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Dedicated UK visa for au pairs dismissed

10:42 11/11/2021
Calls for a dedicated UK visa for au pairs following Brexit have been dismissed in Parliament by Home Office minister, Baroness Williams of Trafford. In a statement to MPs, she said: ‘such action to...

UK Domestic Worker Visa Policy Causing increase in Foreign Maid Abuse

12:42 04/02/2016
A recently published government review of UK domestic worker visas , commissioned in March 2015, has exposed shocking cases of slavery, trafficking and abuse due it is said because of tougher UK...

Royal footman fails UK immigration test

13:47 02/08/2013
Badar Azim, a footman at Buckingham Palace who helped with the announcement of the birth of the new-born Prince George has left the UK and returned to his native India because he did not qualify for...

Irish trade unions seek better deal for migrant nannies

15:26 03/04/2006
The Irish government and trade unions have become involved in the plight of foreign nannies and domestic staff in Irish households regarding national pay increases and working conditions. New rules...

Au pairs in Finland subject to taxes

14:08 01/11/2005
There are as many as several hundred au pairs (nannies) working in families in Finland, and the Finnish tax authorities regard them as illegal labour. The problem is that Finland has not ratified the...