Month: December 2012

December 28, 2012

What has Changed? The UK Border Agency (UKBA) has announced a new pre-entry tuberculosis (TB) screening programme in Malaysia. All Malaysian nationals who wish to enter the UK for more than six months from 31 December 2012 will need to…

December 21, 2012

We're nearly at the end of 2012 and would like to thank all our readers for following the blog and getting involved with your comments and views over the past 12 months. We hope you'll continue to do so in...

December 14, 2012

This week, The Home Secretary Theresa May delivered a keynote speech which confirmed the continued investment the UK government will make in order to attract tourist and business visitors from China. In August this year we reported that the UK…

December 14, 2012

The Home Secretary, Theresa May has this week announced that the government"s aim to reduce net migration to the UK is working whilst still allowing us to attract the "brightest and best" to the UK. In her speech to Policy Exchange…

December 13, 2012

A recent judgment concerning a Tier 1 (General) refusal has caught our eye and, since it has been a while since we've blogged about an immigration court case, we thought we'd share it with our readers and give some of...

December 11, 2012

On the 1st December 2012 it became mandatory for all non-EEA nationals who have been granted leave to remain in the UK for more than 6 months to apply for a biometric residence permit (BRP) if they have not already…

December 4, 2012

Yesterday, the Indian Government"s Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) eased restrictions on tourist visas which had enforced a two-month gap between consecutive visits by foreign nationals. However, it is important to note that nationals of Afghanistan, China, Iran, Pakistan, Iraq,…