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EU - Sweden opens labour market to new EU workers

13:05 29/04/2004
In a Parliament session yesterday, MPs rejected a proposal made by the Social Democrat party in power to restrict the entry of workers from the new EU accession countries. This means that Sweden will...

UK - SAWS quotas to be reduced under immigration review

13:12 28/04/2004
With the EU enlargement date looming, Prime Minister Tony Blair announced plans to review UK immigration policy. Business leaders were told that abuses of the immigration system will be prevented by...

UK - Online visa applications available in Finland and Germany

10:09 26/04/2004
Further to our report on South African residents being able to make an online visa application to the UK ,visa applicants in Finland and Germany wishing to work or study the UK can also now make...

UK - Change to nationalities exempt from IED charge

19:56 23/04/2004
The Home Office has announced that from 1 May 2004, three new countries will be added to the list of countries whose nationals are exempt from the charge for Immigration Employment Documents (IED) (...

UK HSMP processing times increase

14:07 23/04/2004
The Home Office has announced today that due to a significant increase in the number of HSMP applications they have received, the HSMP team can no longer meet the current published timescales for...

Gap Year Employment in UK

14:54 22/04/2004
The Home Office has announced a scheme under which non-EU/EEA nationals can come to the UK to take up work in schools during their gap year (the year between finishing secondary school and commencing...

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