New Tier 4 student and dependant application forms under points-based system
The UK Border Agency has published revised ‘in country’ application forms for tier 4 of the points-based system (PBS) and for PBS dependants.
£1m to send one migrant home – update
The headlines focus on the £1 million spent on the project, but ignore the benefits and intentions of the scheme, as well as the fact that it was a pilot project set up to try new things, see if they work and make adjustments based on the findings, which is what the Government are doing.
Government’s response to Children’s Society report on Detention
The UK Government publish response to a report by the Children’s Society on the Alternatives to Detention pilot project in Kent, run by the UK Border Agency and the charity Migrant Helpline.
NVQ Student arrives after visa refusal is overturned on appeal
Refusals under paragraph 57 of the previous immigration rules will still be allowed a full appeal. Therefore, if your student visa application (VAF) was submitted before 31 March 2009, you should still have the right of appeal.
Romanians leave Northern Ireland after race attacks
Romanian families flee Belfast and head back to Romania follow race attacks, whilst a man is remanded in custody charged with intimidating the ethnic Roma group.
Student victims of ‘bogus’ college face removal from UK
BBC London’s undercover investigation of a bogus East London college could lead to thousands of foreign students who attended the college being forced to leave the UK if an immigration tribunal rules that their studies were also bogus.
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.
Make sure your college is on the Tier 4 Sponsors Register before renewing your visa
Overseas students are running into difficulty renewing their student visas where their educational provider is not listed on the Tier 4 Register of sponsoring colleges
Welsh student denied entry to UK
The story of a student was refused entry and sent back home from the UK to Patagonia after immigration officials refused to believe she was travelling to Wales to learn Welsh demonstrates the need to be prepared to answer questions and, if necessary, justify why you should be allowed into the UK.
NVQ Student Visa Granted after Successful Appeal to Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT)
She received her visa in Manila, but only after her immigration advisers, appeal specialists Bison UK, lodged a successful appeal at the AIT against her entry clearance refusal in 2008.
