15 June 2012
Want to live with your family in the UK? All you need is love (and lots of money)
Monday 11 June 2012 saw the announcement of the long awaited response to last summer’s consultation on family migration, and the message from Government is clear: if you want to bring your loved ones to the UK, show us your money.
15 May 2012
Immigration Update: Migration Advisory Committee launches review of the Tier 2 Codes of Practice
The Migration Advisory Committee (“MAC”) today launched a call for evidence to enable them to review and report back to the Government on various issues around the Tier 2 Codes of Practice.
3 May 2012
Immigration Update: Cancellation of Public Enquiry Office Appointments
The Public Enquiry Office (“PEO”) in Croydon has confirmed that their IT system is not coping with the high increase in applications and urgently needs an IT upgrade. Consequently, all premium service same day appointments booked after 1 pm between 3 and 18 May 2012 are being cancelled by the PEO and texts to confirm this are being sent out to all applicants on the mobile number provided on the initial booking. No alternative appointments are being offered although the PEO has stated that for exceptional cases where an applicant’s leave is due to expire and they need to travel urgently, representations can be made to try to secure an alternative appointment. For all other applicants a postal application will need to be submitted. Kingsley Napley will be contacting all its clients who are likely to be affected by this and in the meantime Nick Rollason is continuing to meet with and liaise with PEO officials to try and devise a practical solution.
12 April 2012
Immigration Update: Delays With The Processing of Annual Certificate of Sponsorship Allocations
The annual allocation period for certificates of sponsorship (“CoS”) ended on 5 April.
5 April 2012
Immigration Update: Annual Tier 2 Limit Announcement
Following the recommendations contained in the Migration Advisory Committee’s (“MAC”) report in October 2011, which advised on the 2012-13 annual limit for Tier 2 and associated policies, the government has announced that the Tier 2 General limit will remain at its current level of 20,700 for the next two years, until April 2014.