Immigration & Visas

News & Comment

Extra levy for migrants
Foreigners coming to the UK will have to pay a special levy on entry, to be used to provide extra funding for public services, the government recently announced.
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ID cards update
According to the latest information from Law Now, British citizen will not be forced to obtain identity cards until 2012, over two years later than originally planned, leaked Home Office documents have shown.
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31/01/2008 New role for Julia Onslow-Cole

18/12/2007 Government right to restrict unskilled migrants says CIPD

18/12/2007 Biometric testing already causing visa delays

29/11/2007 New cash card helps to prevent illegal immigration

29/11/2007 Biometric testing to be phased in

29/11/2007 Home office releases statement of intent re: immigration

26/10/2007 Immigration to hit all time high

28/09/2007 English a must for Immigrants

30/04/2007 Brits Abroad: the exodus continues

23/03/2007 Biometrics key for traveller safety

25/01/2007 Immigration Update January 2007

29/09/2006 Romania and Bulgaria to join EU on 1 January 2007

29/08/2006 Immigration from Eastern Europe

29/08/2006 Illegal immigrants not being followed up

25/07/2006 Uniformed border-control force to be introduced

20/04/2006 Changes to the rights of EU citizens and family members

21/03/2006 New immigration rules

07/03/2006 Immigration points system unveiled

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Articles

Latest UK immigration Points Based System news
With the new points system just round the corner, James Walters, of Smith Stone Walters, the immigration specialists, updates us on the government’s latest briefing.
Read this article in full in the Winter 2007/8 issue. Access a digital copy.

Radical Changes to the Rules for Migrant Labour
The Government’s new immigration plans look set to change the nature of the migrant work force, and will have radical implications for the ways in which UK companies employ migrant workers. Julia Onslow-Cole explains.
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Immigration and Discrimination
Hire people from abroad with no right to work in the UK, or handle them incorrectly once they get here, and HR departments could find themselves in big trouble. Jonathan Chamberlain has advice to offer.
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