The announcement was made following the release of a Declaration on Immigration from the Cross Party Group on Balanced Migration on the 6th January 2010. In the declaration Parliamentarians from both major political parties urged Gordon Brown and David Cameron to place in this year’s party election manifestos a firm commitment to do what is […]
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In the self proclaimed ‘ground breaking’ declaration the group called on the major parties to ‘make manifesto commitments to take action to prevent the UK population from reaching 70 million in under 20 years (currently the population stands at 61.4 million). For the first time, a large number of Parliamentarians from both major parties together […]
The new medical centres will be based on the ‘All India Institute of Medical Sciences’ (AIIMS), which is considered to be India’s best state run research and treatment centre. The government has given the go-ahead for seven new medical institutions in the states of: Bihar Chhattisgarh Madhya Pradesh Orissa West Bengal Uttar Pradesh Rajasthan Dr […]
On the 5th January 2010 Alan Johnson (the Home Secretary) confirmed that the National Identity Register is linked to an Individual’s National Insurance Number. Mr Johnson said that “a National insurance number will be used to aid identity verification checks for Identity Cards, and in time, passports”. This leads one to wonder whether, in time, […]
Existing Immigration Categories requiring an Identity Card: Spouses, Civil Partners, Unmarried or same-sex partners Students under Points Based System Tier 4 (General) and Tier 4 (Child) Postgraduate Doctors & Dentists Academic Visitors granted leave for a period exceeding six months Visitors for private medical treatment Domestic workers in a private household United Kingdom Ancestry Retired […]
India, Ahmedabad Tier 1 Highly Skilled (formerly HSMP) 26% of applications processed within 5 Days 79% of applications processed within 10 Days 98% of applications processed within 15 Days 100% of applications processed within 30 Days 100% of applications processed within 60 Days Total Monthly Decisions: 93 Tier 2 Skilled (formerly Work Permit) 27% of […]
Pakistan, Islamabad Tier 1 Highly Skilled (formerly HSMP) 0% of applications processed within 5 Days 2% of applications processed within 10 Days 5% of applications processed within 15 Days 15% of applications processed within 30 Days 54% of applications processed within 60 Days Total Monthly Decisions: 195 Tier 2 Skilled (formerly Work Permit) 0% of […]
South Africa, Cape Town Tier 1 Highly Skilled (formerly HSMP) 87% of applications processed within 5 Days 100% of applications processed within 10 Days 100% of applications processed within 15 Days 100% of applications processed within 30 Days 100% of applications processed within 60 Days Total Monthly Decisions: 8 Tier 2 Skilled (formerly Work Permit) […]
Canada, Edmonton Tier 1 Highly Skilled (formerly HSMP) 33% of applications processed within 5 Days 33% of applications processed within 10 Days 100% of applications processed within 15 Days 100% of applications processed within 30 Days 100% of applications processed within 60 Days Total Monthly Decisions: 3 Tier 2 Skilled (formerly Work Permit) 83% of […]
Australia, Canberra Tier 1 Highly Skilled (formerly HSMP) 89% of applications processed within 5 Days 96% of applications processed within 10 Days 96% of applications processed within 15 Days 100% of applications processed within 30 Days 100% of applications processed within 60 Days Total Monthly Decisions: 65 Tier 2 Skilled (formerly Work Permit) 95% of […]