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The Home Office has released figures showing that over 24,000 Central and Eastern European nationals from the new EU member states had signed up for the Worker Registration Scheme (WRS) by the end of June. This Scheme enabled the UK Government to determine whether or not the UK's labour market would be impacted by the latest round of EU accession, by registering those Eastern Europeans who had jobs in the UK.
The Home Office has made available updated and revised application forms and guidance notes for use from 2 July 2004. Work Permits (UK) will no longer accept any application forms that have an expiry date of 28 June 2004 if theyare sent to them after 12.01 am on 2 July 2004.
A proposal to introduce a new Science and Engineering Graduates' Scheme wasannounced in the Chancellor's Budget Report on 9 April 2004.
The scheme will be aimed at encouraging non-EEA national science andengineering graduates of UK universities to pursue their careers in theUnited Kingdom.
The scheme will allow graduates of UK educational institutions with degreesin an approved subject to remain in the United Kingdom for one year aftercompleting their studies.
Senior civil servant Ken Sutton has released his report on the allegations of abuse relating to European Community Association Agreement (ECAA) visas made in Bulgaria and Romania by those nationals wishing to be self-employed in the UK.
The Sector Based Scheme hospitality quota for citizens of Bangladeshhas now been reached.
The quota as announced on 15 June 2004 means that nosingle nationality can have more than 20% of the total number of SBS workpermits issued in any given sector. No applications received after 21 June2004 to employ Bangladesh citizens can be processed and any applications receivedafter this date will be returned together with the application fee.
The Home Office has announced that on 2 July 2004, the fee for Work Permits and Sectors Based Scheme applications will be increased to £153. This is approximately a 50% increase on the current fee of £95 for work permit applications and an over 100% increase on the fee of £74 for SBS applications.