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UK visa changes' could deter overseas students'

17 May 2012 | Posted by Paul Clarke

Concern has once again been shown regarding the impact of recent UK visa regulations when it comes to attracting foreign students. Professor Eric Thomas, president of Universities UK and vice-chancellor of the University of Bristol, stated that British universities could stand to lose out...

UK visa complications 'damaging the economy'

16 May 2012 | Posted by Kate Gilmour

The expense and complications involved in getting a UK visa are having a detrimental impact on the state of the British economy. This is according to research conducted by the European Tour Operators Association (ETOA), which coincided with a statement from UK immigration minister Damian ...

Workers arrested for breaching UK visa conditions

15 May 2012 | Posted by Paul Clarke

UK Border Agency (UKBA) officials have arrested five illegal workers in Harrow for UK immigration offences. After receiving intelligence, the officers conducted a questioning of staff at the Taste of Lahore restaurant on Station Road to ascertain whether or not the staff have the right to...

IPPR suggests exclusion of students from UK immigration figures

14 May 2012 | Posted by Paul Clarke

Think tank the IPPR has suggested that the government should remove the majority of students from its UK immigration figures. The think tank stated that only students who remain in the country permanently should be included in the net migration figures. It argued that the current ...

Family visa appeal rights to change

11 May 2012 | Posted by Kate Gilmour

People who have been refused a UK visa for a shirt visit to see family members in Britain will no longer have the right to make a full appeal of the decision in the courts. UK immigration minister Damian Green made the announcement this week (May 10th), confirming that the vast majority o...

UK wages raised by immigration

11 May 2012 | Posted by Kate Gilmour

 UK immigration has helped to raise the average wage of workers born in this country, according to a recent report. The paper, published in the Review of Economic Studies, focused on the years between 1997 and 2005, during which there was a ...

UK immigration checks discover illegal workers

09 May 2012 | Posted by Paul Clarke

Three individuals have been discovered to be working illegally after UK immigration checks were conducted on staff at a Dunfermline restaurant. Officers from the UK Border Agency (UKBA) received intelligence regarding the Buffet King on Carnegie Drive and visited the establishment earlier...

UK immigration staff set to strike

08 May 2012 | Posted by Kate Gilmour

UK immigration staff are due to strike on May 10th, prompting heightened concern about the length of queues at Britain's main airports. Heathrow's UK immigration queues have already been under scrutiny of late as incoming passengers were forced to wait upwards of an hour to get through th...

Employees without UK work permits arrested in Rochester

02 May 2012 | Posted by Kate Gilmour

Two employees in Rochester have been arrested for not having the necessary...

UK immigration staff cut by 10%

01 May 2012 | Posted by Sam Cooper

The number of UK immigration staff working for the border force has been cut by ten per cent since 2010. This is according to leaked data obtained by the Labour Party, which found that around 880 officers have been cut already, while a further 1,550 officer posts could go by 2014-15. ...