Immigration in Developing Countries – An Overview

Immigration continues to be one of most significant current problems for both the developing and the developed countries; the former because of the ‘brain drain’ crisis, and the latter because of the pressure of keeping out the illegal and unskilled ‘undesirables’.

 

Pakistan has suffered immensely due to the decades long Afghan wars and is currently housing over 2 million displaced Afghan migrants most of them have even not registered themselves with the local authorities.

 

Within our country we have seen a huge amount of our local talent and most of our best brains migrating abroad especially in the last two decades. The primary reason for the same is security. After the American invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 the security situation in Pakistan has gone from bad to worse to a complete breakdown of our local intelligence and police systems.

 

Pakistan is a country of 200 million people. We have a huge labor base hence both legal and illegal immigration has become a thriving business in this country. People, especially the poor un-skilled ones, take life threatening risks to escape even through closed container boxes.

 

Legal migrants though have a variety of channels that they can pursue. With the turn of the century we have seen a mushroom growth of immigration consultants and immigration lawyers in Pakistan offering a range of immigration services for countries like UK, Australia, New Zealand, USA, Canada, Germany, Italy and France.

 

Some of the common migration options or categories available are business immigration, citizenship, work visa, investment, professional and un-skilled. As per a recent study most of the immigration from Pakistan has been in the professional and investment categories.

 

If you are planning to shift abroad and looking for a good and reliable immigration consultant then you are in for a rough ride. One can find a so called immigration expert around the corner of ones street in Pakistan. They are so many of them that it is very difficult to sort through the bad ones. The trick is to ask for a FREE CONSULTANCY. This will give you a chance to visit and check out their premises. It will also provide you with the opportunity to meet them face to face and see what options they present to you. Also don’t be embarrassed to ask for a list of SATISFIED CLIENTS with their contact details so you could collect your own direct references.

A good place to begin would be to check out the local Yellow Pages directory listings of immigration consultants and lawyers in your neighborhood such as Lookup.pk. Besides finding the addresses and contact numbers you would also find latest reviews and opinions which would help you to understand a company’s market reputation.