Press Announcement on Senior Carer Work Permits by Bison UK

Thousands of overseas Senior Carers have, until recently, been trapped in jobs with employers unable or unwilling to pay the new “going rate” salary required to renew their Work Permits.

Under Immigration Minister Liam Byrne’s recent revised transitional arrangement, Work Permit holders can now switch jobs (without meeting the new skills criteria) provided the employer [...]

BIA Consider out of time applications for Senior Carers with Expired Visas

n an announcement yesterday, the Border and Immigration Agency (BIA) has clarified transitional measures for senior care workers who were “unable to extend their permission to stay in the United Kingdom within the normal time limit”.

In other words, those Senior Carers whose visas have expired.

The statement continues:

“Our staff will continue to use [...]

Employers totally confused by UK immigration rules

As the Home Office prepares to dish out massive fines to businesses employing illegal migrants, many care sector employers are still totally confused by the myriad of immigration rules, visa stamps and ‘Australian points based’ systems.

With the introduction of the points based system for Tier 2 just months away, employers need to prepare for [...]

Immigration rules for students are unrealistic warns Universities

The Times reports that proposed new immigration rules that will require educational institutions to report all overseas students who miss lectures are unworkable, according to universities.

Under the new points-based immigration system, universities and colleges are required to inform the Border and Immigration Agency (BIA) if a non EU student is absent from study for [...]

New Civil Penalties for employing illegal migrant workers will have teeth

Civil penalties for employing illegal immigrants will be easier to impose than criminal charges, and employers should expect fines of up to £10000 per illegal worker.
The burden of proof required to impose civil penalty is less stringent than for criminal charges, where the case must be proved “beyond reasonable doubt”. The criminal offence for exploiting [...]

UK Immigration rules too inflexible India warns

In an article which first appeared in the Financial Times, Britain’s new points-based immigration system risks making it harder for India and other developing countries to export information technology systems to the UK, New Delhi has warned.

Kamal Nath, Indian trade minister, told the Financial Times that the new regime could make it harder for [...]

New Points System starts for UK immigration starts for Tier 1

The Border and Immigration Agency (BIA) launched its flagship points scheme last week, the biggest shake-up of the immigration system in 45 years, with the introduction of Tier 1 for highly skilled migrants.

According to the BIA, the points scheme will ensure that “only the best can work in Britain” and “will attract the most [...]