A proposal put forward in Scotland suggests that Scotland should follow Australia's style of immigration, to make it easier to attract workers with rare skills to specified parts of the country, according to the SNP.
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The UK Home Office has announced important changes in Immigration Rules, which will affect people applying for leave to remain, and indefinite leave to remain (or settlement). The changes will take effect from 3 April this year. The changes, in summary, are:
The UK's Heathrow Airport has extended its use of iris-scanning technology to speed up immigration checks.
The Iris Recognition Immigration System (IRIS) is currently being tested at the airport as part of the Home Office e-Borders program. Individuals signed up to the scheme will be able to walk up to an automated barrier, look into a camera, and if the system recognizes them, enter the UK.
The Home Office have updated the UK switching rules and are now as shown below.
Switching into work permit employment
Nationals from non-European Economic Area (EEA) countries may apply to switch into work permit employment without leaving the UK provided they satisfy the work permits criteria and have existing leave as:
UK Prime Minister Tony Blair spoke to Indian studens via a video conference link, assuring them that the new points-based immigration system would make it "easier and fairer" for them to work and study in Britain.
Blair told the students that the system would ensure that "highly skilled" workers needed by Britain would still be able to migrate, while at the same time ending past abuses.
Blair said the UK wants foreign students to study in UK universities, and that the country wants and needs highly skilled workers.
Details of the UK government's points-based immigration system have been revealed.