MPs say UKBA officials should return bonuses until backlog cleared
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17:28 31/07/2012
The UK Home Affairs Select Committee has reprimanded the UK Border Agency (UKBA) for its backlog of 276,460 unresolved immigration and asylum cases as being "totally unacceptable". Keith Vaz, chair...
UK immigration staff call off Olympic Strike…for now
19:19 30/07/2012
The planned 24-hour strike by UK immigration staff, which had been called for Thursday 26th July, the eve of the London Olympic Games, was called off on Wednesday by the Public and Commercial...
UK Government denies plans to recruit 1,100 immigration staff
10:44 30/07/2012
The United Kingdom's Immigration Minister, Damian Green, has denied that the government intends to recruit 1,100 new staff in its immigration and passport service, as claimed by Mark Serwotka, the...
Court ruling on UK immigration rules prompts emergency action from UKBA
12:50 24/07/2012
The UK Home Office announced immigration rule changes after a recent supreme court ruling threatened to render illegal thousands of decisions made under the UK's skilled migrant programme. The...
UK Border Agency immigration case work system delayed by one year
11:14 19/07/2012
The UK Border Agency's new £385 million Immigration Case Work (ICW) system is one year behind schedule and has exceeded its original budget by £28m, according to the National Audit Office (NAO). In a...
UK Immigration priority visa service for Tier 4 visas in Malaysia
18:23 16/07/2012
Beginning 17 July 2012, UK Tier 4 visa applicants will be eligible to use the UK Border Agency's priority visa service in Malaysia. The priority service is available to eligible Tier 4 applicants who...
