Prior to 1977, the U.S. immigration system generally permitted the entry and permanent residence of foreign-born physicians.
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British Foreign Secretary William Hague will host a reception for foreign dignitaries at Mansion House, the residence of the Lord Mayor of London.
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Last week a foreign student in Cambridge showed me his residence permit for the UK, the bit of plastic, plus biometric chip, that was to be the prototype for the ID cards that everyone was threatened with - but is now issued only to visa holders.
But the legal costs and fees to sponsor skilled foreign nationals for temporary visas (thousands of dollars) and for permanent residence (typically tens of thousands of dollars) call into question any supposed cost advantage in hiring foreign nationals.
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The exception provides a tax result for U.S. multinationals that their competitors based in foreign countries generally have long enjoyed under their residence-country tax regimes.
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Foreign governments want to sell them passports and residence cards.
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Mr Hirst, the dean of foreign correspondents in Beirut after five decades in residence, begins his tale with Lebanon's creation in the wake of the first world war, as a French gift to the Maronite Christians of the coastal Levant who had long seen Paris and the Vatican as their saviours.
Moreover, reform is needed for green cards (permanent residence), since newly sponsored skilled foreign nationals, particularly from India and China, could wait years or decades for an employment-based green card.
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Although immigration remains a major contributor to Hispanic population growth, the recent recession and high employment rates may have prompted a tapering off in the rate of foreign-born nationals seeking U.S. residence, analysts said.
According to Fiona Buffinton, head of Australian Education International, a government agency, about a third of the country's foreign students are motivated mainly by the hope of gaining residence, and a third primarily by the education on offer, while also nursing hopes of staying on.
Mr Clinton, who played golf with the former Irish Foreign Affairs Minister Dick Spring on Sunday, met with President McAleese at her official residence on Monday.
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