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Sanwar Ali comment:

There has been a great deal of criticism of the hostile environment policy at UK visas of the Home Office, originally introduced by Theresa May who was at the time in 2012 the Conservative Home Secretary.  Numerous scandals include the well known Windrush scandal where many people of Caribbean ancestry were badly

Sanwar Ali comment:

Many overseas healthcare workers will surely be pleased to hear the good news that more people will receive automatic one year visa extensions.  Priti Patel the Home Secretary has also said that the families of any overseas NHS staff who die will be granted indefinite leave to remain in the UK free of char

Sanwar Ali comment:

Governments around the World both left-wing and right-wing have to a great extent pursued similar policies. There has been action on an international and national scale to deal with the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. 

By Sanwar Ali

Monday’s announcement that the UK Government is from next week offering a hundred percent guarantee on loans to small businesses affected by coronavirus, must come as a huge relief to businesses around the Country and to many Tier 2 visa holders.  This should make it much easier for small businesses to meet the requirements for the Government backed coronavirus loan scheme.

Sanwar Ali comment:

The Immigration Health Surcharge is very high and for many people is unaffordable.  Migrants on Tier 2 visas sponsored by Sponsor Licence employers are paying twice.  They are taxed in the UK to fund the NHS and are also being charged the Immigration Health Surcharge.   This does seem to be very

By Sanwar Ali

On Monday 20 April 2020 Donald Trump made a typically confusing and widely misunderstood tweet relating to an immigration ban, to be put into place apparently due to coronavirus.  After seeing the tweet and based on other comments made by Trump, many people thought that there would be a wide ranging ban on immigration.