Indian business says UK immigration bonds will damage trade
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13:22 02/08/2013
A spokesman for the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) has said that a UK government plan to require Indian nationals applying for UK visas to pay security bonds are 'a...
Council leader 'horrified' by UK immigration advertising campaign
12:01 26/07/2013
The leader of a local council in London has said he is 'horrified' by the Home Office's decision to pay for mobile advertising boards to be driven around his borough warning illegal immigrants that...
UK Firms complain as Tier 2 visas become harder to get
18:55 19/07/2013
A leading UK lifestyle management company has said that it may have to move parts of its operations overseas because it has become so difficult to bring in skilled staff with Tier 2 (General) skilled...
MPs say UK immigration backlog rose by 180,000 in a year
14:27 17/07/2013
The total number of cases in the UK's immigration backlog rose by 190,000 in the last three months of 2012 to over 502,000 cases according to the House of Commons' Home Affairs Committee (HAC). The...
UK immigration inspector says UKBA ignored police data on missing asylum seekers
9:13 03/07/2013
The UK's chief inspector of immigration, John Vine, has issued a final damning report into the workings of the UK Border Agency (UKBA) which was abolished in March 2013. He found that, while there...
Senior civil servant says UK immigration and visa services face cuts
9:07 02/07/2013
One of the UK's most senior civil servants, Mark Sedwill, gave evidence to an influential committee of MPs this month about the future of the UK's immigration services. Mr Sedwill told the Home...
