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Immigration Law

UK Tier 1 Visa Post Study Work Visa: Closing on 4/2012

04th October 2011
UK, considered as one of the most difficult places to immigrate through work has again made their mark on strict policies for immigration. With the recent decisions by the UK government through the UK border agency, The UK Tier 1 Visa will be closed in Ap...
Author: Ben Singkol
Immigration Law

Tier 4 Sponsorship Revised in Second New Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules

10th May 2011
Just two weeks after the "overhaul" of the structure of the Immigration Rules covering Tier 1 and Tier 2 of the Points Based System contained in Statement of Changes in the Immigration Rules HC 863, a further Statement of Changes: HC 908, which makes sign...
Author: Gherson
Immigration Law

UKBA publishes Tier 2

06th March 2011
As per the announcement given earlier regarding Tier 2 and the MAC’s list of “graduate occupations” has been followed by the Immigration Minister Damien Green’s statement yesterday as to the changes to be made in April of this year (2011). Mr Green’s ...
Author: Gherson
Immigration Law

Why the UKBA's first

15th February 2011
There has been a series of challenges to the lawfulness of the Government's Points Based System since the Court of Appeal's judgment in Secretary of State for the Home Department v Pankina (2010) EWCA Civ 719, (2010) 3 WLR 1526 which came out in June of 2...
Author: Gherson
Immigration Law

Interim Cap on Tier 1 and Tier 2 is Unlawful

17th January 2011
Two senior judges have ruled that the interim cap on applications under Tiers 1 and 2 of the Points Based System was unlawful. The interim cap, which was intended to be the precursor to the permanent cap which is to be imposed next April (2011) was me...
Author: Gherson
Immigration Law

Proposed abolition of Tier 1 (General) and Tier 1 (Post Study Work) Visas from April 2011.

05th January 2011
How it will affect Migrants and UK Businesses? Manpreet Singh, 06 December 2010, London The UK Home Secretary, Theresa May, on 23 November 2010 announced caps on Non-EU workers in Tier 2 category from April 2011 and the abolition of Tier 1 (General) a...
Author: Immigration Angels
Immigration Law

UK Immigration Cap for Tier 1 and Tier 2

06th December 2010
The Government's Migration Advisory Committee (the MAC) has published its report entitled "Limits on Migration: Limits on Tier 1 and Tier 2 for 2011/12 and supporting policies." The MAC describes itself as "a non-departmental public body comprised of e...
Author: Gherson
Immigration Law

The effects of Theresa May’s plans for the immigration system as outlined in her speech.

06th December 2010
On the 05 November 2010 in her first major speech on immigration, the Home Secretary has covered various points on government policy, managing numbers in the economy's interest, and her idea of ensuring that only the brightest and the best can come to the...
Author: talkvisa
Immigration Law

Coalition Government Capping Policy

19th July 2010
The "four strand policy" that the government announced is starting to take shape. The aim is to "reduce net immigration to the levels of the 1990's", and the new government intends to achieve this through the most controversial "strand": the introduction ...
Author: Gherson