Home Office Tells Leading Care Providers That Senior Carer Work Permits Will Not Be Renewed

The Home Office has held secret talks with one the UK’s biggest care providers, informing them that their overseas Senior Carer Work Permits will not be renewed.

The employer, which owns over 500 Care Homes all over the UK employing more than 40,000 people, told affected staff (holding less than a five year Work Permit) [...]

Student NVQ Study Programme in UK

Student Presentation ‘Earn While You Learn’ Scheme. NVQ in Health and Social Care scheme for students wishing to study and work in the UK.

UK to Lift Bulgarian and Romanian Restrictions

The UK government has announced it will review its temporary limits on Bulgarian and Romanian workers with a possibility of lifting them completely.

The widely anticipated review of the controversial restrictions imposed on the latest EU members is expected by the end of this year along with an introduction of a points-based system for [...]

UK Economy Gains From Migrant Workers Says TUC

A Trades Union Congress (TUC) study ‘The economics of migration‘ (published today) says the British economy is benefiting from the influx of migrant workers to the UK.

The far right have made accusations that immigrants are a drain on the welfare state. However, Treasury figures show that migrant workers are responsible for around ten per [...]

Save Our Overseas Senior Carers (SOS)

SOS message to Immigration Minister Liam Byrne – If you get rid of all our overseas Senior Carers there will be a staffing crisis in the Care Industry.
With thousands of Work Permit holders and their families facing the threat of removal from the UK, something must be done to ‘Save our Overseas Senior Carers’.
The Border [...]

Minister Launches Consultation on Simplifying Immigration Law

Liam Byrne, Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, and Nationality, has launched a consultation paper on simplifying immigration and citizenship law. The aim of this initial consultation paper is to seek a range of views to inform a fundamental overhaul of the legal framework within which the Border and Immigration Agency operates.

Over recent months the Border [...]

Senior Carer Work Permits ‘On Hold’ Pending New Guidelines

The Border and Immigration Agency has put all Senior Carer Work Permit Applications “On hold”, pending new policy guidelines.

Several Business Team Managers have confirmed that no decisions are being made on cases until widely anticipated revised guidelines are published in the “next couple of weeks”.

Thousands of applications – as well as people’s [...]

Who Cares? Seminar Update: Are You Employing Staff Illegally?

Exeter 5 – 6 June 2007

Charles Kelly, Immigration Adviser, opened the “Who Cares?” and “What Disability?” Show at Exeter last week.

His subject: Are You Employing Staff Illegally?

Charles Kelly, MD of Bison Management

Charles, who is also Managing Director of Bison Management UK and Co Author of the book “How 2 Come to the UK” delivered his [...]

Work Permit Holder Finally Arrives in UK After Successful Visa Appeal

Eric obtained a Work Permit in 2005 as a Senior Carer through Bison UK in London in 2005. What followed over the next 18 months was a series of events which seemed to thwart his every attempt to come to the UK.
The first bad omen was the Home Office issuing his Work Permit with an [...]

National ‘Britain Day’ To Unite People

A national “Britain Day” to promote a stronger sense of British identity has been suggested by two prominent government ministers the BBC reports.
Communities Secretary Ruth Kelly and Immigration Minister Liam Byrne say it could be a new national holiday.

In a BBC interview Ms Kelly said: “The point of it would be to celebrate the [...]