7 tips for completing a Yellow Card BR1 application to work and study in the UK
With Yellow Card student applications for Bulgarians and Romanians taking 3 to 6 months to process, getting it right first time is vital.
Member of Parliament Diane Abbott in hot water over Twitter race comments
MP and Shadow Health Minister Diane Abbott has apologised for any offence caused by comments she made on Twitter, after claims they were racist, the BBC reports.
EU Immigration Rules allow 11,000 migrants a year into the UK by the ‘back door’ MP claims
Thousands of migrants who would normally be barred are allowed in to Britain after obtaining citizenship from another EU country, the Daily Mail claims.
Romanian man jailed for smuggling immigrants into UK
A Romanian man caught attempting to smuggle four illegal immigrants into Britain has been jailed.
UK Immigration Cap causing little damage to business CIPD claim
The cap on working visa immigration introduced this year has caused ‘minor damage’ to employers’ ability to recruit skilled workers, but the full effects have not been experienced as employers are reluctant to create jobs at present, a new study has found.
JCWI asks: Bogus’ Colleges – what about their Genuine Students?
Finally one of the main migrant groups are taking up the cases of thousands of Tier 4 students who have been left stranded like refugees in a war zone during the UK Border Agency’s relentless student visa crackdown on private colleges.
Immigration News weekly round up 27 November 2011
Immigration News weekly round up 27 November 2011
Crooked border agency official jailed for 7 years
Nigerian Samuel Shoyeju, a UK immigration officer, was jailed this week for seven years for falsely granting Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) to 44 non-EU residents who were not entitled to stay in the country.
Bogus Hungarian bride jailed for fake wedding after taking £400 to marry complete stranger
A bogus European bride was jailed yesterday after she admitted taking £400 to marry a Pakistani stranger in an EEA marriage scam. Sham marriage fixers are fully aware of these rules which is why non-EU immigrants are set up with EU partners.
Rents level out as more students start, but numbers of overseas applications for UK universities down
Rents for new tenants appeared to drop across the UK, including London, last month – but seasonal variations were entirely responsible, Landlord Today reports.
