA announced on Monday. European football's ruling body made the announcement on their website after holding discussions with...
- Articles 2008-05-05
- Malpractice Premiums, Rate of C-Sections Rise Together
- As medical malpractice premiums increase, so do the rates of Caesarean sections, new research shows. The study provides a small snapshot of the association, drawing on data from the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington. The findings, while not national in scope, could further fuel the debate about whether...
- Articles 2008-05-05
- Heartland Payment Systems, Inc. Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire the Network Services Business of Alliance Data Systems Corporation
- Acquisition of Major Petroleum Industry Payment Processor Expands and Diversifies Heartland's Market Reach and Capabilities PRINCETON, N.J. -- Heartland Payment Systems (NYSE: HPY), a leading provider of credit/debit/prepaid card processing, payroll, check management and payment services, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Network...
- Articles 2008-05-05
- Outside Edge
- MANCHESTER UNITED and Chelsea fans pondering how to get to Moscow for 21 May are not the only ones with problems. Eco-conscious Watford supporters wishing to travel the 224 miles to Blackpool today by public transport faced the following journey, courtesy of Bank Holiday rail engineering work: 02.45am bus from...
- Articles 2008-05-04
- FINAL CALL
- Chelsea and Manchester United fans are battling for Champions League tickets, but to live it up in Moscow you need the wealth of a mini-Roman Abramovich. Rory Ross takes a luxury tour of the Russian capital - and wonders just how long the party will last It...
- Articles 2008-05-03
- The trouble with travelling to Russia
- QUESTIONS OF CASH ***We had to cancel a trip to Saint Petersburg planned for last October, because of the non-arrival of our Russian visas. The company that arranged the trip has failed to forward all the refund, saying Expedia has not yet refunded the air travel taxes...
- Articles 2008-05-03
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