Breaking Immigration Announcement – ‘UK opens its doors to exceptionally talented migrants’

‘The UK Border Agency on their website on 20 July 2011 announced, ‘UK opens its doors to exceptionally talented migrants’ The government has today announced the way that it will encourage exceptionally talented leaders in the fields of science, humanities, …

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Government proposes to crack down on sham and forced marriages as part of a new consultation on better family migration

The Immigration Minister Damien Green has today released a consultation on family migration to the UK. This consultation seeks to ensure that family migrants can better integrate into society and opens up a debate on the use of Article 8 …

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‘Next set of changes to student visa rules is announced by the UK Border Agency on 13 June 2011:

The next set of changes to the Immigration Rules affecting Tier 4 – the student tier – of the points-based system has been laid in Parliament today. The changes will come into effect on 4 July 2011. The Home Secretary …

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Government sets out proposals for breaking the link between temporary and permanent migration

Migrants coming to the UK to work on temporary visas will no longer be able to apply for settlement, under proposals announced by the government today. The government is implementing reforms to the immigration system which will reduce the level …

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New recommendations to raise UK shortage occupation list to higher skills level

The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) has today recommended that 8 job titles be removed from the UK shortage occupation list. This follows the MAC’s recommendation last month that 71 occupations be removed from the list of occupations that qualify for …

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