Category: News & Events

Visas, Immigration & Nationality

The Chinese Market & Hong Kong

The Office of National Statistics reveal that China now provides the biggest total number of immigrants to the UK, recent figures shows that last year were 40,000 people. We can’t forget that China belongs to the BRIC countries (BRIC is the acronym to the countries of Brazil, Russia, India and China which are all considered…
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India – Changes to our visa application centres in March

For India,  visa application centres will be moving to new locations and modernised in March. Please see below for more information to find out where the new locations are and dates of the move. Kolkata, South Mumbai, North Mumbai, Chennai and Cochin visa application centres moving: VISA APPLICATION CENTRE KOLKATA  Date of Move: 3 March 2014 New Address: 1842,Rene Towers, Rajdanga…
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Bangladesh – Changes to our visa application centres in March

For Bangladesh, the visa application centres will be moving to new addresses in March. Please see below for more information to find out where the new locations are and dates of the move. Dakha and Sylhet visa application centres moving: VISA APPLICATION CENTRE DHAKA Date of Move: 23 March 2014 New Address: Delta Life Tower, Plot 37,…
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Syrian nationals – Renewal of the immigration concession

Until 28 February 2015, the Government has renewed the immigration concession for Syrian nationals. There are two options available to you, if you are a Syrian national and your permission to stay in the UK (leave to remain) is about to expire, or has expired in the last 28 days, and you wish to stay…
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Moving immigration and visas content to GOV.UK

The Home Office communications announced the plans to move the content of the UK Border Agency’s (UKBA) website to GOV.UK, which has been created as part of the government’s plans to bring all government services into one place. Over the past couple of months the Home Office communications have been reviewing, rewriting and restructuring current UKBA content to…
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