Category Archives: General UK Immigration News

In the letter Mr Johnson said that “the Immigration Cap is likely to have a significant negative and disproportionate impact on London which will put the economic recovery at risk by creating skills gaps and placing London at a competitive disadvantage in the global competition for talent and inward investment. The economic harm of limiting […]

On the 19th July 2010 the Government introduced a temporary (interim) Immigration Cap intended to bring about an immediate 5% reduction on the previous years Immigration total, with the permanent Immigration Cap being introduced next year. At present the Government is conducting a public consultation over the plans and the Migration Advisory Committee is considering […]

Mr Green and many within the Government believe that on its own the annual limit on workers from outside the European Union (the Immigration Cap) will not be enough to reduce net migration levels to tens of thousands per year. Many now believe the Government will clamp down on Tier 4 (Student Visas) following the […]

The following Immigration Categories have been given updated Guidance Documents & Application Forms: Tier 1 (General) form Tier 1 (Post-study Work) form Tier 2 form Tier 4 (General) form Tier 4 (Child) form PBS Dependant form Applicants should ensure that they use the updated form when submitting a visa application in order to avoid rejection. […]

Following the sentencing the head of the Immigration crime team investigations in the South East, Andy Cummins, said that “These 3 men were involved in the biggest criminal conspiracy of its type ever seen in Britain. These sentences show just how seriously the courts take these kinds of offences. Reverend Brown knowingly abused the trust […]

Sarah Mulley from the Institute for Public Policy Research said: “This demonstrates the difficult task that the government has set itself in seeking to significantly reduce total net immigration – a measure over which it has only limited control. The impact of changes in British migration (over which the government has no control at all) […]

The Chief Executive of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC), Kevin Green, said that “With the Government’s proposed cap on migrant workers from outside of the European Union, it is going to be very difficult for the private sector to grow at a fast enough rate to get the UK’s labour market improving when there is […]

Speaking on the figures Damian Green the Immigration Minister said that \”What these figures tell me is that we also need to look at the other routes by which people come into this country, maybe for education, for family reunion reasons and also, in particular, routes that lead to permanent settlement. Because hidden in these […]

The Director of the HSMP Forum, Amit Kapadia, said that “The UK government\’s move to impose an illogical cap will be opposed. We don\’t think that any sort of cap would work out. It would be unworkable. The effects remain to be seen, but if the government really tries to implement drastic measures it is […]

The survey found that: 45% of employers reported having vacancies that were hard to fill 21% said they were recruiting migrant workers for engineering vacancies 15% said they were recruiting migrant workers or Information Technology & Finance positions 17% of employers are planning to recruit migrant workers in the third quarter of 2010 21% of […]