Immigrants applying from overseas need Biometric Residence Permits
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12:23 30/04/2015
Biometric residence permits have been a requirement for non EU/EEA nationals applying for UK visas from within the UK since November 2008. It is now a requirement for non EEA nationals applying for a...
UK Labour adjusts immigration message
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In the wake of the local and European elections held in the UK on 22nd May, after some disappointing results, the UK's opposition Labour Party has a rethink of its future immigration policy. Labour...
Blair says UK Labour should challenge UKIP on immigration
11:59 02/06/2014
The former Labour Prime Minister of the UK, Tony Blair, has warned the current Labour leader, Ed Miliband that he must not change Labour's immigration policy in order to try to fight off the...
UK immigration statistics underestimated total by 350,000 in a decade
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The UK's Office for National Statistics says that it underestimated the true extent of immigration from Eastern Europe between 2001 and 2011 by about 350,000. It says that the error occurred because...
UK immigration inspector investigates sham marriages
12:44 28/02/2014
The UK's Chief Inspector of Immigration, John Vine, has been conducting research into abuse of the marriage system by immigrants seeking to obtain residence in the UK. Mr Vine has warned that sham...
Scotland's immigrant population doubles in a decade
15:29 16/12/2013
Research from Oxford University's Migration Observatory has revealed that Scotland's immigrant population rose by 93% in the decade from 2001 to 2011 from about 191,500 to 369,284. The Scottish...
