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Visas and Immigration
Changes in British citizenship law
I understand that there are changes to the law on citizenship that came into force in January, how will these changes affect me?
The following changes to British nationality law, in respect of registration, came into force on 13 January 2010. The requirements for naturalisation as a British citizen are not changing at this time. The ‘earned citizenship’ provisions will not commence until July 2011.
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VISAS REQUIRED to Visit the UK
Citing the need to "strengthen its borders", the United Kingdom on Monday announced that all South African visitors would in future require visas.
The move, to be implemented in stages from March, follows an official UK warning to the South African government six months ago to tighten up on issues including control of passports.
"Abuse of the South African passport remains a serious concern," the British ...
ULTIMATE VISAS Q & A March 09
QUESTION
I’m a South African on “indefinite leave to remain” living in the UK for the last 6 years. I heard rumors that the UK government is planning to change the current “route to British Citizenship”. What are the new changes going to be?
ANSWER
On 20 February 2008 the Government published the Green Paper ‘The Path to Citizenship: Next Steps in Reforming the Immigration System’. In this document they ...
ULTIMATE VISAS Q & A December 08
I am a South African and I have heard of some changes coming into force end November. What are some of the changes?There will be three main changes that will affect the South Africans from 27 November 2008. They are; the new age restriction on a marrige visa has been lifted and the new Tier 2 and Tier 5 will have replaced the work permit and working holiday respectively. The age at which someone can apply f ...
ULTIMATE VISAS Q & A January 09
I am a South African and I have heard of some changes coming into force end November. What are some of the changes?There will be three main changes that will affect the South Africans from 27 November 2008. They are; the new age restriction on a marrige visa has been lifted and the new Tier 2 and Tier 5 will have replaced the work permit and working holiday respectively. The age at which someone can apply f ...
ULTIMATE VISAS Q & A February 09
I am a citizen from Poland and I know that I do not need a visa to enter the UK, but is there any work restrictions?
Yes, you need to register. The Worker Registration Scheme was introduced in 2004 when new countries joined the European Union. It allows the UK to monitor where citizens of those countries (except Malta and Cyprus) are coming into the labour market, the type of work they are doing, and the i ...
