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Ornamentals added to UK seasonal worker visa category

10:26 21/12/2021
The Home Office has agreed to include ‘ornamentals’ on the UK seasonal worker visa list. However, the government department has refused to budge on the 30,000 temporary visas made available each year...

UK visit visa suspensions amid Omicron COVID strain

16:02 14/12/2021
The UK has lifted visit visa suspensions imposed on several countries placed on Britain’s red list amid the rising spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19. In November, the UK government released a...

UK visa fee waiver targeted for veterans

10:46 09/12/2021
Two MPs are reportedly trying to force the UK government to waive UK visa fees for foreign nationals who have served the British military and want to remain in the country. Labour’s Dan Jarvis and...

UK sponsorship licence delays compound labour shortages

10:45 07/12/2021
According to an analysis of the UK government’s quarterly statistics, delays in processing UK sponsor licence applications and work visas are compounding Britain’s current labour shortages. The...

UK should pay €8m for annual immigration checks

9:19 03/11/2021
The president of the company that runs the port of Calais has said that Britain should pay the cost of immigration checks carried out at the French Channel port, according to a report published by...

New scale-up UK visa announced as part of Sunak budget

9:44 28/10/2021
Britain will attempt to attract top global talent with a new Scale-Up Visa, UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak announced as part of his 2021 budget. The visa is expected to launch in the...

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