Some good news for those of us who have grown accustomed to queuing for hours on end to get through passport control on arriving back in the UK after holidays in SA or short breaks to Europe. The Border Force will recruit 70 extra staff to prevent long queues at Heathrow and they should be on their posts by the end of the Olympics.
Part 3 - Immigrant Visas – The More Permanent Option
There are a number of different immigrant visas available if you want to live and work in the Unites States on a permanent basis. I will focus mainly on family-based immigrant visas.
Part 2 - Non-Immigrant US Visas
There are a large number of non-immigrant visas available to you, should you desire to visit America for business, pleasure or work on a temporary basis.
US Immigration: Walk Before You Stumble
Part 1 – First a little humor then we'll get serious
Immigrating to the States is not as easy as going to the U.S. Consulate in Jo-burg, getting a visitors visa, packing up and flying to greener pastures in the hope that you will figure things out when you get here! Clients have told me stories of people saying: Well the U.S. Consulate gave me a 10 year visitor visa, so this must mean that I can remain in the States for 10 years!!! No, it doesn't.
BIC has become aware of a scam in which supposed Tier 2 employment are being offered to non-EEA applicants. One of our clients nearly fell in this trap had she not contacted us in time.
The scammers are not UK employers, and the employment being offered does not exist, neither does the UK employer.
The UK Home Office has announced in a Statement of Intent that skilled migrant workers coming to the UK under Tier 2 of the points-based system will no longer be able to settle in the UK based on the amount of time they have spent in the UK.
The City of London is getting ready to host the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, which will be the largest sporting event ever hosted in the UK!
