The High Court gave permission for a judicial review challenge of decisions to withdraw Tier 4 sponsorship licences.

Highly Trusted Sponsor ratings have been introduced. The type of courses institutions without a Highly Trusted Sponsor rating can offer are now restricted.

Dominica and St Lucia under scrutiny – will the visa requirements be imposed?

The UK Border Agency has today announced an overhaul to the Tier 1 General visa programme. The changes to the Points Based System will take effect in April 2010.

Canada continues to take in new migrants, as Canada’s economy continues to suffer from labour shortages. In-demand occupations will take priority.

Dr John Sentamu, the Archbishop of York, has accused the Immigration minister of resorting to making populist comments, in Phil Woolas’ condemnation of the profession of UK Immigration Lawyers.

Cyprus has granted resident status to a gay Iranian asylum seeker following doubts whether EU directives were breached in a previous refusal of a claim of asylum on the basis of sexual orientation.

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Yesterday the Liberal Democrats announced that as many as 600,000 illegal immigrants ought to have the right to earn full citizenship.
It is the first time a major party has advocated amnesty for this group of migrants. The party’s homes affairs spokesperson, Nick Clegg said that providing a path to citizenship was the only viable [...]

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The UK government will launch an expensive advertising campaign (rumoured to be in the vicinity of 1 million pounds) aimed at preventing employers hiring illegal workers, a tabloid newspaper reported. The advertisement warns of stiff penalties for non compliance.
As well asthe campaign more than half a million brochures and leaflets have been circulated to bosses [...]

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Up to five million Australians retain an allegiance to other countries, and the number of people with dual nationality is rising. After the evacuation of thousands of Australians from Lebanon, pressure is growing to reconsider federal laws that make dual citizenship easier. The cost and scale of the rescue operation has angered many Australians. They [...]