Immigration agencies of governments

United States: Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services (successor agency to the old INS).
Check out the laws passed by the US Congress since 1986 regarding immigration at the USCIS Public Law website as well as the specific Immigration regulations (click on "Title 8, Code of Federal Regulations (8 CFR)") that determine who gets into the US and how.

Canada: Citizenship and Immigration

United Kingdom: UK Border Agency

Australia: Department of Immigration & Citizenship

South Africa: Immigration Services of the Department of Home Affairs

Ireland: Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service

Japan: Immigration Bureau of the Ministry of Justice

South Korea: Immigration Service

Switzerland: Federal Office for Migration

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This page maintained by Chip Gagnon
Last revised 1/16/2012