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The UK General Election is looming around the corner now, taking place on 07 May 2015. We take this opportunity to look at the manifestos for three of the parties.

The Conservatives say they aim to keep net migration down to the tens of thousands and make it more difficult for EU immigrants to claim social or housing benefits.

Labour pledge to employ 1,000 new border staff, to impose a two-year wait on EU immigrants claiming...

Are you an UK employer wishing to employ nationals from outside the EU? workpermit.com can help you obtain a Tier 2 sponsorship licence and help with compliance issues for new and existing Tier 2 sponsors. Call the London Office on 0344 991 9222 for further details.

Britain’s ‘huge green spaces’ are proof that UK immigration is not too high insists ex-Labour minister, David Lammy. In an interview with BBC breakfast, Lammy said: “If you look at our population, it can manage; there are huge green spaces in the country where there aren’t immigrants. It’s not too high, it’s not.”

Lammy criticised the Conservatives for pledging to reduce immigration numbers below 100,000 per year and for cutting English language classes which help foreigners integrate into British society.

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Are you an UK employer wishing to employ nationals from outside the EU? workpermit.com can help you obtain a Tier 2 sponsorship licence and help with compliance issues for new and existing Tier 2 sponsors. Call the London Office on 0344 991 9222 for further details.

As previously reported on workpermit.com, a bill filed by Florida Congressman David Jolly on 9 April 2015 could in future allow E-2 Treaty visa business owners the opportunity to apply for US permanent residence after ten years in the US .

The E-2 Treaty Investor visa is a non-immigrant visa category for those who have made a significant investment in an US business in which the investor has at least a 50% ownership. A...