Category: Europe

Visas, Immigration & Nationality

Recent Changes with the Immigration Rules

Starting from 11 July 2014, the following changes to the Immigration Rules will be enforced. Switching from Tier 4 Student/Other Study Category  to Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) Students can only switch to Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) if they have access to £50,000 funding to invest in business from the following sources: one or more UK Entrepreneurial seed…
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MM case

Theresa May wins latest immigration battle in Court of Appeal. UK citizens must earn £18,600 before spouse let in and the benchmark rises to £22,400 for couples with children. Also, stats reveals “61% of women and 32% of men will not qualify to bring in a family member”. Case to say: Price tag on Love! Love is for…
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Life saving transplant deny

The brother of Musa Gibba was stopped of enter in UK by the Immigration Office. Musa Gibba brother should donate kidney for life saving transplant. Of course, no matter what, this situation is heartbreaking. Lets analyse better: why the Entry Clearance of his brother was refused? The Immigration Office ruled there was unqualified evidence he…
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English Language Secure Test

After the polemic on the beginning of this year about English Tests, ETS is no longer licensed by the Home Office to award Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC) and Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) iBT tests for UK immigration purposes. Because of this, customers should use another test provider. If…
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Civil Penalty Scheme changes

Nobody likes to talk about it, so why take the risk if you can do things right in the first place? There is no reason to provide or offer a job to anyone whose immigration position is not regular or legal. The civil penalty scheme changes strongly pushes employers to avoid illegal working practices. The changes…
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