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Immigration Information     Tier 2 Working visa reforms announced by UK Border AgencyThe 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. Weekly UK Immigration News Round up 26 December 2010Weekly UK Immigration News Round up 26 December 2010 from www.immigrationmatters.co.uk Weekly UK Immigration News Round up 19 December 2010Weekly UK Immigration News Round up 19 December 2010 from www.immigrationmatters.co.uk Interim Immigration Cap unlawful High Court Judges RuleAs 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 illegalUnconfirmed 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. ECCA Tier 2 Immigration Cap High Court legal challenge starts todayThe English Community Care Association (ECCA) legal challenge against the UK Government’s Tier 2 immigration cap policy commenced today in London’s Royal Courts of Justice. New Government-approved shortage occupation lists for Tier 2 of the Points Based SystemFollowing recommendations by the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) in April, the UK Border Agency has published the latest approved shortage occupation lists for Tier 2 of the points-based System, including for the first time Care Assistants and Home Carers at a reduced NQF level 2 qualification and experience threshold. The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) revise Shortage Occupations List – VideoRevised shortage list will see skills threshold changed for care assistants (Social Care Workers) and chefs, and minimum salaries reduced from £8.80 to £7.80 for Social Care Workers. Migration Advisory publish new recommended shortage occupations listMigration Advisory Committee (MAC) publishes its first review of the shortage occupation lists for skilled workers coming to the UK. Share                                                 |