The UKBA have today made amendments to the list of approved English language test providers for applications made under Tiers 1, 2 and 4 of the PBS and for spouse or partner applications.

The amendments include:

Three tests awarded by Cambridge ESOL now offer certification at 3 levels of the Common European Framework rather than just [...]

On 4 April 2011 Parliament approved the Remedial Order that will abolish the certificate of approval scheme. This means that the scheme will end on 9 May 2011.

At present, any migrant who is already in the UK and is subject to immigration control must apply for a certificate of approval before they can get [...]

The first major change to reduce immigration into the UK has been delivered today, as the government’s new annual limit comes into force. This, along with radical changes recently introduced to the student route and plans to tackle permanent settlement, will see net migration fall back down to the tens of thousands.

Under the annual [...]

The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) has today advised that the Shortage Occupation List be revised to restrict migrants from outside the EEA to a smaller proportion of occupations within the UK labour market. MAC recommends the list be reduced to cover 190,000 employees (not migrants) or well under 1 per cent of the UK workforce. In [...]

The UK Border Agency has today issued the following policy statement:

With effect from 2 September 2011, all cases excluded from the protection of the Refugee Convention by virtue of Article 1F but who cannot be immediately removed from the UK due to Article 3 of the European Convention of Human Rights will be subject [...]