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Visa policy of the United Kingdom

UK immigration minister announces new visa system for China

11:38 05/08/2014
James Brokenshire, the UK's immigration minister, has announced two improvements to the UK's visa system in China. Mr Brokenshire says that the changes should make it easier for Chinese applicants to...

UK immigration launches 12 month Mathematics Teacher Exchange visa

18:55 23/07/2014
The UK's Home Office has announced a new visa for Chinese maths teachers. The government announced plans to bring around 60 maths teachers from Shanghai to work in the UK in March. The teachers will...

UK immigration launches new visa regime for Chinese applicants

11:17 04/07/2014
The UK's Home Secretary, Theresa May, has announced a series of reforms to the UK's visa regime to make it easier for Chinese nationals to come to the UK. Over the last few years there have been...

UK student visa subject to 'criminality on a massive scale'

15:58 26/06/2014
The UK's Tier 4 student visa system has been targeted by organised crime gangs according to immigration minister James Brokenshire. One MP described the fraud on the system as 'criminality on a...

UK immigration announces end to Tier 1 General visa extensions

15:06 01/05/2014
The Home Office, the UK government department that deals with immigration matters, has announced that it will stop accepting applications for Tier 1 (General) visa extensions from 6th April 2015. The...

UK immigration committee recommends Tier 1 visa-auction

10:25 06/03/2014
The UK's Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) has recommended that there should be changes to the Tier 1 (Investor) visa because they say it is of questionable benefit to the UK taxpayer. One of their...

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