Victories for Appeals Team

Bison UK’s appeals team have just scored their seventh straight appeal victory last week at the AIT in London.

The latest case involved Cherrylyn, a Filipino work permit holder appealing against an entry clearance refusal in Manila. The Entry Clearance Officer (ECO) refused her application based on the assumption that she was not capable of undertaking [...]

Illegal Immigration ‘Crackdown’

New initiative on illegal immigration in the UK…
four hundred and forty police officers are being brought in.

“People-trafficking and all its associated evils
is one of the fastest-growing and most vicious crimes, yet the government’s policy so far has been one of neglect.”
David Davis
Shadow home secretary
Home Secretary, John Reid, has unveiled plans for 800 new immigration [...]

Home Office Releases Further Details on Points Based Scheme

At a recent conference of Immigration Law Practitioners John Larkins, Deputy Director of Managed Migration revealed further snippets of information on how the points based system will operate.
The points-based system is part of the the government five year plan to overhaul the immigration system and a key element of the 2006 Immigration, Asylum and Nationality [...]

Home Office Forms Changing

In a week when Tory leader David Cameron pledged that a Conservative Government would cut immigration, John Reid seems to be beating him to the punch.
Home Secretary Reid has brought in a raft of immigration restrictions since he replaced Charles Clarke earlier this year, and he’s only just getting started. The entire immigration system is [...]

Shortage Occupations List Reduced

The Home Office has removed more occupations from the ‘Shortage Occupations’ list including Actuaries and various categories of Engineers. This follows the removal of Nursing from list in August.
For a full list of shortage occupations visit the Home Office website www.homeoffice.gov.uk.
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New HSMP Rules-Even Bill Gates Would Not Qualify

Under new restrictions to the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme (HSMP) successful people with major achievements, such as the world’s richest man Bill Gates, will not gain sufficient points to qualify.
The Home Office suspended the current Highly Skilled Migrant Scheme (HSMP), pending the introduction of a revised scheme next month, leaving thousands of applicants no time [...]

HSMP Suspended

The Home Office has suspended the Highly Skilled Migrant Scheme (HSMP) for 27 days, pending the introduction of a revised scheme on 5th December 2006. No further current applications will be accepted after today, giving the Home Office time to clear the backlog of existing cases.
The news was announced, without prior notice, on the Home [...]

Yes Students Can Still Come to the UK

There are over 300,000 international students studying in the UK at more than 170 universities, 500 further education and specialist colleges, and other accredited institutions. The students come from more than 180 countries and the British Council believes their numbers could rise to 800,000 by 2018. It is estimated that the international student market is [...]