Government advisory body says UK needs more skilled immigration
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10:17 22/07/2013
The UK's Office for Budgetary Responsibility (OBR) has advised the government that the country requires high levels of immigration to help grow the economy. It says that young migrants who come to...
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...
UK benefitting from US immigration deadlock
15:42 19/07/2013
The UK's tech sector has been growing fast in recent years. Industry insiders say that this is, at least in part, because US tech companies cannot get visas to bring skilled workers into the US...
Tier 4 sponsors spend £67m extra in 2012-13 to meet new UK immigration rules
10:32 18/07/2013
A UK education body has called on the UK's Home Office to stop changing in the rules for Tier 4 sponsors. The Higher Education Better Regulation Group (HEBRG) says that the UK's Home Office has...
Diplomats warn that Canada visa requirements deter applicants
19:42 17/07/2013
Diplomats serving in Canada have warned that international visitors are avoiding Canada because the application for Canadian temporary resident visas is so complicated. While visitors from the US,...
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...
