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Nationality

Are you a British citizen? People born in the UK before 1983 If you were born in the UK before 1983 you are a British citizen. People born outside the UK before 1983 If you were born outside the UK before 1983 and your father was either born in the UK or registered/naturalised as a…
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Immigration Rules and Sponsorship Arrangements – Changes

A written ministerial statement has been laid in Parliament outlining a number of changes to the Immigration Rules, on Thursday 13 March 2014. The following changes, will come into effect only on 6 April 2014, introduce better flexibility for businesses and support growth. Changes include: • Expanding the Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) category to allow…
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Restricted Certificate of Sponsorship (RCoS)

Important changes to the Restricted Certificate of Sponsorship (RCoS) application process from 6 March 2014. We intend to update the salary rates set out in the codes of practice for skilled employees on 6 April 2014, as set out in paragraph 203 of the Sponsor Guidance. Standard Occupation Classification (SOC) codes with multiple options to correspond with the…
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Bank account controls role named CIFAS

The anti-fraud body likely to oversee proposed bank account controls set out in the Immigration Bill, the government has named as CIFAS. The controls mean that banks and building societies will be required to check all applications for new current accounts with a specified anti-fraud organisation or data-matching authority. An account will not be allowed to anyone…
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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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