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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. UKBA Postal biometric appointments and residence permit reporting change to online serviceAs announced last month the UK Border Agency has now closed their telephone booking line for postal applicants in the UK who want to make appointments to enrol their biometric information. 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. Sham marriage vicar John Magumba jailedAnother Church of England vicar has been jailed for carrying out sham marriages to allow immigrants to gain residency rights to remain in the UK, the BBC reports. Human Rights distorted, British PM warns the Council of Europe, as many in the UK call for withdrawal from ECHRBritish Prime Minister David Cameron has warned that the concept of human rights was being “distorted” – and even “discredited” – by controversial decisions in Europe. Immigration News Weekly Round up 22 January 2012Immigration News Weekly Round up 22 January 2012 – www.immigrationmatters.co.uk Immigrants on benefits – figures revealed371,000 migrants on benefits according to Government estimates. Judge attacks immigration ‘merry-go-round’ after Pakistani man made 16 applications to remain in UK at a cost of £250,000 to taxpayerA senior judge this week condemned the immigration ‘merry-go-round’ that allowed an asylum seeker to stay in Britain for a decade. The Pakistani national was allowed to make a staggering 16 appeals or new applications despite being rejected at every turn, at an estimated cost to taxpayers of at least £250,000. Bulgarian and Romanian applications – UKBA issue new application form and guidanceThe UK Border Agency (UKBA) has published revised guidance notes for Bulgarian and Romanian accession worker card applicants and employers, and a new version of Form BR3. Pop star Adam Ant raided at dawn over ‘illegal immigrant’1980’s pop legend Adam Ant was awoken by immigration border police yesterday when his London home was raided at dawn Share                                                 |