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Immigration Bail Applications – disturbing new evidence

Immigration Bail Hearings The Campaign to Close Campsfield has published a report on immigration bail hearings based on observations made at 115 court proceedings during the period December 2009 and July 2010. It notes that having legal representation at these hearings significantly improves the chance of bail being granted. Amongst the hearings observed, 75 had lawyers arguing […]

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Immigration

Statement of Policy – Changes to Tier 1 of the Points Based System of UK Immigration – March 2011

  You can view and download the Full Statement of Policy of changes to the Points Based System of UK Immigration from the link below. These changes come into effect from 6 April 2011 and were announced on 16 March 2011 by the Immigration Minister, Damian Green: Statement of Policy – Changes to Tier 1 […]

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Written Ministerial Statement on Changes to Tiers 1 and Tiers 2 of the Immigration Rules, Settlement & Asylum

Written Ministerial Statement on Changes to Tiers 1 and Tiers 2 of the Immigration Rules, Settlement & Asylum    Wednesday, 16th March 2011 – Reproduced entirely from the Minister of State for Immigration and the UKBA:       HOME OFFICE    Tier 1 and 2 Immigration Rules, settlement and asylum – The Minister of State for […]

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Immigration

New Immigration Rules for Tier 1 Entrepreneurs, Investors, Exceptional Talent & Prospective Entrepreneurs

Government announces new immigration rules for entrepreneurs and investors   18 March 2011 Foreign entrepreneurs and investors are being given an extra incentive to come to the UK by new visa rules announced by the UK Border Agency on 16 March. The new rules will reward those who contribute exceptionally to economic growth in the […]

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Immigration

Government removes 8 occupations from shortage occupation list

Government announces removal of 8 occupations from shortage occupation list   18 March 2011 The government has announced that it has decided to remove 8 occupations from the Points-Based System’s shortage occupation list. Occupation which are on the shortage occupation list comprise those occupations where there are not enough resident workers in the UK to […]