Consultation on OISC’s guidance on competence for immigration advisors
The Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC) has launched a consultation on revising its guidance on competence.
London still booming
Migrants and students have a better chance of finding work around London, which is teaming with hotels, shops, bars and restaurants, and more tourist attractions than almost anywhere on earth. London is also a magnet for an estimated half a million overstayers and illegal immigrants, which is why Mayor Boris Johnson favours an amnesty for illegal immigrants against his own party line. See London Mayor Boris Johnson favours amnesty for illegal immigrants
Weekly Immigration Matters news round up
Week’s round up of the main Immigration Matters stories for the week ending 4th July 2009.
Senior Carer and her 18 year old Daughter get Indefinite Leave to Remain
Work Permit holding Senior Carer collects her passport from her immigration adviser, Bison UK, today which now includes an Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) sticker. The Borders Citizenship and Immigration Bill, expected to become law later this year, will have far reaching effects on Filipino and other Work Permit holders, for instance, Senior Carers and Nurses, hoping to apply for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) or British Citizenship.
UK Border Agency to speed up identity cards for foreign nationals
Home Secretary Alan Johnson has ordered the UK Border Agency to review its successful rollout of compulsory identity cards for foreign nationals, with a view to accelerating the process, but appears to be making a U turn on mandatory ID cards for British Citizens.
Filipino to be deported for pornography offence
The UK Border Agency has taken the unusual step of publishing details of a Filipino man facing deportation for attempting to import explicit paedophiliac material into the UK.
Visa requirement for South Africans starts today
The announcement is clearly designed to reassure the public that the Labour Government is taking steps to secure and strengthen Britain’s borders.
Too hot for Filipino Students as London hits 32 degrees
As London temperatures soared to 32 degrees today even Filipino students were complaining about the heat! Most migrants coming to the UK from hotter tropical countries like the Philippines and India expect the weather to be freezing cold all year round, packing their huge suitcases with coats, jumpers and even blankets.
1 in 3 visa applications not checked
A secret internal report, leaked to The Sunday Times by an official in the UK Border Agency, discloses how travel permits were granted without even the most basic of checks.
Home Office announce tough new regulations for immigration advisers
Tough new rules to tackle rogue immigration advisers are to be launched by the Government, the Home Office announced today, but how can you spot an illegal adviser?
