Category: UK Points Based Visas

Visas, Immigration & Nationality

Tier 1 General Renewals Competition - Closed

TIER 1 GENERAL RENEWALS

Are You Ready For the Tier 1 General Renewals Competition? #iamtier1generalrenewals #iamCompetition iam announces the first competition of the year: Tier 1 General Renewals last chance! As the Tier 1 General category comes to an end with no more Tier 1 General renewals after April this year, iam want to launch a promotion to see the end of a…
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Tier 2 crackdown

Clampdown on Tier 2 abuse The UK government have announced a crackdown on phony Tier-2 visa sponsorships, which may lead to up to 2,500 migrants having to leave the Country. An investigation by immigration officials has revealed that in some cases migrants are being given Tier-2 visas for jobs that don’t exist, or are completely…
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Tier 1 (General) Visa Changes: No More Extensions

Tier 1 (General) has been closed for applicants from outside the UK since April 2011. Now, with further tightening of the Immigration Rules, the Home Office announced that applicants will no longer be able to extend or switch to Tier 1 (General) beginning from the 6th April 2015. Accordingly, all Tier 1 (General) visa holders…
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Tier 1 Investor Visas Doubled Last Year

Well, it seems that last year the number of Tier 1 UK Investor visas doubled even with the law changing last November from £1m investment in UK government, company bonds or to British companies’ shares which increased to £2m. About the 25% allowance for assets like property was ditched. China & Russia Definitely, number one for Tier…
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4 IN 5 NURSES ARE FOREIGN

New figures suggest that, 4 out of 5 nurses hired in NHS hospitals in the last year were recruited from overseas. Many of them arriving from Portugal, Spain, Italy and the Philippines. “Nurse leaders accused hospitals of “panic-buying” overseas workers at great expense to plug staff shortages, while patients groups raised fears that care is being compromised by nurses…
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