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Category: Immigration Insights
Check Your Financial Institution Meets the UKBA Requirement
July 10, 2012
It is important that when submitting evidence of maintenance funds, Points Based System applicants ensure that these funds are verified by an approved financial institution. The UKBA maintains a list of financial institutions in some countries which do not satisfactorily…
Read MoreThe Tier 1 (Graduate Entrepreneur) Visa
July 6, 2012
In April 2012 the British Government made many changes to the UK Immigration Rules. These included the introduction of the Tier 1 (Graduate Entrepreneur) visa category for students who have been identified by the UK higher education institutions they studied…
Read MoreUK Citizenship Test to include Shakespeare, the National Anthem?
July 5, 2012
It has been widely reported through various media outlets that the Life in the UK test which migrants must pass before they can be eligible for settlement will be drastically changed under new plans drawn up by the Home Secretary…
Read MoreUKBA announces new change aimed at restricting overstayers
July 3, 2012
The UK Border Agency has announced that from the 1 October 2012, if any UK visa holder overstays their leave in the UK by more than 28 days, any application which is submitted for further leave will be refused. They…
Read MoreFAMILY IMMIGRATION: THE DEBATE PART TWO
June 29, 2012
In the second of our blogs on the forthcoming changes to UK Family Immigration we intend to focus on the changes which will be made to settlement in the UK for non-EEA nationals. In this post we will focus on...
Read MoreNETHERLANDS: Changes to Family Migration are delayed
June 26, 2012
On July 1 2012, a new policy was due to come into force in the Netherlands which would have restricted family-sponsored residence permits so that they could only be granted to legally married or registered foreign domestic partners and immediate…
Read MoreFAMILY IMMIGRATION: THE DEBATE PART ONE
June 22, 2012
Earlier this week, we published a summary of the Government's changes to UK Family Immigration, most of which will come into force on the 9th July 2012. We recommend that any migrants or UK citizens who wish to sponsor non-EEA...
Read MoreUPDATE: Tenancy agreements now required for UAE Residence Visa applications
June 18, 2012
* UPDATE * Last week, we highlighted the confusion which had arisen in the UAE concerning a new documentary requirement for obtaining residence visas. The General Directorate of Residency and Foreigner Affairs had announced that attested tenancy contracts, power and…
Read MoreVIETNAM Commitment Letter Required for Business Visa Applications
June 15, 2012
What has changed? Foreign nationals who wish to apply for a Business Visa for Vietnam will first have to satisfy a new documentary requirement. Host companies must now supply a signed and stamped "commitment letter" on behalf of any employee…
Read MoreChanges to UK Family Immigration
June 15, 2012
This week, the Government announced a series of changes to UK Family Immigration which will mostly come into force from the 9th July 2012. The changes have provoked strong reactions in the media, because they are clearly designed to restrict…
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