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Immigration Information     How will the new ‘minimum salary for residency’ proposals affect you?Following yesterday’s announcement by the UK Immigration Minister, Damian Green, that under new proposals migrants seeking permanent settlement, or Indefinite Leave to Remain, will be required to earn between £31,000 and £49,000 per annum, Immigration Matters has been inundated with questions from worried work permit holders such as Senior Care Workers, Nurses and Domestic Workers. Romanian workers offered UK jobs while 2.7 million claim benefitsBritish employers are offering thousands of jobs to Romanian workers as UK unemployment soars to a record high, the Daily Star claims. A recruitment agency in Bucharest is advertising 2,434 vacancies for British jobs according to the report. The news that employers are recruiting in Romania will surprise many as, despite being members of the European Union, Romanians cannot work in the UK as employees without permission. Change to postal biometric appointment procedure and residence permit helpThe UK Border Agency (UKBA) has announced changes to their biometric appointment booking service removing telephone option and replacing it with an online system. Immigration News Weekly Round up 22 January 2012Immigration News Weekly Round up 22 January 2012 – www.immigrationmatters.co.uk Immigration News Weekly Round up 15 January 2012Immigration News Weekly Round up 08 January 2012 – Immigration News Weekly Round up 15 January 2012 – www.immigrationmatters.co.uk Immigration News Weekly Round up 08 January 2012Immigration News Weekly Round up 08 January 2012 – www.immigrationmatters.co.uk Senior Carers Workers win stage in appeal for right to settle in UKThe Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) has posted the following article on their appeal to win settlement rights for Senior Care Workers who came to the UK on Work Permits. Employers to have access to online checking of Biometric residence permits for workersThe UK Government are to simplify the verification process to enable employers to carry out immigration checks to find out whether foreign nationals have the right to work in Britain, Immigration Minister Damian Green announced today. 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. Nurse job cuts putting NHS at ‘crisis’ point, says Royal College of NursingCare homes are facing a staffing crisis following a government clampdown on non-EU immigration and changes to Tier 2 work visa rules. Care industry employers looking for staff are increasingly turning to EU member workers from Eastern European countries such as Poland, Bulgaria and Romania. Share                                                 |