UK immigration announces changes to visa regime in North European countries
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13:14 08/01/2013
The UK Border Agency (UKBA) has announced that it is to change its systems for dealing with visa applications from six European countries in January 2013. The UKBA says that, between 7th January and...
Canada's Federal Skilled Trades Program opens for business
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Canada's new immigration programme for tradespeople opened for applications on 2nd January 2013. The scheme is intended to help skilled tradespeople such as plumbers, electricians and metalworkers to...
Private UK immigration contractor tells legal residents to leave the UK
19:09 07/01/2013
People who have a legal right to remain in the UK are being wrongly told that they are obliged to leave by a private contractor funded by the main UK immigration control agency. Capita, which...
Canadian minister 'not contemplating' scrapping immigrant investor program
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Nobel Prize winner criticises 'stupid' UK immigration rules
18:06 04/01/2013
A Nobel Prize winning scientist, Sir Andrei Geim, who immigrated to the UK from Russia in the early 90s, has warned that 'stupid' UK immigration policies will hinder UK scientific research. Sir...
Labour peer calls for an end to 'elite consensus' on immigration
15:22 04/01/2013
A Labour member of the House of Lords has said that the government should open up a 'democratic debate' around immigration. Lord Glasman is a professor of politics at London Metropolitan University...
