Work Permits UK is expected to make a formal announcement on the outcome of the 'Agency Review' during the week commencing Monday 28th October 2002. We will of course keep you posted of any further developments.
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The Innovators scheme is to be extended, the Home Office announced recently.
The Innovators Scheme is to be extended indefinitely after a two-year pilotin which 112 of the most talented people in theworld have come to Britain to set up high tech businesses in areas such ase-commerce, electronic share dealing and music industry technology.
Home Office Minister, Beverley Hughes, said:
Services at British Diplomatic Posts in Pakistan
The Visa Sections in Karachi and Lahore have been closed until further notice for security reasons.
The Visa Section in Islamabad is also closed to the public, but is offering a limited service through the offices in Pakistan of Gerrys/FEDEX courier service (the addresses of their offices throughout Pakistan will be found on the High Commission's website - see below).
Visa applications are currently being accepted by the High Commission (through Gerrys/FEDEX) only from the following:
British Overseas Citizens are now allowed to come to the United Kingdom.
The Home Secretary has announced that those British Overseas Citizens who currently do not hold, and have never given up another nationality will be given an entitlement to register as British citizens.
Applications should be made at the nearest British Consulate.
The Home Office has confirmed that any time spent in the United Kingdom under a category that leads to settlement; eg work permit, UK ancestry, etc can be added to time spent under the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme in applications for Indefinite Leave to Remain (permanent residence).
The Home Office has announced that the application forms for British nationality have been changed.
The previous application form; Form AN has been replaced by Form AN (NEW) and can be downloaded from the Home Office website.
The new application form is more detailed than the previous form. It asks more questions about the applicant's history. The requirements for British nationality remain unchanged.