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info@commonwealthcontractors.comIn 2003 Mr Raoul gave a false name (Muhammed Ismaeel Saman) and date of birth to border officials at Manchester airport when he arrived in the UK to claim asylum. In 2007 he failed in his attempt to secure asylum so he decided to use his real name to apply for work as a Senior […]
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In the forward to the white paper the Government says that “We will make the NHS more accountable to patients. We will free staff from excessive bureaucracy and top-down control. We will increase real terms spending on the health service in every year of this Parliament. First, patients will be at the heart of everything […]
How will the Temporary Immigration Cap work? The UK Border Agency will operate the system on a first come first served basis with a limit placed on the number of Tier 1 General Visa applications considered in any one month. If an application is submitted after the limit for a month is reached, the application […]
What is the Highly Trusted Sponsor Scheme? The aim of the Highly Trusted Sponsor Scheme is to streamline the application process for Sponsors and to allow the UK Border Agency to concentrate limited on site immigration audit bandwidth on high risk and poorly performing sponsors. By identifying up front ‘those sponsors who are achieving the […]
From July Government Departments will need to publish historic information on the Combined Online Information System (COIN) database and all tender documents for contracts over £10,000. Later in the year all information will be transferred to a single website (rather than individual Governmental sites) and Government bodies will need to provide details of central government […]
Highly Trusted Sponsors can now offer the following ‘Restricted Courses’ to Tier 4 (General) Students: Courses at National Qualifications Framework (NQF) Level 3 or equivalent, AND Courses below degree level that include a work placement (other than foundation degrees, which can still be offered with a work placement by any Tier 4 (General) sponsor) Those […]
The UK Border Agency is launching the Highly Trusted Sponsor Scheme in an effort to streamline the application process for Sponsors and to allow the UK Border Agency to concentrate its limited on site immigration audit bandwidth on high risk and poorly performing sponsors. By identifying up front ‘those sponsors who are achieving the highest […]
What is the Highly Trusted Sponsor Scheme? The aim of the Highly Trusted Sponsor Scheme is to streamline the application process for Sponsors and to allow the UK Border Agency to concentrate limited on site immigration audit bandwidth on high risk and poorly performing sponsors. By identifying up front ‘those sponsors who are achieving the […]
Headline Changes to Tier 1 General Bachelors Degree Qualifications are to be reintroduced into Tier 1 General after a 12 month absence. In April 2009 following challenging economic conditions the UK Border Agency increased the minimum requirements for Tier 1 General from a Bachelors Degree to a Masters Degree. This change not only reduced applications […]
The group says that the proposed National Insurance Increase is a ‘tax on jobs and that the increase will “discourage companies of all sizes from taking on new staff at a critical point in our economic recovery”. Rather than use a National Insurance increase to close the budget deficit the group is calling for the […]