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Bangladesh police has busted a group of nineteen UK business visit visa applicants who provided forged business documentations and false bank statements to support their visa applications. The operation was jointly conducted by the Bangladesh police and UK Border Agency in Dhaka. The group was attempting to get UK business visa to attend the Boishaki [...]

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United Kingdom (UK) universities are facing a tough competition from the other international players in the higher education field as about 60 per cent decline in the foreign students’ enrollment is observed due to the strict visa policies to meet the migration targets. Chancellors and Chairs of Council representing over 60 universities in the United [...]

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United Kingdom Border Agency (UKBA) has announced scheduled maintenance of “Apply Online” service on May 26 and May 27, 2012. The applicants trying to access the service from within UK may experience some disruption in the Apply Online services between 04:00PM on May 26 and 10:00AM on May 27, 2012 as result of the system [...]

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The biometric data matches revealed that a shocking number of 1300 out of 2000 failed refugee claimants in Ireland were caught up in identity swapping on previous occasions. Ireland denied their refugee claims after finding the previous immigration histories through biometric data sharing with United Kingdom. Ireland has visa waiver program for nationals of 14 [...]

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United Kingdom is making tuberculosis (TB) screening mandatory for the nationals of 67 counties wishing to stay in UK for more than six months as announced by the UK immigration minister. The Minister claims that TB screening of migrants from countries including Bangladesh, China, India, Pakistan and Nepal will save £25 million of taxpayers money [...]

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United Kingdom (UK) universities will lose from £5 to £7 million in revenues per year because of reduced enrollment of  international students triggered by harsh visa rules. Foreign students including the European Union students contribute £8 billions annually to the British economy. British government’s anti-immigration laws especially the termination of Tire 1 visa has made most [...]

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United Kingdom’s  Isleworth Crown Court has convicted an Indian couple for their involvement in a series of immigration scams and amassing hundreds of thousands of pounds. Vijay Sorthia was sentenced 10 years imprisonment. His wife, Bhawna Sorthia was jailed for 15 months. The couple will face deportation to India at the end of their sentence. [...]

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United Kingdom (UK) Immigration Minister, Damian Green has announced hiring 70 additional staff at Heathrow airport to tackle the problem of long queues of travelers entering the country. The extra staff of 70 will be recruited by the month of September to cover for those immigration officers who will be going on leaves after the [...]

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UK Independent Monitoring Board (IBM) says that children are held in Degrading and Disgraceful living conditions at Heathrow Airport detention facilities by UK Border Agency (UKBA). Up to 3000 people were detained for more than twelve hours at the Heathrow Airport holding facility last year including children as revealed in the IBM report. Many of [...]

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United Kingdom (UK) Direct Airside Transit Visa (DATV) is now required for nationals of Libya, Egypt and Syria while transiting through UK with effect from April 3, 2012. The passengers transiting through UK can enter the country through air or land, and then continue their onward journey to a third country without staying in UK. [...]

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