Legal Update – Statement of Changes to Immigration Rules
Tomorrow afternoon at 2:00pm, Patrick Lewis, recognised as one of the most experienced Barristers in the UK immigration field and former Home Office official Carla Thomas will give an overview of the Statement of Changes and assess how they will impact upon businesses and HR functions. In particular, the update will look at an address: Sponsors of Tier 2 […]
New Immigration Rules for Nurses
New Immigration Rules for Nurses Whilst the guidance from the Home Office regarding changes to the rules for nurses is not clear, the statement of changes does, however, confirms that the rules are (or will be) amended to reflect the changes in practice by the Nursing and Midwifery Council. We have summarised the relevant sections […]
New immigration rules – summary of changes
You maybe aware of the Statement of Changes announced by UK Visas and Immigration. The publication is long winded and very lengthy. Here are some highlights…………. Changes relating to The Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) category A change is being made so that successful applicants will be granted 5 years’ leave (rather than 3 years’). The […]
Summary of Changes / New Immigration Rules
You maybe aware of the Statement of Changes announced by UK Visas and Immigration. The publication is long winded and very lengthy. Here are some highlights…………. Changes relating to The Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) category A change is being made so that successful applicants will be granted 5 years’ leave (rather than 3 years’). The […]
Tier 4 Student Appeal Update
Tier 4 Student Appeal Update They say there are only two certainties in life; taxes and death. We’d like to add two more; that statement of changes in immigration rules happen twice a year, May and October. Think of it as the Easter and Christmas of immigration but not much like either! Unless, one really […]
British-Irish Visa Scheme
As reported by the Home Office yesterday, Chinese and Indian nationals can visit the UK and Ireland using a single visa when travelling on certain short stay and visitor visas under the British-Irish Visa Scheme. This also has positive business implications. The British-Irish Visa Scheme will start in China by the end of October 2014 […]
Academic Immigration Rankings
Academic Immigration Rankings Close to the start of each academic term we turn our attention to both the Academic Immigration Rankings of World Universities and the University Rankings as do our clients in the higher education sector. Undoubtedly the reasons are different but the goal is shared. As the immigration law firm of choice for […]
Immigration Higher Education – Good for the UK
Immigration Higher Education In his interview on Radio 4 yesterday, Lord Heseltine said non-EU students should be left out of official immigration figures to avoid the risk of damaging UK universities. Below is the article by Alan Soady detailed on BBC. His call was backed by Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg, who said the net […]
Student Migration Statistics
Student Migration Statistics Earlier this summer, the Higher Education Policy Institute, an Oxford-based think tank, carried out a small survey among Conservative candidates of the May 2015 elections, excluding sitting MPs. Despite the sample size, the results were very interesting. We share them with you below to mark the fast approaching start of the new […]
Withdrawl of the A1 level English language requirement exemption
All, can you hear us ? Its still sunny and we’re loving the heat, while Guidance changes continue. The Home Office walks on, doesn’t look back more partner and parent visa applications, required to meet A1 level English language test, from countries previously listed as exempt. Oh think twice, from 24 July these […]