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A study by representatives of EU leave campaigners, remain campaigners, business groups and the TUC (Trade Unions Congress) has recommended that EU citizens - who can prove five years of residency in the UK  be given permanent residence status, which can be converted to a new type of indefinite leave to remain once the UK exits the European Union altogether.

The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) says that the UK urgently needs immigrants because young Brits won’t relocate to areas where they are needed to fill jobs. The group claims that young people in the UK are reluctant to do certain types of work such as caring for the elderly, therefore migrants represent the ‘best bet’ for filling skills gaps.

Despite pressure from a host of MPs, at the end of October 2016 the UK government rejected proposals for London-only and Scotland only visa schemes. An official report signed by newly installed UK immigration minister, Robert Goodwill, determined that ‘such a system would not be conducive for UK employers.’

British curry houses said that they have been betrayed by the Brexit Leave campaign over UK visas and tier 2 visas, days before UK Prime Minister, Theresa May, went to India for her first significant trade mission as Prime Minister. Mrs May visited India on Sunday, 6 November for a two-day visit.

There continues to be good availability of restricted tier 2 visa certificates of sponsorship to enable UK employers with a tier 2 certificates of sponsorship to employ skilled workers from outside the EU and EEA on Tier 2 Visas.  Following November’s Tier 2 visa allocation meeting, the number of Certificate

Sanwar Ali workpermit.com Update:

The OISC is currently being sued for racial discrimination in the Employment Tribunal.  There are extremely serious allegations of widespread racial discrimination during the time that Suzanne McCarthy was Immigration Services Commissioner, which is in breach of their own equality policy.  A number of people have commented that the OISC is "institutionally racist".  It has also been said that problems with racism at the OISC continue at the same level or at an even worse level under the current Deputy Immigr