UK Immigration News

UK Immigration is trying to reduce levels of overall immigration into the UK. Recently the UK Immigration Minister Damian Green has been expressing concerns about the number of students on student visas in the UK.

UK Immigration Minister Damian Green spoke recently at the Royal Commonwealth Society in London about immigration. The Immigration Minister said that the Government wishes to "maximise" the benefits of immigration. The contents of the immigration minister's speech had already been widely reported in the news ahead of the actual speech.

UK Immigration has announced that there will be further immigration fees increases. Some of the fee increases will occur in 1 October 2010 which covers UK visa fees that are "below cost". The majority of the increases if approved by Parliament will occur in November 2010. These further fee increases are somewhat controversial coming on top of some large increases in fees on 6 April 2010.

Immigration Minister Damian Green has said that levels of student immigration under the Tier 4 student visa were "unsustainable".

The UK PEO team in Croydon have announced that "a substantial number of Tier 4 appointment slots" will be made available from 1 September 2010 for legal representatives. This means that it will be possible for workpermit.com to represent you if you need a Tier 4 student visa quickly from within the UK.

Business leaders in the United Kingdom are concerned about a recent proposal to cap highly skilled immigration into the country for workers from outside of the European Union. A recent editorial in The Observer supports the views of business leaders; The immigration cap would be harmful.

The article says the UK economy will lose a valuable source of skill and innovation at a time when the economy is at its most vulnerable.