Category Archives: General UK Immigration News

In July of this year the Government introduced an interim Immigration Cap set 5% below last years Tier 1 (formerly HSMP) and Tier 2 (formerly Work Permit) approval total. Since the introduction of the cap many multinational corporations have complained that they have been unable to bring in the highly skilled professionals they need causing […]

APSCo told Migration Advisory Committee that \”If intra-company transfers are excluded the Immigration Cap will do little to restrict the influx of non-EU IT workers to the UK.\” Ann Swain, the Chief Executive of APSCo also said that the Resident Labour Market Test should also be applied to Intra Company Transfers. She went on to […]

Of the 20,000 active posts currently within the UK Border Agency more than 5,000 are expected to go, with officials insisting that the impact on border controls can be kept to a minimum by making efficiency savings and improving productivity. In response to the Spending Review the UK Border Agency has said that ‘while meeting […]

The biometric residence permits, which are already required by Tier 2 migrants, will replace the stickers (known as ‘vignettes’) which Tier 1 and Tier 5 (Temporary Worker) migrants currently hold in their passports. In the future these migrants will be required to provide biometric information including a digital photograph and fingerprints before being allowed to […]

The letter sent to the Times was signed by eight of the eleven British or British based scientists to win the Nobel science award since 1996, including Professor Andre Geim and Professor Konstantin Novoselov, two Russian scientists from the University of Manchester who invented grapheme. Professor Novoselov said that ”the UK risks losing senior figures […]

Recently Mr Boles said that \”We need to make sure people who come here make a financial commitment to the country which they\’ll get back in a few years time.\” However, the highly controversial suggestion would be very difficult to bring into force due to the sheer weight of opposition. Skilled & highly skilled workers […]

In an statement on the UK Border Agency website Mr Green said that “The interim limit was introduced to stop a rush of last minute applications ahead of the annual limit being introduced in April next year and the UK Border Agency has been working very closely with businesses to ensure that these arrangements have […]

Tier 1 General (Postal) – £840 Main Applicant; £129 Per Dependent Tier 1 Investor (Postal) – £840 Main Applicant; £129 Per Dependent Tier 1 Entrepreneur (Postal) – £840 Main Applicant; £129 Per Dependent Tier 1 General (PEO) – £1,095 Main Applicant; £154 Per Dependent Tier 1 Investor (PEO) – £1,095 Main Applicant; £154 Per Dependent […]

Mr Green said that “\’We will rigorously defend this challenge and are confident of success. The government has been clear: we will introduce our permanent annual limit on economic migrants from outside the EU from April 2011. While we decide how the annual limit should operate, it is imperative that we have interim measures in […]

The Deputy Director General of the Confederation of British Industry, John Cridland, said that \”The figures used [to set the temporary Immigration Cap] were artificially low as they were based on numbers at the height of the recession in 2009. As firms are gearing up for growth, some are finding that they are only able […]