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Employment Agencies prohibited from sponsoring UK Work Permit applications

14:53 30/10/2002
The Home Office has announced the result of their review of the policy regarding Employment Agencies sponsoring work permits. The Home Office has decided to retain the prohibition. This was due to...

German Immigration Act

18:37 22/10/2002
Following the recent German elections, which was won by the governing SPD-Greens coalition of Chancellor Schröder, it now seems certain that the new German immigration act will come into force on 1...

NZIS raises pass mark to 30

16:09 08/10/2002
From 7 October 2002, the points required for a passmark in the General Skills Category will be 30. The change is being made in order to manage the 2002-2003 New Zealand Immigration Programme. While...

You can apply for permanent residence in the UK by adding time spent under the HSMP to time spent under other categories

11:58 29/08/2002
The Home Office has confirmed that any time spent in the United Kingdom under a category that leads to settlement; eg work permit, UK ancestry, etc can be added to time spent under the Highly Skilled...

Highly Skilled - but made redundant? - Don’t worry

12:30 18/07/2002
If you are a non-European Union national work permit holder who has been maderedundant recently - particularly if you were working in the finance or ITsectors, you may be eligible to stay in the UK...

UK Highly Skilled Migrant Programme Results

17:06 13/06/2002
The UK's new scheme to give permits to highly skilled people withoutrequiring 'sponsorship' by an employer, the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme (HSMP),has so far attracted 338 successful applicants...

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