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UK IMMIGRATION NEWS
| MARCH 2009 | ||
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| East of England needs migrant workers to help beat recession | ||
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Whilst a growing number of unemployed local people are given support to find jobs or learn new skills, the East of England needs migrant workers to plug employment gaps and beat the recession. |
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| Stricter rules for skilled and highly skilled migrant workers | ||
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Stricter Immigration Rules for skilled and highly skilled migrant workers will take effect on 31 March 2009, raising the academic and financial requirements of two categories in Tier 1 of the points-based system. |
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| Migrant workers and foreign students to be charged 50 pounds to enter UK | ||
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Foreign workers and students from outside the European Union will have to pay £50 when arriving in the UK to help ease the impact of immigrants on public services. |
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| UK circuses need well-trained migrant clowns and acrobats | ||
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Malcolm Clay, of the Association of Circus Proprietors of Great Britain, told the committee that they needed to bring performers from Eastern Europe and China. However they feared that although the new points-based system is a 'vast improvement' on the previous work permit system, Embassy staff have not been properly trained for the new system. |
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| Fees for visas and sponsor licences are due to increase in October 2010 | ||
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The Government has announced its proposed fee levels for all visa, immigration, sponsorship and nationality applications in 2009/10. |
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