Immigration news

EU citizens who have applied for UK settled status are being threatened with deportation, according to a legal charity. Despite previous assurances that no action would be taken against EU nationals who could prove they had applied for UK settled status, the Home Office is detaining and threatening people with deportation.

 

The Home Office’s actions have been blasted by legal charity, Bail for Immigration Detainees (BID), who said that threatening EU citizens with deportation contravenes the Brexit withdrawal agreement. 

US Attorney General, Merrick Garland, has ordered Texas governor, Greg Abbott to overturn a controversial US immigration order issued without federal government authority.

Campaigners have warned that the Home Office is not fit to run the Windrush compensation scheme, after it emerged that less than a quarter of claimants have received a payout. According to a report published by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), the Home Office ‘appears to be failing the Windrush generation for a second time’.  

The ‘Windrush Compensation Scheme’ report published by the PAC claims that the scheme is ‘too complex and too slow’ when it comes to remunerating people.

The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has dropped US visa fraud charges against five Chinese scientists. In 2020, Workpermit.com reported on several instances of Chinese researchers, reportedly with connections to China’s military, charged with US visa fraud and espionage. 

 

Graduates from the world’s top universities will no longer need to have a job offer in place to secure a UK work visa. The new rule has been introduced as part of plans to boost innovation in Britain.

United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) have announced changes to F1 student visa rules. The new rules mean that international students will no longer have to submit multiple applications to extend their non-immigrant status. The announcement is also expected to benefit H1B visa holders and their children in the future.