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New PBS Guidance Documents Released

Key Changes Tier 2 (formerly UK Work Permit): Clarification of SOC codes 2411 and 1112 (covering Director, Chief Executive & Legal Partner roles in relation to the Resident Labour Market Test Clarification on the policy covering Tier 1 (Post Study Work) to Tier 2 (General) switching applications A Rated Tier 2 Licensed Companies can now […]

Final Stage of Tier 4 (Student) Implemented

The UK Border Agency yesterday (22nd February 2010) implemented the final stage of Tier 4 (Student) of the Points Based Immigration System. The final stage of the implementation will see Visa Letters becoming obsolete and the introduction of mandatory reporting requirements for students who have been assigned a Confirmation of Acceptance.

January Visa Statistics: India

India, Ahmedabad Tier 1 Highly Skilled (formerly HSMP) 86% of applications processed within 5 Days 93% of applications processed within 10 Days 95% of applications processed within 15 Days 100% of applications processed within 30 Days 100% of applications processed within 60 Days Total Monthly Decisions: 96 Tier 2 Skilled (formerly Work Permit) 60% of […]

January Visa Statistics: Pakistan

Pakistan, Islamabad Tier 1 Highly Skilled (formerly HSMP) 6% of applications processed within 5 Days 9% of applications processed within 10 Days 18% of applications processed within 15 Days 53% of applications processed within 30 Days 76% of applications processed within 60 Days Total Monthly Decisions: 43 Tier 2 Skilled (formerly Work Permit) 25% of […]

January Visa Statistics: South Africa

South Africa, Cape Town Tier 1 Highly Skilled (formerly HSMP) 100% 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: 18 Tier 2 Skilled (formerly Work Permit) […]

Vision of Britain 2020

The Chief Executive of Friends Provident, Trevor Matthews said “Our new report paints a worrying portrait of the British workplace ten years from now. This workplace polarisation trend identified in our report could lead to a growing band of excluded workers. At the same time a new breed of elite worker is also beginning to […]

January Visa Statistics: Canada & the USA

Canada, Edmonton Tier 1 Highly Skilled (formerly HSMP) 80% of applications processed within 5 Days 90% of applications processed within 10 Days 90% of applications processed within 15 Days 100% of applications processed within 30 Days 100% of applications processed within 60 Days Total Monthly Decisions: 10 Tier 2 Skilled (formerly Work Permit) 81% of […]

January Visa Statistics: Australia & New Zealand

Australia, Canberra Tier 1 Highly Skilled (formerly HSMP) 85% of applications processed within 5 Days 95% 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: 88 Tier 2 Skilled (formerly Work Permit) 79% of […]

Public Sector Reliant on Migrant Workers

Key points from the survey included: The majority of hard to fill vacancies were in the medical and engineering sectors 10% of surveyed companies said they planned to outsource jobs abroad in 2010 50% of the IT Companies surveyed said they planned to outsource jobs abroad in 2010 20% of Manufacturing Companies said they planned […]

NHS Hospital Struck Down by Computer Virus

Last Friday IT systems at the West Middlesex University Hospital were hit by the bug leaving hospital workers unable to book appointments via electronic systems, meaning a return to pen and paper. Although the virus was contained and a number of systems cleaned some systems still remain unavailable. The hospital employs 1,900 staff, has 400 […]