Immigration Industry: Immigration Consulting Firms in Taiwanese Business Immigration
Journal
Asian Pacific Migration Journal
Journal Volume
6
Journal Issue
3-4
Pages
275-294
Date Issued
1997
Date
1997
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Abstract
Today various countries actively promote business migration programs to bring in more resourceful immigrants, thereby increasing immigration channels for people with physical capital. How to match the right migrants with the right destinations has become a business niche for private agencies. In this article, I analyze the impact of the immigration industry on the immigration process, based on a case study of Taiwanese business immigration. Immigration consultants have facilitated recent Taiwanese business migration by increasing awareness of business migration programs, providing needed assistance and organizing the actual migration process. The involvement of immigration consultants in facilitating the migration of the wealthy class represents one of the outstanding characteristics of the so-called "new Asian migration." Data are mainly from various documentary sources and in-depth interviews with immigration consulting firms. © 1997 Scalabrini Migration Center.
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business services; capital flows; developing country; immigration policy; international migration; labour migration; service sector; Taiwan
Type
journal article
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