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Category: Immigration Insights
Is Your UK Sponsor Licence Due for Renewal Soon?
August 7, 2012
UK Companies who employ non-EEA foreign nationals should check whether they will need to renew their Sponsor Licences soon, to avoid accidentally becoming ineligible to continue employing foreign workers under Tier 2 of the Points Based System (PBS). The UK…
Read MoreIRELAND: Removes Labour Restrictions for Romania and Bulgaria
August 3, 2012
On the 20th July 2012, Ireland"s Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (DEJI) announced that transitional work restrictions for Romanian and Bulgarian nationals would be removed, effective immediately. When Romania and Bulgaria joined the European Union on the 1st January…
Read MoreAuthority to Carry Scheme introduced by the Home Office
August 1, 2012
A new piece of legislation has been passed which is designed to identify people who may pose a threat and prevent them from travelling to the UK. Last year, the Home Office ran a consultation directed at the airline industry…
Read MoreTier 4 Interviews…are you prepared?
July 26, 2012
As we reported in our News section last week, the Home Office has recently announced that a targeted interview system for Tier 4 (General) Students will be introduced by the UK Border Agency over the coming months. A Statement of...
Read MoreImportant notification for all UK Sponsors
July 26, 2012
This week the UK Border Agency announced that, from 30 July 2012, Sponsors will no longer be notified when certain requests to change Sponsor details have been granted. Instead, Sponsors can now use the "view recent and outstanding requests" or…
Read MoreSINGAPORE: Changes to Work Pass Criteria for Sponsoring Dependants
July 24, 2012
What Has Changed? The Singapore Government is tightening criteria for Work Pass holders to sponsor dependants, "as part of the overall direction to moderate the growth of Singapore"s non-resident population" according to the Ministry of Manpower (MOM). The changes will…
Read MoreR (Alvi) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
July 23, 2012
Last week, the Supreme Court delivered a significant judgment in the case of R (Alvi) v Secretary of State for the Home Department. The court found that, under the Immigration Act 1971, any changes to substantive requirements of the United...
Read MoreCHINA: New Exit-Entry Law From 2013
July 20, 2012
Recently, China"s Ministry of Public Security announced a new Exit-Entry Administration Law which is intended to come into force on 1 July 2013. Issues of illegal employment, illegal entry and overstay, caused by the rise in the numbers of foreigners…
Read MoreChanges to EEA Regulations: Part Two
July 18, 2012
Following our post on the changes to the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006 which govern Rights of Residence and Free Movement, we are now publishing details of the other key changes. These offer some important clarification, for example with…
Read MoreEEA Regulations: New Rights of Residence and Restrictions on Free Movement
July 16, 2012
The UK Government has announced changes to the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006 which will come into force from the 16th July 2012. The Regulations have been amended to give effect to the judgments of the Court of Justice…
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