10 January 2010 From 6 January 2010 all those extending their stay under the Tier 2 visa including dependents will need to apply for an identity card. In November 2008 the UK Border Agency started issuing compulsory identity cards for a number of non European Union nationals applying to extend their stay in the UK. […]

15 January 2010 Four people who ran a bogus college and a corrupt immigration advisory firm have been jailed for a total of 25 years for masterminding an immigration scam that is thought to have netted them millions of pounds. The four were all arrested after a joint investigation by the UK Border Agency’s immigration […]

20 January 2010 The Minister of State for Borders and Immigration, Phil Woolas has laid regulations in Parliament for the fees for immigration and nationality services that are set at levels above the normal administrative costs of the service. The fees are published today alongside these regulations. The Minister’s proposals for the fees that are […]

January 21 2010 The UK visa service, in an unending quest to cash-in on the global demand for British visas has today announced a new ‘home visit’ visa service aimed at the wealthy at an incredible cost of per application £15,000! As part of the Home Office’s new UK visa fee increases, wealthy immigrants living […]

January 21 2010 The UK visa application fees for the elderly relatives of people from abroad who are now living in the UK are to be trebled, it has been announced. The move is intended to help pay for the social and health services needed to cope with the increasing number of older relatives moving […]