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Are you an employer looking to sponsor people from outside the EU? If so, we can help you find highly skilled workers with contracts who wish to apply for a UK Tier 2 (General) skilled worker visa to remain in the UK. Contact the London office on 0344 991 9222 for further details.

From 6 April 2016 most Tier 2 visa immigrants must be earning £35,000 or more to qualify for UK indefinite leave to remain (also known as permanent residence), says the Home Office. Theresa May said the new rules will help to reduce the number of non-European Union/EEA nationals and their dependants that are granted permanent residence each year from 60,000 to 20,000.

The changes will be introduced for indefinite leave to remain applications under the Tier 2...

Are you an employer looking to sponsor people from outside the EU? If so, we can help you find highly skilled workers with contracts who wish to apply for a UK Tier 2 (General) skilled worker visa to remain in the UK. Contact the London office on 0344 991 9222 for further details.

The Life in the UK Test for those applying for British citizenship and indefinite leave to remain (permanent residence) has been heavily criticised, after it was revealed that an immigrant was allowed to take the test 64 times before passing it.

The unnamed migrant, who needed to pass the test as one of the requirements to be able to apply for British citizenship, was allowed to retake the 45-minute test repeatedly; there are no restrictions on how many times you can take...

There are now fewer options to stay in the UK for Tier 4 students and others. Perhaps consider the US J-1 visa scheme and visa schemes in other Countries. Contact the London office on 0344 991 9222 for further details.

More non EU/EEA Tier 4 students International students will be banned from working in the UK while they study. Many Tier 4 students will be forced to leave the country when their studies finish under tough new rules.

The most significant immigration rule changes are for Tier 4 students at publicly funded further education colleges; they will be treated in a similar way to those at privately funded further education colleges.

University students will not be so badly affected. Many of the changes will take place in August and November this year.

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