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Latest Immigration News
March 2009
04.03.09
New visa rules could damage higher education
In a recent article in The Guardian, Anthea Lipsett reported that vice chancellors have warned the government is in danger of damaging British higher education by increasing visa fees and introducing new visa rules.
02.03.09
Is Britain slamming its doors to global talent?
In her recent column, she asks if these changes will really reduce the increasing unemployment figures in the UK, if Britain has the talent to fill the posts usually sourced from non-EU migrants under Tier 1 and how the changes will impact on both UK employers and the UK's reputation as a whole.
February 2009
26.02.09
English journalist challenged by UKBA website
One of their journalists, John Ledger, had set out to find the answers to what he thought were three straight forward questions: How does the points-based system for UK visas work? How many points does a rugby player need to be granted a visa? And is there a sliding scale of points deductions for criminal and civil offences? His research stemmed from the recent refusal of UK visas to several Aussie rugby players including Greg Bird and Michael Crocker.
24.02.09
UK to tighten Points Based System
In an interview with the BBC’s Andrew Marr on Sunday, the Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith, suggested the UK Government will introduce even tougher measures for non-EU migrants to enter the UK under Tier 1 of the new points-based system (PBS).
23.02.09
Visa road-blocks for South Africans
Since the UK Home Office announced that South Africans will face stricter immigration rules to cross its borders and will need a visa to travel to the UK, The Smooth Group has been inundated with phone calls. Many South African nationals living in the UK are unsure about what these new rules mean for their families who would like to visit them.
18.02.09
UK promises visa flexibility for South Africans
MediaClubSouthAfrica.com has reported that British High Commissioner, Paul Boateng, has offered his assurances to South Africans that the UK Governemnt will do its utmost to be accomdating and flexible with regards to stricter visa rules.
16.02.09
Aussies welcome UK visa clampdown
The Press Association has reported that the clampdown on overseas players gaining entry visas to play in the UK's Super League has been welcomed by Australia's National Rugby League (NRL).
10.02.09
South Africa faces new visa rules
BBC News has reported that nationals from South Africa, along with Bolivia, Lesotho, Swaziland and Venezuela, will need a visa to visit the UK from March 2009.
Under the new rules issued by the homes office, nationals from these countries will now need to provide fingerprints and pay a fee to obtain a visa before travelling to the UK.
09.02.09
Two hundred illegal workers ‘quietly sacked’ from Olympic site
The Independent has reported an allegation from an unidentified senior source that 200 Romanian construction workers from the 2012 Olympic Park site have been "quietly sacked" in the past two months during a clampdown on illegal foreign labour.
05.02.09
Prove your worth as a British citizen
Non-EU migrants wishing to settle in the UK will now face a set of tests in order to earn their citizenship and whereas currently anyone who has lived and worked in the UK for five years can apply for settlement, immigrants could have to wait up to ten years to become British citizens.
02.02.09
Tier 4 deadline imminent
Schools, universities and colleges who want to educate foreign students, and are yet to submit their application for a sponsorship license under Tier 4, need to get their skates on. Applications must be submitted to the UK Border Agency (UKBA) by close of business today in order to be processed in time for launch of Tier 4 of the new Points Based System (PBS) at the end of March.
January 2009
22.01.09
Crackdown on illegal immigrants
Wolverhampton.co.uk has reported a string of raids on motorway service stations recently carried out by Border police. Teams of officials have been scouring lorry parks in the West Midlands hoping to detect stowaways.
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