Migrant workers face new test to work in the UK say Border Agency
New measures to “raise the bar” for foreign workers unveiled by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith this weekend.
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Migrant workers face new test to work in the UK say Border AgencyNew measures to “raise the bar” for foreign workers unveiled by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith this weekend. UK Border Agency Restrict NVQ Students in ManilaVFS Global and the British Embassy in Manila has today imposed further restrictions specifically on NVQ students applying for visas to take up study places on courses in the UK. Maximum ten NVQ appointments a day say British Embassy call centre in ManilaUpdate on VFS Global in Manila as NVQ students are restricted to just ten slots a day. ID Cards for more foreign nationals, as UKBA extend scope further immigration categoriesThe UK Government to extend Identity Cards to more immigration categories. NVQ Bottleneck at British Embassy Manila Visa Processing Agents VFS GlobalVFS Global, the visa processing agency for the British Embassy Manila tell NVQ students that applications will only be accepted with an appointment – an appointment they are unable to offer until 27 March 2009. Government propose hike for visa and sponsor feesUK Government announces proposed fee hike for all visa, immigration and nationality applications and services in 2009/10. A decade long wait for British citizenship is too long JCWI Press StatementSome migrants applying for British citizenship might have to wait for as long as ten years for naturalisation, the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) warned today. JCWI PARLIAMENTARY BRIEFING ON BORDERS CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION BILL 2009Parliamentary Briefing House of Lords Second Reading 11 February 2009. Foreign worker protests not anti immigrationAre the recent spate of wildcat strikes and protests against French oil company, Mobil, rejecting local British workers in favour of Italian contract staff, about immigration? |