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Applicants: New version of Turkish Employed (ECAA 1) application form |
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19 August 2010
The UK Border Agency has published a new version of application form ECAA 1 for Turkish workers who want to extend their stay in the UK.
The new version of the form (version 08/2010) should be used for applications made on or after 27 August 2010. If you are applying on or before 26 August 2010, you must use the current version of the form (version 04/2010).
To qualify for permission to stay (known as 'leave to remain') as a Turkish worker, you must:
- be a worker;
- be duly registered ...
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Employers: Implementation of the Supreme Court judgment in ZO (Somalia) |
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19 August 2010
As a result of the Supreme Court's judgment of 28 July in the case of ZO (Somalia), we are obliged to allow failed asylum seekers who have made further submissions asserting a fresh claim for asylum to apply for permission to work if:
- their further submissions have been outstanding for 12 months or more; and
- the delay is not their fault.
Changes to the Immigration Rules giving effect to this judgment have been laid today, and will come into force on 9 September 2010. We will be... |
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Applicants: New English language requirement for partners |
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Applicants: Approved English language tests for partners |
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16 August 2010
The UK Border Agency has today published a list of approved providers of English language tests for non-European migrants applying to come to the UK to join or marry their settled partner.
On 26 July, we announced that English language tests will be compulsory for these migrants from 29 November 2010.
From that date, any migrant who wants to enter or remain in the UK as the partner of a British citizen or a person settled here will need to show that they can speak and understand English, by taking an English language test w... |
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Employers: Secure English language tests for Tier 4 |
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11 August 2010
From today, secure English language testing will be mandatory for adult students studying below degree level (excluding those on foundation degrees or English language courses) under Tier 4 of the Points Based System.
This test must be taken with a UK Border Agency-approved provider before the applicant applies for a confirmation of acceptance for studies (CAS) from the education sponsor.
Full details of these changes and a list of UK Border Agency approved providers can be found on our Secure English lanuage news story.
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Applicants: New versions of application forms and guidance for points-based system applicants |
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06 August 2010
On 30 July 2010, the UK Border Agency published new versions of the following application forms under the points-based system:
- Tier 1 (Entrepreneur)
- Tier 1 (Investor)
- Tier 1 (Post-study work)
- Tier 2 (all categories)
- Tier 4 (Child)
- Tier 5 (Temporary worker)
- dependants of points-based system applicants
- Change of circumstances
These forms, which refer to biometric residence permits instead of identity cards for foreign nat... |
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Employers: Six arrested in a series of raids |
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04 August 2010
Six people were arrested following a series of raids by the UK Border Agency in the York area.
The enforcement operation was part of a nationwide summer campaign to tackle illegal working, sham marriages, bogus colleges and organised immigration crime.
Acting on intelligence, the UK Border Agency visited several restaurants in the Leeds and Selby area on Thursday evening 29 July. At the Hacis Café on Front Street, York, officers questioned staff to ensure they had the right to work in the UK.
Of the six employees who were o... |
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Employers: Warning to employers of non European fishermen |
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04 August 2010
The concessionary visa arrangement allowing fishermen from outside the European Economic Area to be employed on vessels operating within the 12 mile limit has now ended.
The UK Border Agency is warning owners, masters and agents who did not apply that they now face fines and prosecution for any breaches of the immigration laws.
The three month application period for the concessionary visa ended on 31 May 2010.
Despite being widely publicised and the UK Border Agency receiving many enquiries, only 44 in-time applicat... |
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