Legal News

Rules barring new migrant jobseekers from the European Economic Area (EEA) from getting Housing Benefit (HB) will enter into force in April, Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith has said. More

UKVI has announced new service standards for applications made within the UK. The new standards, announced following feedback from customers and partners, are already applicable for applications made since 1st January 2014. More

The Government of UK has announced that visitors and migrants who wish to use NHS services will have to pay. Under the new rules, charging for primary care services such as prescriptions will be extended to visitors and migrants. More

New rules limiting EU migrants’ access to British benefits have now entered into force. More

Home Office has published a new version of the Tier 1 (Graduate Entrepreneur) application form. More

The transitional controls restricting access to the UK labour market expire for Romanian and Bulgarian nationals on 31st December 2013. More

UK Visas and Immigration has launched in Malaysia a priority visa service to UK settlement visa applications. More

Prime Minister David Cameron has announced a measure that will bar all EU jobseekers from claiming work benefits immediately they arrive in the UK. More

UK Visas & Immigration has made it mandatory for UK visa applicants from more than 20 countries to pay for their visa online, as part of the online application process. Applicants from the following countries must now pay for their UK visa online: Angola, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, China, East Timor, Fiji, India, Indonesia, […] More

Home Office has announced that Hong Kong SAR passport holders between the ages 18 and 30 will soon be eligible to apply for a youth mobility scheme visa to the UK. The UK and Hong Kong governments have agreed to allow 1,000 young Hong Kong SAR passport holders each year to live, work or study […] More

Passport holders of Oman, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates will be able to visit the UK for up to six months using an Electronic Visa Waiver (EVW) from 1st January 2014. More

Home Office has published new application forms for use from 1st December 2013 by applicants who are already in the UK. More