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UK Border Agency makes final call on Legacy Cases

By George ChapwanyaImmigration
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READERS will remember my previous observations on how the UK Border Agency has been dealing with Legacy Cases and their promise that these will all be dealt by July 2011. In order to achieve this target, The Case Resolution Teams … Read more

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Conservatives target citizenship squeeze

By Rumbidzai BvunzawabayaImmigration

THE UK coalition government has announced major reforms on settlement visas for migrants including the abolition of Labour’s ‘Earned Citizenship’ programme. Since the election, the coalition government’s policy has been to put a quota on skilled migrants coming to the … Read more

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Applying for indefinite leave to remain in UK

By Rumbidzai BvunzawabayaImmigration

THE UK Border Agency (UKBA) has released a statement to corporate partners asking that information should be relayed to community groups in a bid to ensure awareness regarding making an application for indefinite leave to remain (ILR) after the expiry … Read more

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UK: Legacy cases and children

By Rumbidzai BvunzawabayaImmigration

MANY of the so called “legacy cases” are being resolved by the United Kingdom Border Agency. Figures published this week show that the UKBA is dealing with approximately 5,000 cases per month. Not all of the cases are resulting in … Read more

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Further changes to UK student visa

By Taffy NyawanzaImmigration

A NUMBER of significant changes will be introduced in the UK immigration regime this year. Here, I will only highlight the proposed changes to the student visa category under four heads as follows:   Bank statements   The new points-based … Read more

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