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Category: Immigration Insights
What May be on the horizon for UK Immigration?
April 25, 2012
We haven't posted for a while due to holidays and important maintenance work on our site, but will now resume blogging as normal and invite you all to comment along with us! On the 6th April 2012 a series of...
Read MoreSaudi Arabia: New salary tracking system to be implemented
April 24, 2012
From May 2012, Saudi Arabia will introduce a tracking system that is designed to monitor the wage payments of all foreign workers as well as Saudi nationals, ensuring that all monthly salaries are transferred into the relevant bank accounts in…
Read MoreCoS Allocations Update
April 18, 2012
* UPDATE * We are pleased to inform all our clients that their CoS allocations have been granted, and the issuing of CoS and processing of Tier 2 visa applications can continue as normal. Anyone who is still being affected…
Read MoreAnnual Tier 2 limit announced by the UKBA
April 18, 2012
As part of the wide-ranging changes to the Immigration Rules which came into force on the 6th April 2012, the UK Border Agency released a statement confirming the annual limit for Tier 2 and additional guidance relating to Tier 2.…
Read MoreIreland Extends Short-Stay Visa Waiver Programme
March 30, 2012
The Irish Government has recently decided to extend its Short-stay Visa Waiver Programme, for a further period of four years. The programme essentially eliminates the need to have both an Irish and UK visa when visiting Ireland via the UK,…
Read MoreUK Visa Application Fees Changes
March 29, 2012
The UK Border Agency are increasing fees for some overseas visas and UK-based visa applications from Friday 6th April 2012. From 00:01 (UK time) on this date, all payments should be made according to the new fee information provided on…
Read MoreHow to define exceptionally compassionate circumstances…
March 29, 2012
A recent Court of Appeal decision in the case of Mohamed v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] EWCA Civ 331 (20 March 2012) considered the correct interpretation of Paragraph 317(i)(e) of the Immigration Rules and may well...
Read MoreUse Your Common Sense!
March 27, 2012
Today's blog may seem something of a contradiction following our recent post on the Court of Appeal's ruling that there is no ‘near miss' argument in Immigration cases which narrowly miss the requirements of the Rules. However, judgment was recently...
Read MoreChanges to the Immigration Rules
March 22, 2012
Last week, the UK Border Agency published the following summary of forthcoming changes to the Immigration Rules. A written ministerial statement was laid before Parliament on the 15th March 2012 outlining a number of these changes. Most of the changes…
Read MoreNo ‘near miss’ in immigration
March 21, 2012
Judgment was recently handed down by the Court of Appeal in the case of Miah v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] EWCA Civ 261, which rejects the ‘near miss' argument raised in a number of recent immigration...
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