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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. 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. 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. UK economy growing faster than expectedBritain’s economy is growing faster than expected, new figures have revealed, a sign that a feared double-dip recession will be averted. UK Apprenticeship training schemes take offAs funding for ‘train to gain’ NVQ’s dried up in the last 18 months, apprenticeship take-up’s have been slow. However, as employers start to see the benefits of taking on an apprentice at subsidised pay rates from as little as £2.60 per hour the scheme has started to take off. Funded health and social care apprenticeships in the London M25 area are available through Majestic College, which has extensive links with care sector employers. Tier 4 blacklisted financial institutions published by UK Border Agency as the heat is turned up on fraudulent student visa applicationsThis week the UKBA has announced the creation of a new initial list of international banks and financial institutions which will be used when considering points under a Tier 4 student visa application. The blacklist will be used when verifying maintenance funds under Tier 4 of the points-based system. A student visa applicant will receive no points for maintenance if they submit documents showing that the funds are held in a financial institution on the list. Thousands of international students have arrived in the UK with little or no money, despite presenting ‘proof’ of funds to entry clearance officers at their local British Embassy. Many have failed to pay fees on arrival or keep up with monthly payment plans. Some colleges are having to resort to legal action through the county courts to recover debts owed by non-paying students. Tier 4 General application forms now ask a lot more questions about criminal and civil offences, good character, benefit claims… Shortage occupations list for Tier 2 gets shorterAs the official shortage occupations shrinks by a further 40,000 jobs, employers are increasingly recruiting European workers, for instance from Bulgaria and Romania, to fill vacancies for jobs not taken by the resident labour force. Immigration News weekly round up 09 October 2011Immigration News weekly round up 09 October 2011 – http://www.immigrationmatters.co.uk/category/news Immigration News weekly round up 02 October 2011Immigration News weekly round up 02 October 2011 – http://www.immigrationmatters.co.uk/category/news Share                                                 |