Immigration news

We include below a review of news reports covering UK visas and immigration and will focus in particular on the Brexit Party and the European Elections this week.

This would not be surprising.  However, do we in reality know what the current situation is to be able to compare this to what may or may not happen in future? It seems that too much of the time from top to bottom in an organisation, people are encouraged to ignore and cover up any wrongdoing.  If you complain about discrimination the complaints may become mysteriously lost. 

There have been allegations of racial discrimination against the Home Office including allegations made by their own staff.  More recently the UK Visa and Immigration Department of the Home Office is facing investigation by the Equality and Human Rights Commission for Institutional Racism over the Windrush scandal.  A UK visa regulator sponsored by the Home Office is accused of institutional racism, and direct and indirect racism, and yet is refusing to investigate, and Instead are denying everything.

Nigel Farage the former leader of UKIP the UK Independence Party is now founder and leader of the Brexit Party. The Brexit Party which was launched little more than a month ago, is doing astonishingly well with thirty-four percent of the vote according to a recent opinion poll.  The European Elections occur in a few day’s time on 23 May 2019.  It is expected that the Conservative Party, especially, will do very badly. 

US visas can be difficult to obtain, with the options for entry somewhat limited.  If you wish to live and work in the US and entry is not based on family, then usually you need to have a job offer or you need to start a business.  Even with a job offer it can be difficult obtaining a work visa for the US.  It has become more difficult under Donald Trump to obtain non-immigrant work visas such as the L1 visa, E2 visa, H1B visa, B1 in lieu of H1B visa and H2B visa.

The US embassy in Tel Aviv has officially started accepting applications for E2 visas. Following years of delays, the US E2 treaty investment visa was opened to Israeli nationals on May 1, 2019, with the Israeli embassy in the US now accepting applications for a reciprocal visa for US citizens, known as the B-5 visa.  The E1 Treaty Trader visa has been available for Israeli citizens since 3 April 1954.