ANNOUNCEMENT: Work Permit Forms and Fees to Change on 2 April 2007

Work Permit forms and fees change from 2 April 2007.
Check the Home Office website
www.workingintheuk.gov.uk
for details and guidance notes.
If you should have any questions on working or studying in the UK email Charles Kelly info@immigrationmatters.co.uk.
For immigration updates see: www.immigrationmatters.co.uk

New Government body to investigate the social impact of UK immigration

Home Office Minister Liam Byrne has announced the creation of a new government committee which will examine the social impact of immigration.

The decision to set up the Migration Impact Forum (MIF) goes further than previous announcements this year. The government is currently implementing a five year plan to completely overhaul the UK’s immigration system.

In the [...]

UK to increase the minimum age for marriage visas

The UK government plans to increase the minimum age for a marriage visa from 18 to 21 in a bid to combat forced marriages.

Spouses or fiancés from outside the EU may also have to pass an English test before being granted a visa.

Family members standing as guarantors for people on family visit visas [...]

A Million Overseas Workers Come To The UK

The Telegraph reports that “More than a million foreigners have been allowed to come to work in Britain in just three years – and given the right to remain indefinitely.”

Quite how this is possible in just three years when most workers need five years of continuous work to qualify for ‘indefinite leave to remain’, [...]

Romanian and Bulgarian Workers Confused By Home Office Restrictions On Work

Anna Marie from Romania
Anna Marie, a bright young Romanian citizen, came to the UK for the first time as an au pair in 2003. She went back to Romania a couple of years later before her visa expired. Like thousands of other Romanian and Bulgarian citizens, she thought she was about to have another chance [...]

Visa and Leave To Remain Fees Are Set To Double

The Home Office and UK Visas have announced a hike in visa and Leave to Remain fees.

From April 1, thousands of migrants currently in Britain will have to pay £750 for the ‘Indefinite Leave to Remain‘, which entitles permanent residency in the UK. The new charge is more than double the current fee of [...]

Reid Targets Illegal Immigrants and Employers

As the Home Office announces yet another immigration clampdown, mainly targeting employers and landlords, many Care Providers will be asking how this will help them find staff. The short answer is: it won’t.

John Reid will allocate £100 million to curb illegal immigration and strengthen UK borders. Measures being introduced include compulsory ID Cards for [...]

Domestic Workers To Lose Rights

The domestic worker concession, introduced in 1998 by a Labour Government, is to be removed.

Migrant domestic workers brought into Britain – to work as cooks, cleaners and nannies – will lose the right to change employers and could become virtual slaves in their employers’ homes under new immigration rules, campaigners warned.

Labour Ministers – who campaigned [...]

Launch of book, How 2 Come to the UK

A video report on the launch in the Philippines of “How 2 Come to the UK” (by Charles Kelly and Cynthia Barker). ABS-CBN The Filipino Channel & ANC, Balitang Europe.

14 March 2007 – Surrey Care Assocation: Showcase for Social Care and Social Work

SURREY CARE ASSOCATION
14 March 2007
Copthorne Hotel, Effingham Park
Charles Kelly will be speaking at the
‘Showcase for Social Care and Social Work’
organized by Surrey Care Association and Skills for Care.
Subject of talk: “Employing Overseas Staff”
For more details, email info@immigrationmatters.co.uk