UK Immigration Watchdog Warns Possible Student Visitor Visa Abuse
United Kingdom immigration watchdog has warned the UK Border Agency for possible abuse of short term student visitor visa (SVV) by foreign nationals. The number of students arriving in the country on Tier 4 visas has dropped by over 25% compared to a rise in student visit visa by over 10% during the same period. [...]
UKBA Online Appointment Booking System will be Unavailable on November 28 and 30
November 28, 2012 No CommentUnited Kingdom Border Agency has announced through a statement about the unavailability of its online appointment books services on November 28, 2012 and on November 30, 2012 for the applicants in the United Kingdom. Following is the schedule of the closure of the service for maintenance: November 28, 2012: 19:00 to 23:00 November 30, 2012: [...]
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Officials in the United Kingdom are working on changes in the UK immigration policies for Chinese tourists, which will streamline visa procedures for what experts claim to be one of the largest contributors to the country’s tourism sector. According to media sources, the chief executive officer of the UK Border Agency (UKBA), Rob Whiteman, will [...]
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The United Kingdom Home Office has announced that it plans on introducing amendments to the Anti-Terror Laws being implemented in the country, particularly at the UK ports. The changes, as per the Home Office, will allow custom and immigration officers at the UK airports and other ports to demand any of the passengers they suspect [...]
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UK Tier-4 Student Visa System may have Allowed Entry to 50,000 Bogus Students
September 4, 2012 No CommentUnited Kingdom Borger Agency is under strong criticism from the UK Public Accounts Committee that claims in a report that the flawed point based system introduced in 2009 for study visas allowed as many as 50,000 additional bogus students. The Public Accounts Committee chairwoman Margaret Hodge said in the report, “It is extraordinary that the [...]
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Foreign students who are affected by the recent decision by United Kingdom Border Agency (UKBA) to strip off London Metropolitan University (LMU) of the “highly trusted status” have been provided with guidelines to act according to their situation in order to avoid any possible deportation back to their home country. The students who are currently [...]
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United Kingdom Border Agency (UKBA) arrested at least 20 immigrant students working at Tesco do com facility in south London this July who were violating the work conditions on their entry visa which may cost the employer as much as £200,000 in fines. The raid on the Tesco warehouse was carried out as a result [...]
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UKBA must Respond Efficientyly to Immigrant Torture Claims – UK Prison Inspector
August 16, 2012 No CommentUnited Kingdom (UK) immigration authorities have been urged by the country’s Chief Prison Inspector to act more competently while responding to claims of torture by immigrants in UK. Investigating the Dover Immigration removal center, the Chief inspector of Prisons Nick Hardwick said that the UK Border Agency (UKBA) seriously needs to reconsider its policies of [...]
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United Kingdom Border Agency (UKBA) has been spending millions of pounds on chartered flights for carrying deported illegal immigrants and rejected asylum seekers back to their home countries. It has emerged that the agency has been sending nearly empty flights, with less than half of the passengers being the deportees and the remaining being the [...]
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The United Kingdom (UK) Home Office recently announced that it will produce changes in the new enacted immigration rules in the country in response to the Court rulings last week that ruled against the enactment of the law on grounds that it had not been properly presented in the parliament for approval. The UK government, [...]
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