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Government sets up advisory groups for skills-based immigration system
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The UK government published details of five new immigration advisory groups on 17 June 2019. These groups will help inform decisions on the new skills-based immigration system that will come into operation in 2021....

 The engagement programme is aimed at industry and communities who will be expected to participate for a year. The Home Office has already hosted more than 100 events around the country to introduce the...

Sajid Javid sets new tone for student immigration
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The Home Secretary, Sajid Javid has recently unveiled a softer, more sensible approach towards student immigration in the UK. The move, which goes directly against the hostile environment policy pioneered by Theresa...

 May will see regulations which prevent overseas students, who have completed studies in the UK, from working in the country for more than six months loosened. Javid, it seems, is keen to welcome those...

Home Office investigation into migrants' English language skills
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It’s possible the investigation into English language testing in the UK could blow up into a similar scandal to Windrush if the Home Office don’t admit their failings in this matter. Since...

 2011 the visas of nearly 36,000 individuals have been revoked due to accusations of cheating which Stephen Timms, Labour MP for East Ham in London, says runs “contrary to all principles of natural...

MAC urges UK to expand Shortage Occupation List
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The list of occupations used by the government to allocate skilled work visas should be significantly expanded says the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC). But future UK immigration rules could render the shortage...

 occupation list redundant, applying as it does only under the current EU free movement system. The independent public body that advises the UK government on migration matters has recommended that...

Theresa May’s final immigration stats as PM miss target once more
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The final immigration figures to be released under Theresa May’s premiership show that the government has missed its target of reducing net immigration for the 37th time in a row despite EU long-term immigration...

 falling to its lowest level since 2013. The figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reveal that 258,000 more people came to live in the UK in 2018 than left. A total of 602,000 people...

Court of Appeal scolds Home Office judgments
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The Court of Appeal has recently ruled that the Home Office has been “too ready to find dishonesty” in UK immigration claims. This is with respect to skilled migrants who are living in Britain and is the...

 latest black mark against the government department. Home Office policy attacked The Home Office developed a policy of refusing applications on the basis of discrepancies in the earnings that they were...

British Medical Association Questions NHS Charges for Overseas Patients
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The British Medical Association has published a new report which strongly suggests a significant amount of immigrant patients are forgoing NHS treatment due to upfront charges introduced in 2017 (under The National...

 Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors – Amendment).  A dangerous lack of understanding about which conditions and circumstances the charges apply to seems widespread – which is especially...

Safety concerns in UK immigration detention centres
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A Freedom of Information request submitted to the Home Office has revealed that inmates within UK immigration detention centres are being admitted to hospital at the rate of almost one per day. This has...

 sparked fresh concern over the safety of those who have fallen foul of UK immigration laws and found themselves being held in an immigration detention centre. These detainees are often at their most vulnerable, with...

Chancellor's Spring Statement indicates greater flexibility for PhD level migrants
By Richmond Chambers -

The Spring Statement from Chancellor Philip Hammond on 13 March 2019 provides good indications that UK visa Tier 2 worker applications for jobs at PhD levels will be removed from the cap. Many experts feel this...

 is a promising indication that the government are starting to address the current skills gap in the UK. What was announced about Tier 2 visas in the Spring Statement? The Chancellor’s statement made it...

UK to pay compensation to victims of Windrush scandal
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The Home Secretary, Sajid Javid has announced that the UK will pay up to £200 million in compensation to victims of the Windrush scandal. A fund has been established to cover these compensation payments to those...

 who were mistakenly classed as illegal immigrants despite being long-standing British citizens. The compensation will serve, in some small way to right the wrongs that victims of the Windrush generation...

MP committee concludes that UK government has totally failed on immigration detention
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An all-party parliamentary committee reported on 21 March that the UK Home Office is “careless and cavalier” in its approach towards UK immigration. This has resulted in a number of immigrants...

 being detained wrongfully. About the report on migrant detentions in the UK  The report from the Home Affairs Select Committee stated there were very serious failings in just about all areas of the UK’s...

Changes to the Business Immigration Rules
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The UK government has made some changes to its Business Immigration Rules and states these change will help crack down on any abuse of the system while also indicating the UK’s commitment to bringing in top talent. What...

 are the Business Immigration Rule changes? The changes to Business Immigration Rules have provided two new routes for applicants seeking visas to start up businesses in the UK. The new Start-Up...
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