Free Senior Carer Surgery Extended

Due to unprecedented demand for Bison’s FREE IMMIGRATION ADVICE SURGERY, we have added two extra days after Christmas.

Cynthia Barker, leading Immigration Adviser at Bison UK said:

“We have been overwhelmed by the number of people calling at our office and all our advisers have been working flat out to find new jobs for our [...]

New Restrictions on Visitor Visas Announced by Home Office

Immigration Matters asks if new measures to strengthen visitor visas conditions prevent illegal immigration or just scare off tourists.
New proposals to ensure visitors to the UK comply with the conditions of their visa were announced by the Home Office in a consultation published yesterday.
The proposed changes would include:
Reducing the length of time a tourist can stay [...]

Immigration Matters 2007 ‘Round Up’ Report

The year of two thousand and seven was not exactly a vintage one for UK migrants, as the Home Office and newly formed Border and Immigration Agency (BIA) relentlessly clamped down on immigration and will almost certainly exceed the 2006 removal figure of over 22000 people.

The year started with two new Eastern European countries [...]

Urgent Press Announcement on Senior Carers by Bison Management UK

Cynthia Barker and her team at Bison UK congratulate all those who have supported the Senior Carer’s campaign.

A special thank you goes out to the 2418 people who signed the ’Save our Carers’ Prime Minister’s Petition, set up by Immigration Matters last June see: http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/SaveCarers/.

Through his ‘Immigration Matters’ newsletter, Charles Kelly, [...]

Want to Marry a Foreigner? Make Sure they can Speak English

The UK will introduce English tests for foreign nationals seeking to marry Britons and, as expected, low-skilled workers from outside EU will be barred.

The Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith, this week announced further restrictive measures on entering the UK, including a new English test for foreigners seeking to marry a Briton and settle in the [...]

BBC Report Care Workers Forced to Leave UK

BBC Wales has reported that many Filipino care workers across Wales may be forced to leave the UK because of a change in immigration rules.
As Immigration Matters’ readers will be aware, the Home Office says employers must pay staff an hourly wage of at least £7.02 to gain work permits.
But care homes cannot [...]

Good News for Senior Carers as UK Government Reviews Policy

Bison UK offers Free ‘Senior Carer’ Immigration Surgery

The Border and Immigration Agency (BIA) is set to offer a lifeline to the thousands of overseas Senior Carers who have lost their jobs due to the Border and Immigration Agency’s “minimum salary” requirement on Work Permit renewals.

They also plan to drop both the minimum £7.02 [...]

Home Office to Simplify Immigration Law

The Home Office has revealed proposals to use a new Government Bill to simplify immigration law.
The move follows a consultation on plans to replace all the Immigration Acts since the early 1970s with a single piece of legislation.
The consultation, which began on 6 June 2007, received positive feedback from 64% of respondents, backing the Border [...]