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Comments by Sanwar Ali:

The new UK healthcare visa scheme is another disappointment.  The system will not allow entry of frontline care workers.   Such people will not have high enough skills to come under the new health and care visa category.  Only those that are considered to be in “skilled roles” will come under this new

Comments by Sanwar Ali:

There are few surprises in the announcement today about the new UK visa points system. It seems that, as expected, the new UK visa system will be unable to deal with post-Brexit skills shortage.

By Sanwar Ali:

From Friday 10 July 2020 quarantine requirements for over 70 Countries and British Overseas Territories ended.  You will no longer need to self isolate for 14 days in the UK if you travel from one of these Countries, but you will need to provide an address in the UK.  Unfortunately, many Countries are still on the quarantine list and so if you arrive f

Comments by Sanwar Ali:

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), headed by David Isaac CBE, is currently investigating the Home Office hostile environment policy.  Further details of the investigation have been published recently.  As we have mentioned in

Comments by Sanwar Ali:

Recent remarks today by Donald Trump about the border wall with Mexico made shortly after a meeting with the Mexican President have not been taken too seriously.  While addressing anti-narcotics officials, President Trump claimed that the 250 miles of fencing put up since he took office had helped to prevent coronavirus spreading:

Comments by Sanwar Ali:

Attracting international students on Tier 4 visas who would otherwise study in the US sounds like a good idea.  Even without the latest Trump attempts to throw out F1 visa students in the US life has become more and more difficult for students in the US.  Processing delays mean that