UK Immigration News

We have seen many examples where the Home Office working with other organisations causes serious problems.  For example, people have unjustly had to leave the UK. if you go to Court to challenge a Home Office decision, you cannot always expect to be treated fairly. Untrue statements are made in Court to try and win cases.  At times there is bias in the system with certain public sector employees showing bias towards other public sector employees.

It may be a long time before we see major changes to the UK visa system.  It seems that a no deal Brexit is increasingly unlikely.  MPs will probably prefer to delay Brexit.  Even a number of pro Brexit MPs are in favour of delaying Brexit. There is also likely to be a lengthy transition period.  So the Tier 2 Sponsor Licence and Tier 2 visa system could be with us for some time.

A press release published by Migration Watch on the morning of February 13 claimed that post-Brexit, UK visa proposals could lead to record levels of immigration. However, just hours later, the so-called independent, non-political think-tank issued a second press release withdrawing the claim.

Unfortunately, what has happened is not surprising. You cannot always trust those that are simultaneously working with the Home Office and apparently working for Migrants at the same time, to always put the interests of migrants first. In this regard, we have already mentioned serious and ongoing problems with UK Visa and Immigration at the Home Office, and how information from third parties is used. 

Brexit if it does actually happen (or is delayed) is less than two months away. Many employers are starting to wonder what they will do if they are unable to recruit EU workers. The expensive, bureaucratic, and confusing Tier 2 Sponsor Licence and Tier 2 visa system is not fit for purpose in this situation.

Applying under the Tier 2 visa and Tier 2 sponsor licence scheme is expensive, complicated and difficult for both employers and employees. The Home Office guides are so lengthy and difficult to understand that some people must wonder if this has been done intentionally to put off people and so reduce immigration. The Government fees are quite enormous. As we have previously mentioned the total fees for a family of four for a large company is about £20,000.