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Immigration Information     Another Vicar arrested in sham marriage investigationA sham marriage typically occurs when a non-European national marries someone from the UK or another country in the European Economic Area, as a means of trying to gain long-term residency and the right to work and claim benefits in this country. Weekly UK Immigration News Round up 09 January 2011Weekly UK Immigration News Round up 09 January 2011 UK Border Agency to continue crackdown on illegal workingTwo major sources of confusion for employers are overseas students and Romanian and Bulgarian EU citizens.Employers are often unaware that Bulgarians and Romanians do not have the same rights to work in the UK as other Eastern European EU members, although they can set up a business or work and study under a Yellow Card issued by the UK Border Agency. London Mayor’s new attack on UK Immigration CapDespite the crackdowns and rule changes, everybody knows that the vast majority of immigration comes from within the EU. The UK has little control of millions of Eastern Europeans wishing to work in the UK, as well as migrants exercising EEA rights of settlement. In reality the only way the Government can reduce net migration below their target ‘tens of thousands’ is to tear up treaties and effectively pull out of the European Union. UK immigration fall unlikely in 2011 say leading think tankThe Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr), a leading think tank, predicts that there will not be a dramatic drop in immigration to the UK in 2010, and net migration for 2011 would be unlikely to fall much below 200,000 – the same annual level it has been at for much of the last decade. 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. Special work permit application forms and guidance for Bulgarian and Romanian nationals publishedThe forms and guidance are specifically for work permit applications for Bulgarian and Romanian nationals made on or after 01 April 2009. ID Cards for more migrants from 31 MarchUK Parliament approves regulations allowing the UK Border Agency (UKBA) to expand the identity cards scheme from 31 March Share                                                 |