A damning report into the way Home Office inspectors monitor business holding sponsor licences to employ migrants reveals a stretched system beset by operational failures that is unable to meet obligations and open to abuse. Â Â The Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration (ICIBI) investigation into Home Office monitoring and enforcement of licence holders…
During the pandemic, there was a decrease in the immigration applications from South Africa. The recent data published by the UK’s national statistics office showed that there are many immigrants living in the country. A survey was conducted to see that the number of immigrants that were living in the UK, belongs to which country….
Rishi Sunak’s new budget, released on 3 March 2021, brought forth a long list of changes that are being implemented in the coming months. The budget is majorly focused on improving the previous items in the list of the things not working well. One such change that was announced was the inclusion of 8 new…
Rishi Sunak, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced the new visa system’s introduction. This visa system is particularly applicable to highly educated individuals who work in science, research, technology and finance. A new fintech visa announced a couple of weeks back, and this new system is an extension to the same. This new system aims…
The U.K. government has been working for quite a while to create a system in which people cannot take advantage of where the last-minute claims by offenders and asylum seekers are concerned. The government has often been quoted saying that the number of last-minute pledges by immigration offenders has become a business. People are taking…
A new-look student visa route seems to be having a marked effect after it was revealed that the UK has taken second place in a list of preferred destinations for international undergraduates. It follows a move by the government to make the student visa process more streamlined following the UK’s exit from the EU –…
The number of visas granted to people wishing to visit the UK and to work and study here in 2020 dropped by 69%, according to a new Office for National Statistics figures. There were just under one million visas granted throughout the year, of which 51 percent were for visitors, 23 percent were for students…
On 04 March 2021, a new statement of changes was published following the continuous reform of the UK Immigration system and the changes are to take effect on 06 April 2021. Most of the changes cover the work and study visa categories under the Points Based Immigration System. The statement is divided into multiple sections…
As the acceleration of the UK’s coronavirus vaccine scheme continues to defy expectations, business leaders will be hoping to see the economy shift up a gear as working practices return to normal. However, there have been warnings that progress could be scuppered for thousands of workers up and down the UK due to a little-known…
