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info@commonwealthcontractors.comOut of Country ECAA Visa Applications On the 7th September 2009 the UK Border Agency opened up a new route for Turkish Nationals applying under the provisions of the ECAA agreement. Until this date an application could only be made where a Turkish National was already in the United Kingdom, the new route opened the […]
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The report published by Global Graphics follows a survey conducted in January 2010 of 400 Chief Information Officers (CIOs) from 300 organisations in the United States and 100 organisations in the United Kingdom. The organisations covered a ‘range of commercial and public sectors’ and each company consisted of 1,000 plus employees. The report highlighted that: […]
In the letter Mr Phillips said ‘There is no doubt that this combination transforms the IT industry. With the addition of servers, storage, SPARC processors, the Solaris operating system, Java, and the MySQL database to Oracle’s portfolio of database, middleware, and business and industry applications, we plan to engineer and deliver open and integrated systems […]
A high impact CV An Information Technology CV should be 2 – 3 pages max and must tell the agent what they want to know within the first 10 seconds, if not it will be lost in 50 other applications. Make sure that you read through the Agent’s advert carefully and tailor your CV so […]
Submitting an Online Tax Return to the HMRC In order to submit an online tax return to the HMRC you must first register to use the HMRC’s online services. Once information has been submitted the HMRC sends out at activation code (designed for security reasons) by first class post. You will need the code in […]
In a joint statement Deutsche Bank & SAP (the multinational software development and consulting firm based in Walldorf, Germany) announced plans to start a ‘multi year initiative in 2010’ to replace individual software solutions with a new core banking system based upon SAP for Banking Solutions. The announcement follows a letter of intent agreed between […]
In recent months figures relating to the recruitment of permanent and temporary staff have been very positive, especially in Banking and Retail, two of the worst hit sectors during the downturn. Over the past 18 months many large companies have put on hold large scale IT projects however the increased confidence that has been seen […]
Tier 2 (Work Permit) Sponsors Only ‘A Rated’ Tier 2 Licensed Sponsors will be able to confirm that the organisation will cover the Maintenance Requirement for a prospective worker. In order to qualify under Tier 2 General a migrant must score 50 points for Attributes and satisfy the mandatory English Language & Maintenance requirements. In […]
The changes to Tier 4 student visa from the 22nd February 2010 means that students applying for one will be refused if they apply with an obsolete Visa Letter rather than a Confirmation of Acceptance. Those Students planning on applying after the 22nd February who already hold a Visa Letter must also secure a CAS […]
From the 22nd February 2010 new responsibilities and procedures will be implemented for Tier 4 Sponsors (Academic Institutions) when Phase 4 Implementation of Tier 4 Student begins. From this date Sponsors will be required to issue Confirmations of Acceptance for studies (CAS) to all students whether they apply from inside or outside of the United […]