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Plans to Curb Immigration leading to Settlement in the UK will damage UK Business

The United Kingdom Border Agency’s consultation entitled Employment-related settlement, Tier 5 and overseas domestic worker closed last week. Its consultation on “family migration” is due to come to an end on 6 October 2011. Back in July we summarised the proposals contained in the consultation relating to Employment related settlement. Essentially what is intended is […]

UK Finally Changes Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006

Back in July of 2008 the European Court of Justice issued its ruling in Metock v Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform (Ireland) Case C – 127/08, [2009] QB 318. The content and effect of the ruling will be familiar already – but essentially it said that the Irish government’s domestic legislation covering the […]

Evidence to be restricted in Points Based System Appeals

The Ministry for Justice announced that from October of this year (2011) fees will be payable by people wishing to appeal against immigration decisions (with exceptions for people appealing against refusal of asylum and humanitarian protection) the Immigration Minister announced on 19 May 2011 that section 19 of the UK Borders Act 2007 will come […]

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

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 significant changes to the Tier 4 regime governing students’ entry to […]

UKBA publishes Tier 2 “Statement of Intent”

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 announcement is accompanied by a document entitled “Tier 2 of the Points Based […]