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Home Office stalls on UK visa scheme for overseas NHS doctors

23:56 07/11/2019
Sanwar Ali comment: There is a well publicised shortage of medical staff in the UK. Under the Tier 2 visa and Tier 2 Sponsor Licence scheme both doctors and nurses are in the Shortage Occupation List...

Tier 2 Sponsor Licence employers see 7% Tier 2 visa rise

19:27 04/12/2018
According to official figures, the number of UK work visas issued in the last year was the highest since 2009. There has been an increase in demand from employers with a Tier 2 Sponsor Licence . This...

UK Visa and Immigration Right to Rent Rules Discriminate

21:51 05/10/2018
Amid plans to force landlords to check the UK visa and immigration status of prospective tenants, the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) fears that non-UK nationals face ‘serious...

Durham researchers on UK Tier 2 Visa denied indefinite leave to remain

18:23 06/05/2018
Researchers at Durham University, Dr Ernesto Schwartz-Marin and his wife Dr Arely Cruz-Santiago on tier 2 visas , have been told in March 2018 they must leave the UK within two weeks. The couple, who...

Ireland immigration authorities deny entry to more than 28,000 non-EU citizens

14:08 16/04/2018
Data records compiled by the European Commission database, Eurostat, show that more than 28,000 non-EU citizens were denied entry into Ireland between 2008 and 2016. According to the data, 2,000...

US Visa policy in Trump regime sees rise in Irish immigrant deportations

14:11 14/03/2018
Undocumented Irish immigrants living in the US are being deported at an alarmingly high rate, according to an immigration, detention and US citizenship counsellor based at the Irish Pastoral Centre...

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