Foreign nationals will begin applying for identity cards today. Their facial image and fingerprints are taken to securely lock them to one identity and help businesses crack down on illegal working. (more…)

Boris Johnson’s advisers are to study the potential benefits of an amnesty for illegal immigrants, the Mayor of London has revealed. (more…)

Net migration into the UK rose by 25% to 237,000 people last year, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). (more…)

An estimated 300,000 visas giving foreigners the right to come to Britain may be wrongly approved every year, a committee of MPs has been told. (more…)

SCOTLAND Yard today warned that hi-tech gangs are raking in hundreds of thousands of pounds a year by cheating in the new British immigration tests. (more…)

MP Keith Vaz this week said the changes to the UK immigration system that have been introduced in stages throughout 2008 will be reviewed by the Home Affairs Committee to evaluate its effectiveness. (more…)

The number of jobs available to foreign workers through the shortage occupation route will be reduced, the Government announced today. (more…)

The number of jobs available to foreign workers through the shortage occupation route will be reduced, the Government announced today. (more…)

BIA will be closing the retired persons of independent means route from 27 November 2008.
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The age at which someone can apply for a marriage visa will increase from 18 to 21 from the end of this month, the Government announced today. (more…)