UK’s annual immigration cap on non-EU workers starts 6 April
The Government’s flagship plan to reduce immigration into the UK commenced on 6 April, with the start of the new annual limit on non-EU workers.
UKBA ‘failing on Tier 2 visa controls’ report finds
Tier 2 working visa system – a disaster waiting to happen?
Arsenal’s football team – playing the immigration game
However, since the Immigration Minister confirmed that employers filling a vacancy that attracts a salary of £150,000 or more will be exempt from the cap, footballers are unlikely to be affected by the limit on the number of certificate of sponsorship (CoS) that may be allocated. Many top players pocket this much in a single week.
Tier 2 Working visa reforms announced by UK Border Agency
The Home Office has unveiled details of a radical overhaul to the Tier 2 working visa route today, scraping much of the sponsorship scheme employers signed up to when the Work Permit scheme was replaced by the points based system two years ago.
OFWs warned about Guam hospital recruitment scam
The Philippine government on Wednesday warned prospective overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) heading for Guam against falling for a hospital recruitment scam there, GMA reports. The report highlights the need to be aware of the growing number of internet scams aimed at desperate migrants.
Weekly UK Immigration News Round up 26 December 2010
Weekly UK Immigration News Round up 26 December 2010 from www.immigrationmatters.co.uk
UK to end Detaining children of failed asylum seekers
The detention of the children of failed asylum seekers in secure prison units will end by next May, the UK government announced last week.
Weekly UK Immigration News Round up 19 December 2010
Weekly UK Immigration News Round up 19 December 2010 from www.immigrationmatters.co.uk
Interim Immigration Cap unlawful High Court Judges Rule
As reported yesterday by Immigration Matters the High Court in London confirmed the expected further hammer blow to Home Secretary Theresa May’s troubled plans for a interim cap on UK immigration.
Immigration Cap ruled illegal
Unconfirmed reports are coming from the Royal Courts of Justice that judges in the ECCA/JCWI legal challenge have ruled that the UK Border Agency have not acted within the law when implementing the interim immigration cap on Tier 1 and Tier 2 migration.
