Category Archives: General UK Immigration News

The visa qualification requirements for Tier 1 General are expected to be increased from next month with details to be released by the UK Border Agency shortly. If you are considering applying under Tier 1 General do it now otherwise you may not be able to do it at all. Effect of the UK Immigration […]

IMPORTANT UPDATE TO THIS STORY – UK IMMIGRATION CAP TO BE INTRODUCED NEXT MONTH. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION The Financial Times today announced that the Conservative / Liberal Democrat Coalition Government will launch a consultation on the proposed UK Immigration Cap, after warnings from business leaders that a rigid Immigration Cap policy could seriously […]

In order to satisfy the new English Language Requirement and gain a UK Visa an individual will need to pass an acceptable English Language test with one of the UK Border Agencies authorized test providers. That is unless the individual comes from a majority English Speaking Country, in which case the individual can provide a […]

According to the Sector Skills Council for Hospitality, People 1st, the Hospitality, Leisure, Travel and Tourism Industry is entering a ‘decade of opportunity’, with employment predicted to grow by more that 200,000 by 2017. In the organisations new ‘State of the National Report 2010’ the group says that 700,000 employment opportunities will be created each […]

The position of Home Secretary has been something of a revolving door in the last few years with five Home Secretaries since 2005, namely; Charles Clarke, John Reid, Jacqui Smith, Alan Johnson and now Theresa May. With the Home Office and UK Border Agency facing substantial changes in the coming months (including the introduction of […]

Following the enactment of the Identity Documents Bill: The National Identity Register (the database that contains card holder information including biographic and biometric data) will be destroyed The Identity and Passport Service will inform customers, overseas governments, borders and airports of the change The role of the Identity Commission will be terminated The new Conservative […]

Non EEA Immigration Cap The new Conservative / Liberal Democrat Coalition Government plan to introduce an annual cap on Immigration that will cut the number of migrants coming to the UK each year from ‘hundreds of thousands to tens of thousands’. The Government is currently looking at how a suitable system can be introduced without […]

Mr Patel attempted to charge £12,000 for supplying the groom and providing advice; including telling the couple they could ‘pretend they were living together by setting up bank accounts in joint names’. One comment in the testimonials section of the Yana UK website says that “the individual is one the most genuine advisors. Mr. Jayesh […]

The report highlighted that: 33% fewer people attempted to cross external land and sea borders of member states in 2009 Greece accounts for 75% of all illegal border crossing detentions Many migrants move on from Greece to Western Countries with forged documents obtained in the country Turkey is now considered the most important transit country […]

The Director of Communications for the UK Border Agency, Rob Yeldham, said that “My name has been used in several apparent attempts to scam foreign professionals looking for work in the UK. We have referred cases to our security unit, but at this stage it is unclear what the nature of the scam is, or […]