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UK immigration White Paper revealed
By Paul Richmond - Managing Partner

In what is billed as the biggest shake-up in immigration for 40 years, the Home Secretary, Sajid Javid, has finally revealed the government’s immigration plan for Britain post-Brexit. The long-awaited White...

 Paper has been the cause of much discord at the high levels of government in recent weeks. The key points of the UK immigration white paper are as follows: End to free movement The white paper is clear...

Tight immigration laws post-Brexit will hurt UK, says industry boss
By Richmond Chambers -

The head of the Confederation of British Industry, Carolyn Fairbairn, has issued a startling warning about post-Brexit plans for a system that places strict limits on low-skilled immigration. The government’s...

 proposed “global system” is expected to place strict restrictions on visas granted for workers earning under £30,000 a year. Fairbairn said this system risks inflicting “massive...

New proposal suggests ID cards to control immigration
By Richmond Chambers -

A new report from a think tank has suggested the introduction of ID cards in the UK as a method of controlling immigration. Global Future, a think tank which promotes the values of openness in the global market,...

 said that tightening current rules and introducing electronic identity cards could resolve many concerns over immigration – potentially without the need to leave the EU. Many EU politicians have expressed...

Prime Minister claims EU migrants “jumping the queue”
By Richmond Chambers -

In an announcement earlier this week, Theresa May continued her efforts to promote the draft Brexit withdrawal agreement by stating that it will prevent migrants from EU countries from “jumping the queue”....

 In an attempt to reassure MPs and the public alike, the Prime Minister continued to say that her Brexit deal would see immigration requirements based upon skills-based considerations, and that European...

Brexit: the draft withdrawal bill and immigration
By Richmond Chambers -

The ongoing Brexit negotiations have, two-and-a-half years after the referendum, finally produced a draft agreement for Britain’s withdrawal from the EU. However, the 585-page document is not without its opponents....

 It has already caused mass resignations from the Conservative government and will doubtlessly be debated over and argued about in the coming months. Of course, one of the main areas covered in the...

Campsfield House Removal Centre Set To Close
By Richmond Chambers -

The Home office looks set to close Campsfield House, one of the immigration removal centres it currently operates. The decision has come after a barrage of condemnation from a variety of sources. The immigration...

 detention centre, which holds 282 detainees, has been the subject of intense criticism in the last few months. The British Red Cross called for a massive rethink and overhaul of the UK immigration detention...

Home Office: "the EU Settled Status Scheme works."
By Richmond Chambers -

A Home Office report insists that the EU Settled Status scheme works well, despite people with iPhones being unable to apply. Over the last three months, 1053 EU citizens living or working in Liverpool...

 took part in the ‘Private Beta 1’ test, where they used an early version of the system to apply for Settled Status. All completed their applications using a Home Office laptop, with support from UK Visas...

Immigration Minister issues “heartfelt apology” to Windrush migrants
By Richmond Chambers -

Caroline Nokes, immigration minister in the Home Office, has made a “heartfelt apology” to members of the Windrush generation at an event in South London. Nokes, who admitted she felt “ashamed” of how the...

 migrants had been treated by the Home Office, was at the Black Cultural Archives in Brixton where several people told her their own personal experiences of the controversy earlier this year. In a heated...

Home Office issues apology to UK visa applicants forced to submit DNA samples
By Richmond Chambers -

Home secretary Sajid Javid has issued an apology to immigrants that wrongly faced demands for DNA testing as part of their UK visa application. People that are looking to settle and find work in the UK on the strength...

 of a family relationship can decide to submit DNA evidence to strengthen their application. However, in June the home secretary informed the House of Commons that in a number of UK visa applications...

New UK Visa and Immigration Application Process
By Georgina Griggs - Immigration Barrister

New UK Visa and Immigration Application Process From November 2018, the Home Office will be introducing a new UK visa and immigration application process for in-country immigration applications promising an intuitive,...

 streamlined and faster process. UK Visas and Immigration has set out the changes to the in-country visa and citizenship application process in this helpful presentation which can be accessed here. In...

Home Office decision to embed staff in local authorities faces criticism
By Richmond Chambers -

Home office staff are being embedded within local councils and are sitting in on interviews with destitute migrant families, according to a recent report. The staff are allegedly gathering information on a variety...

 of subjects including the health condition of migrant families and how their children were conceived. Documents unearthed via a freedom of information request revealed that a total of ten London boroughs...

Three things graduate recruiters need to know about UK immigration
By Richmond Chambers -

As we move ever closer to the end of 2018, employers are starting to consider what they will do to succeed in 2019 and beyond. And, as part of that planning process, companies are currently putting considerable...

 effort into finalising their graduate programmes. But what do they need to consider? What are the key issues they need to keep in mind – both in terms of people from EU and non-EU countries – to...
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