Tag Archives: Immigration

Immigration Compliance In 2011

The announcement follows the launch of the new Highly Trusted Sponsor Scheme for Tier 4 Licensed Organisations (Academic Institutions dealing with foreign Students). The new scheme will aim to streamline the application process for Sponsors and to allow the UK Border Agency to concentrate limited on site immigration audit bandwidth on high risk and poorly […]

Immigration Cap Unworkable Says IPPR

Speaking on The Politics Show the leader of the Conservative Party, David Cameron, said that “I think we need to set the cap each year according to the needs of the economy. That\’s not something you can do in advance. The reason for capping immigration in my view is there have been pressures in the […]

Hays Recruitment Calls For Immigration Reform

Speaking at the launch of a new joint report with Reform, the independent think tank, Mr Cox said that there are “more than 8 million non-working adults in this country and yet many of the employers we speak to daily are suffering severe shortages of staff with the appropriate skills\”. He went on to say […]

£15,000 Super Premium Visa Processing Service Launched

The Super Premium Visa Processing Service The new service will see UK Border Agency workers visit the applicant (at a convenient location chosen by the customer) in order to take biometric information (fingerprints and a full face digital photograph) and process a Tier 2 (Work Permit), Tier 4 (Student), FLR(M), FLR(BID) or FLR(BUS) visa application. […]

Easter Closures to Visa Application Centres

Tier 1 Visa Applications If you are a highly skilled professional and you wish to work in the United Kingdom Commonwealth Contractors OISC registered Immigration Partners may be able to help. From April 2010 far more individuals will become eligible for a Tier 1 General Visa (formerly Highly Skilled Migrant Programme Visa) as the category […]

MAC Shortage Occupation List Recommendations

If you are a highly skilled professional (especially in Information Technology, Healthcare and Engineering) and you wish to work in the United Kingdom please Submit your Details or call now on 0330 390 9021. Please be prepared to send a copy of your most up to date CV. Occupations proposed to be added to the […]

Changes to Tiers 1 & 2 beyond April 2010

Tier 1 General – Adjusting Overseas Earnings One of the key subcategories of Tier 1 General is Previous Earnings in which applicants earn points based on a 12 month consecutive period of earnings in the 15 months immediately prior to Tier 1 General visa application. The higher the level of previous earnings the more points […]

Migrant Workers keep London Competitive

The London Chamber of Commerce and Industry survey found that: 68% of respondents believe that migrant workers work harder than UK Nationals 72% think that migrant workers are prepared to do jobs that British workers are not prepared or are unwilling to do 57% think that migrant workers are important to their own company 56% […]

Changes to Tier 1 & Tier 2

Speaking further to the changes, Phil Woolas, the Borders and Immigration Minister said “We\’ve always said that we would run our immigration system for the benefit of the UK and that is what we are doing. The changes that we are making today will build on an already robust system which is now the envy […]

Jacob Zuma encourages South Africans to return home

President Zuma, on his first official state visit to the UK, made the comments at a special 1,000 guest invitational at London’s Dorchester Hotel. He told guests that young South Africans were ‘picking up valuable skills while working in the UK’ however encouraged them to return at some time in the future. The flow of […]